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of Schenectady County

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COURTS
For Town and Village Courts, see individual listings. The information below below lists: Name, When Term Ends, and Phone.
CITY COURTS City Court Judges 10 yr. term

Christine Clark, term ends 2012, 382-5041, 10 yr. term
Guido Loyola, term ends 2012, 382-5077, 6 yr. term
Vincent W. Versaci, term ends 2008, 382-5239

COUNTY COURTS - 10 YEAR TERMS

County Court Judge Karen A. Drago, term ends 2014, 285-8429
Family Court Judge Mark L. Powers, term ends 2011, 285-8435
Family Court Judge Jo Anne Assini, term ends 2010, 285-8435
Surrogate Court Judge Barry D. Kramer, term ends 2013, 285-8460

OTHER OFFICERS

District Attorney Robert M. Carney, term ends 2009, 388-4364
Public Defender Mark J. Caruso 386-2266
Family Ct. Hearing Examiner Colleen Quirion 285-8435
Family Ct. Hearing Examiner Kathleen J. Cullen 285-8435
Family Ct. Hearing Examiner James Densmore 285-8445
Director of Probation Mary P. Lolik 388-4330
Commissioner of Jurors Hope Splittgerber 388-4361
Chief Clerk of Supreme Court Sharon Scheffer 285-8401

JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME COURT (4th Dist.)
Statewide offices, filled when vacancies occur. Term is 14 years or until 70 years of age. (May be certified for continued service at the end of the year in which they reach 70.) Schenectady is one of the eleven counties in the fourth Judicial District.

Jan H. Plumadore Saranac Lake/Albany, term ends 2012
David B. Krogmann Lake George, term ends 2017
David R. Demarest Canton, term ends 2021
Frank B. Williams, Saratoga Springs, term ends 2021
Thomas D. Nolan, Jr., Ballston Spa, term ends 2013
Vincent J. Reilly, Jr. Schenectady, term ends 2014
Vito C. Caruso, Adm. Judge, Schenectady, term ends 2008
James P. Dawson, Elizabethtown, term ends 2008
Stephen A. Ferradino, Malta, term ends 2008
Richard T. Aulisi, Johnstown, term ends 2013
Joseph M. Sise, Fonda, term ends 2012

For further information, call the Clerk of the Supreme Court, Schenectady - 388-4323 or Administrative Office 4th District - 587-3019
THE APPELLATE DIVISION

Anthony V. Cardona Presiding Justice, Albany, term ends 2011
Robert S. Rose, Binghamton, term ends 2013
John A. Lahtinen, Plattsburgh, term ends 2011
Karen Kaye Peters, Ulster, term ends 2011
Thomas E. Mercure, Ft. Edward, term ends 2009
Edward O. Spain, Troy, term ends 2010
Anthony J. Carpinello, Troy, term ends 2008
Anthony T. Kan,e Monticello, term ends 2009
E. Michael Kavanaugh, New Paltz, term ends 2012
Bernard J. Malone, Jr., Albany, term ends 2012
Leslie E. Stein, Rensselaer, term ends 2015

Court Clerk Appellate Division 471-4777. For further information about courts, call the New York State Office of Court Administration, Albany, phone 474-1038.
COURT OF APPEALS Statewide offices, appointed by the Governor from persons found well qualified by a judicial nominating commission. May be certified for continued service on the Supreme Court.

Chief Judge Judith S. Kaye, term ends 2008 Associate Judges:
Susan Phillips Read (Albany), term ends 2017
Eugene F. Pigott, Jr. (Buffalo), term ends 2016
Victoria A. Graffeo (Albany), term ends 2014
Theodore T. Jones, Jr. (White Plains), term ends 2014
Robert S. Smith (NYC), term ends 2014
Carmen Beauchamp Ciparick (NYC), term ends 2012

Office of the Clerk, Court of Appeals, 455-7700

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