Robert Smith
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Robert Smith is a judge of the State of New York Court of Appeals, New York's court of last resort. Justice Smith was appointed by Republican Governor Pataki to the Court of Appeals in 2004 for a 14-year term.
Legal education
Smith graduated from Stanford University (B.A. 1965, with great distinction) and Columbia Law School (LL.B. 1968, magna cum laude), where he was editor-in-chief of the Law Review.
Legal experience
On June 1, 2003, he became an individual practitioner and Special Counsel to the firm of Kornstein Veisz Wexler & Pollard. On November 4, 2003 he was appointed by Governor George E. Pataki to the Court of Appeals. The appointment was confirmed by the State Senate on January 12, 2004. Since 2006, Judge Smith has taught the State Constitutional Law course at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law.[1]
