George Bundy Smith

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George Bundy Smith
Associate Judge of the New York Court of Appeals
In office
September 25, 1992 – September 23, 2006
Appointed byMario Cuomo
Preceded byFritz W. Alexander II
Succeeded byEugene F. Pigott Jr.
Personal details
Born
George Bundy Smith

(1937-04-07)April 7, 1937
New Orleans, Louisiana
DiedAugust 5, 2017(2017-08-05) (aged 80)
New York, New York
Alma materYale College
Yale Law School
New York University

George Bundy Smith (April 7, 1937 – August 5, 2017) was a lawyer and judge in

Atlanta, Georgia, to Montgomery, Alabama.[1][2]

Early life

Smith was born in New Orleans in 1937.

United States Supreme Court.[1]

Career

Smith began his legal career as an attorney for the

Model Cities program in New York.[3]

Smith was a judge of the

Appellate Division, First Department, where he served from 1986 to 1992.[3]

In September 1992, Cuomo appointed Smith to a 14-year term as an Associate Judge of New York's highest court, the

death penalty statute was unconstitutional due to the structure of its sentencing procedures.[4]

In 2006, Governor George Pataki was urged to reappoint Smith to another term on the Court of Appeals, although Smith would have served only another 16 months on the Court before mandatory retirement at age 70.[5] Pataki declined to reappoint Smith and instead nominated Justice Eugene F. Pigott Jr. to the seat.[6]

After leaving the bench, Smith became a partner at the New York City law firm of

Fordham Law School for many years both during and after his judicial service.[1][3]

In December 2005, Smith was awarded the William Nelson Cromwell Award by the New York County Lawyers Association.[3] Smith served several terms on the Board of Trustees of the Horace Mann School in Manhattan.[3]

Smith's twin sister, Inez Smith Reid, served as a judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, the District's equivalent of a state supreme court.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Retired NY Appeals Court Judge George Bundy Smith Dies at 80". The New York Times. August 8, 2017. Retrieved August 8, 2017.
  2. PBS. Archived from the original
    on January 7, 2017.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h "Appellate Division – First Judicial Department – Justices of the Court (Historical) – George Bundy Smith". New York State Unified Court System. Retrieved August 8, 2017.
  4. ^ "N.Y. Court Ruling Appears to Invalidate Death Sentences". The New York Times. June 24, 2004. Retrieved August 8, 2017.
  5. ^ Cooper, Michael (June 21, 2006). "A Place on the Bench Puts Pataki on the Spot". The New York Times. Retrieved August 8, 2017.
  6. ^ "Honorable Eugene F. Pigott, Jr". Court of Appeals – State of New York. Retrieved August 8, 2017.

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