• District Court, W.D. New York

  Judge

  1974 – 2009 · 35 yrsAppointed by Gerald Ford

Career

• U.S. attorney for the Western District of New York

  1972 – 1975 · 3 yrs

• Private practice

  1970 – 1972 · 2 yrs

• Justice

  Supreme Court of the State of New York

  1969 – present · 57 yrs

• Member

  Buffalo New York Common Council

  1966 – 1969 · 3 yrs

• Member

  Erie County New York Board of Supervisors

  1962 – 1965 · 3 yrs

• Private practice

  1958 – 1969 · 11 yrs

• Assistant U.S. attorney

  Western District of New York

  1955 – 1958 · 3 yrs

• Private practice

  1951 – 1955 · 4 yrs

• Private practice

  New York City

  1948 – 1951 · 3 yrs

• Law clerk

  Hon. E. Barrett Prettyman, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

  1947 – 1948 · 1 yr

• U.S. Navy electrical engineer

  Bureau of Ships

  1943 – 1946 · 3 yrs

Education