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'''Judith Ann Kaye''' (née '''Smith''') was an American lawyer, jurist and the longtime [[Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals]], serving in that position from March 23, 1993 until December 31, 2008.<ref>http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/archives/244992/former-chief-judge-judith-kaye-dies-at-77/|</ref>  She was the first woman to serve as chief judge, the highest judicial office in New York State, and the longest-serving chief judge in New York history.
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==Background==
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Kaye was born as Judith Ann Smith in [[Monticello, New York]] on August 4, 1938. Her parents, Benjamin and Lena (née Cohen) Smith, were Jewish immigrants from Poland who lived on a farm in the hamlet of Maplewood, Sullivan County, New York and operated a women's apparel store.<ref name="Roberts">Sam Roberts, [https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/08/nyregion/judith-s-kaye-first-woman-to-serve-as-new-yorks-chief-judge-dies-at-77.html Judith S. Kaye, First Woman to Serve as New York's Chief Judge, Dies at 77], ''[[The New York Times]]'' (January 7, 2016).</ref><ref name="JWA">Judith Friedman Rosen, [http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/kaye-judith Judith S. Kaye (b. 1938)], ''Jewish Women's Archive Encyclopedia''.</ref>
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She graduated from [[Barnard College]] in 1958 with [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] in Latin American civilization.<ref name="Roberts"/><ref name="JWA"/> She became a reporter for the [[Union City, New Jersey]] ''[[Hudson Dispatch]]'', where she was a society news reporter, but left to become a lawyer.<ref name="Roberts"/>
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She worked as a copy editor during the day and attended [[night school]] at the [[New York University Law School]], graduating with an [[LL.B.]] ''[[Latin honors|cum laude]]'' in 1962, as one of ten women in a class of almost 300.<ref name="Roberts"/><ref name="LII">[https://www.law.cornell.edu/nyctap/court/kaye.htm Chief Judge Judith S. Kaye New York Court of Appeals Collection], [[Legal Information Institute]], Cornell University.</ref> Kaye was admitted to the [[New York State Bar Association|New York State Bar]] in 1963.<ref name="LII"/>
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Kaye was married to [[Stephen Rackow Kaye]] (d. 2006), a commercial litigator who had been her colleague at [[Sullivan & Cromwell]] and later a partner at the law firm of [[Proskauer Rose]].<ref name="Roberts"/><ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/03/nyregion/03kaye.html S</ref> They had three children: Luisa (Hagemeier), Jonathan and Gordon.
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==Legal career==
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She began her career in private practice in New York City at the [[law firm]] of [[Sullivan & Cromwell]].<ref name="Roberts"/> Kaye left Sullivan & Cromwell to join the [[IBM]] legal department.<ref name="Roberts"/> While raising a family, Kaye worked as a part-time assistant to the dean of the New York University Law School, her alma mater.<ref name="Roberts"/>
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In 1969, Kaye was hired by the prominent law firm of Olwine, Connelly, Chase, O'Donnell & Weyher as a [[litigation]] associate.<ref name="Roberts"/><ref name="JWA"/> In 1975, she became that firm's first female partner.<ref name="Roberts"/><ref name="JWA"/>
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==Tenure on the New York Court of Appeals==
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Kaye was appointed associate judge by Cuomo in 1983. In 1993, Chief Judge [[Sol Wachtler]] suddenly resigned, and Cuomo nominated Kaye to fill the vacancy.<ref name="CuomoNominates">https://www.nytimes.com/1993/02/23/nyregion/cuomo-nominates-judith-kaye-for-top-new-york-judicial-post.html </ref> As with her initial appointment, her confirmation by the [[New York State Senate|State Senate]] was unanimous.<ref>http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/trailblazing_new_york_judge_judith_kaye_dies_at_77</ref>
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The chief judge of New York has both an administrative role (overseeing the entire state court system, which in 2016 had about 16,000 employees<ref name="Roberts"/>) and a judicial role (hearing and deciding appeals to the state's highest court).<ref name="Editorial">https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/08/nyregion/judith-s-kaye-first-woman-to-serve-as-new-yorks-chief-judge-dies-at-77.html </ref> In 2008, as Kaye approached mandatory retirement age, ''[[The New York Times]]'' editorial board praised her, writing: "In her 15 years as chief, Judith Kaye has excelled at both, earning national praise for her jurisprudence and as a court reformer."<ref name="Editorial"/>
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As chief judge, Kaye pushed forward with judicial reform and modernization efforts.<ref name="Roberts"/><ref name="Editorial"/> New York State became a national leader in establishing [[problem-solving courts]], which offered treatment and other alternatives to incarceration in cases involving [[addiction]], [[mental illness]], or [[domestic violence]] and [[domestic abuse|abuse]].<ref name="Roberts"/><ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/26/nyregion/26courts.htm</ref> Kaye also took steps to make [[jury]] service more efficient and convenient.<ref name="Roberts"/> Kaye also successfully pushed to eliminate all exemptions from jury service (a phrase Kaye preferred over "jury duty").<ref name="Toobin">http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2008/12/15/special-kaye Special Kaye</ref>
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Person.png Judith Kaye  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
Judith S.Kaye.jpg
BornJudith Ann Smith
1938-08-04
Monticello, New York, United States
Died2016-01-07 (Age 77)
Manhattan, New York, United States
Alma materBarnard College, New York University School of Law

