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Hon. James A. Yates

Supreme Court, Civil Branch, New York County
100 Centre Street
New York, NY 10013
(646) 386-4033

Judicial Offices

Justice, Supreme Court, New York County, Elected, 1998 to 2011

Judge, Court of Claims, Appointed by Governor Mario Cuomo, 1992 to 2001 

Other Professional Experience

New York State Assembly, Legislative Counsel to the Speaker, 1989 to 1992

New York State Assembly, Counsel to the Majority, 1987 to 1989

New York State Assembly, Senior Counsel. Codes Committee, 1979 to 1987

The Legal Aid Society of New York City, Staff Attorney, 1973 to 1978

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

New York Law School, Adjunct Faculty, 1997 to 2009

New York University School of Law, Adjunct Faculty 1989 to 1993, 2010

City University of New York School of Law, Queens College, Adjunct Faculty, 1989 to 1991

Pace University School of Law, Adjunct Faculty, 1984 to 1984

 

Admission to
the Bar

NYS, Appellate Division, First Department, 1974

United States District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of New York, 1975

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 1975 

Education

J.D., Rutgers School of Law, 1973

A.B., Princeton University, 1967

 

Publications

Co- Author of New York Pre-Trial Criminal Practice, West -Thomson Publishing, Corp, (1st ed 1996); (2nd ed 2007)

 

Professional &
Civic Activities

Member, Securities Litigation Committee, 2007 to 2009

Member, Executive Committee, Association of the Bar of the City of New York, 2004 to 2009

Board Member, Bodega de la Familia, National Advisory Board, 1997 to 2004

Selection Panel, Kirkland & Ellis Public Interest Fellowship 1996 to 2002, 2008

Board Member, New York Interest in Lawyer Account (IOLA), 1994 to 1997

Selection Panel, Root-Tilden-Snow Scholars, NYU Law School, 1993 to 2003

Commissioner, Commission on Uniform State Laws, 1989 to 1992

Board Member, John Jay College, Board of Advisors, 1988 to 2004

Board Member, Andrew Glover Youth Program, Board of Advisors, 1983 to 1992

Commissioner, NYS Sentencing Guidelines Commission, 1982 to 1983

 

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