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Appellate Division - First Department
Justices of the Court

Associate Justice James M. McGuire

Education:

Cornell Law School, J.D., cum laude, 1980.

Fordham College, B.A., magna cum laude, 1975.

Experience:

Currently an Associate Justice of the Appellate Division, First Judicial Department

Elected to Supreme Court, 11th J.D., November 2004

White & Case LLP - Counsel - Civil and criminal litigation, including complex commercial litigation, white-collar criminal defense, securities and regulatory matters - July 2003 to December 31, 2004

Office of Governor George E. Pataki - Chief Counsel - Principal legal advisor to Governor Pataki - November 1997 to February 2003.
First Assistant Counsel - Responsible for criminal justice, judicial and other legislative matters. Ethics officer for the Executive Chamber - January 1995 to November 1997.

New York County District Attorney’s Office - Senior member of Robert M. Morgenthau’s prosecutorial staff from July 1989 to January 1995.

Deputy Chief of Appeals Bureau - Supervised 40-lawyer bureau. Edited and argued appeals before state and federal appellate courts.

Senior Investigative Counsel to Rackets Bureau - Conducted and supervised investigations and trials involving official corruption and organized crime.

Assistant District Attorney - Prosecuted criminal cases in Trial and Appeals Bureaus. Handled all phases of criminal proceedings, from grand jury presentations to jury trials and appeals - September 1980 to September 1985.

N.Y. State Commission on Government Integrity - Deputy Counsel - Conducted and supervised investigations and handled litigation brought by and against the Commission, established by Governor Mario M. Cuomo to investigate and make recommendations on laws relating to government integrity - September 1987 to July 1989.

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP - Litigation Associate - September 1985 to August 1987.


 

 

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