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George Bundy Smith, Associate Judge of the Court of Appeals, was born in New Orleans, LA, in 1937. Graduated from Phillips Academy, 1955; B.A., Yale University, 1959; LL.B., Yale Law School, 1962; M.A. in Political Science and Ph.D. in Government from New York University, awarded in 1967 and 1974 respectively, Masters Degree in the Judicial Process, Graduate Program for Judges at the University of Virginia Law School, 2001. Admitted to the New York State Bar, 1963. He was an Associate Justice of the State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department from January 1987 to September 1992, when Governor Mario M. Cuomo appointed him to the Court of Appeals. He was confirmed by the State Senate, September 24, 1992. 

His Judicial service began in May 1975 when he was named to an interim term on the Civil Court of New York City. He was elected to a 10-year term on that bench the following November. He was elected to a 14-year term on the State Supreme Court in 1979, and served in New York County until his promotion to the Appellate Division, First Department. Judge Smith and his wife, Alene, have two children.

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