• Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

  Judge

  1985 – 2012 · 27 yrsAppointed by Ronald Reagan

• District Court, N.D. New York

  Judge

  1981 – 1985 · 4 yrsAppointed by Ronald Reagan

• New York Court of Appeals

  Judge

  1976 – 1981 · 5 yrs

Career

• Adjunct professor

  Albany Law School of Union University

  1997 – 2012 · 15 yrs

• Adjunct professor

  New York Law School

  1986 – 1996 · 10 yrs

• Justice

  Supreme Court of the State of New York

  1976 – 1981 · 5 yrs

• Judge

  1975 – 1975

• prac

  1975 – 1975

• Adjunct associate professor

  Columbia-Greene Community College

  1974 – 1979 · 5 yrs

• District attorney

  1968 – 1975 · 7 yrs

• Assistant district attorney

  1964 – present · 62 yrs

• Corporation counsel

  1961 – 1964 · 3 yrs

• Private practice

  1959 – 1975 · 16 yrs

• U.S. Army captain

  JAG Corps

  1956 – present · 70 yrs

Education