Judith Ann Kaye (née Smith) was an American lawyer, jurist and the longtime Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals, serving in that position from March 23, 1993 until December 31, 2008.[1] She was the first woman to serve as chief judge, the highest judicial office in New York State, and the longest-serving chief judge in New York history.

Background

Kaye was born as Judith Ann Smith in Monticello, New York on August 4, 1938. Her parents, Benjamin and Lena (née Cohen) Smith, were Jewish immigrants from Poland who lived on a farm in the hamlet of Maplewood, Sullivan County, New York and operated a women's apparel store.[2][3]

She graduated from Barnard College in 1958 with B.A. in Latin American civilization.[2][3] She became a reporter for the Union City, New Jersey Hudson Dispatch, where she was a society news reporter, but left to become a lawyer.[2]

She worked as a copy editor during the day and attended night school at the New York University Law School, graduating with an LL.B. cum laude in 1962, as one of ten women in a class of almost 300.[2][4] Kaye was admitted to the New York State Bar in 1963.[4]

Kaye was married to Stephen Rackow Kaye (d. 2006), a commercial litigator who had been her colleague at Sullivan & Cromwell and later a partner at the law firm of Proskauer Rose.[2][5] They had three children: Luisa (Hagemeier), Jonathan and Gordon.

Legal career

She began her career in private practice in New York City at the law firm of Sullivan & Cromwell.[2] Kaye left Sullivan & Cromwell to join the IBM legal department.[2] While raising a family, Kaye worked as a part-time assistant to the dean of the New York University Law School, her alma mater.[2]

In 1969, Kaye was hired by the prominent law firm of Olwine, Connelly, Chase, O'Donnell & Weyher as a litigation associate.[2][3] In 1975, she became that firm's first female partner.[2][3]

Tenure on the New York Court of Appeals

Kaye was appointed associate judge by Cuomo in 1983. In 1993, Chief Judge Sol Wachtler suddenly resigned, and Cuomo nominated Kaye to fill the vacancy.[6] As with her initial appointment, her confirmation by the State Senate was unanimous.[7]

The chief judge of New York has both an administrative role (overseeing the entire state court system, which in 2016 had about 16,000 employees[2]) and a judicial role (hearing and deciding appeals to the state's highest court).[8] In 2008, as Kaye approached mandatory retirement age, The New York Times editorial board praised her, writing: "In her 15 years as chief, Judith Kaye has excelled at both, earning national praise for her jurisprudence and as a court reformer."[8]

As chief judge, Kaye pushed forward with judicial reform and modernization efforts.[2][8] New York State became a national leader in establishing problem-solving courts, which offered treatment and other alternatives to incarceration in cases involving addiction, mental illness, or domestic violence and abuse.[2][9] Kaye also took steps to make jury service more efficient and convenient.[2] Kaye also successfully pushed to eliminate all exemptions from jury service (a phrase Kaye preferred over "jury duty").[10]


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References

  1. ↑ http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/archives/244992/former-chief-judge-judith-kaye-dies-at-77/%7C
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Sam Roberts, Judith S. Kaye, First Woman to Serve as New York's Chief Judge, Dies at 77, The New York Times (January 7, 2016).
  3. ↑ a b c d Judith Friedman Rosen, Judith S. Kaye (b. 1938), Jewish Women's Archive Encyclopedia.
  4. ↑ a b Chief Judge Judith S. Kaye New York Court of Appeals Collection, Legal Information Institute, Cornell University.
  5. ↑ https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/03/nyregion/03kaye.html S
  6. ↑ https://www.nytimes.com/1993/02/23/nyregion/cuomo-nominates-judith-kaye-for-top-new-york-judicial-post.html
  7. ↑ http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/trailblazing_new_york_judge_judith_kaye_dies_at_77
  8. ↑ a b c https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/08/nyregion/judith-s-kaye-first-woman-to-serve-as-new-yorks-chief-judge-dies-at-77.html
  9. ↑ https://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/26/nyregion/26courts.htm
  10. ↑ http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2008/12/15/special-kaye Special Kaye
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