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Ferris D. Lebous
Ferris D. Lebous is a justice of the Broome County Supreme Court in the 6th Judicial District of New York. He was elected to this court for a term that began in 2006.[1][2]
Education
Lebous received his undergraduate degree from the University of New York at Binghamton in 1976 and his J.D. degree from The Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law of Yeshiva University in 1979.[1]
Career
Lebous has worked as: a Town Attorney for Sanford and Dickinson, NY; Special Counsel for the City of Binghamton and Broome County; Counsel of the Binghamton/Johnson City Joint Sewage Treatment Board; and a Village Attorney of Whitney Point and Windsor, NY. He then worked as an Assistant (and Senior Assistant) Broome County District Attorney from 1980 to 1982. He joined the Binghamton law firm of Pearis, Ressiguie, Kline, Barber & Lebous in 1982 and continued to practice there until his judicial appointment in 1998. Lebous was then appointed a judge of the New York Court of Claims. In 2006, he joined the Supreme Court.[1]
Footnotes
Federal courts:
Second Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Eastern District of New York, Western District of New York, Northern District of New York, Southern District of New York • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Eastern District of New York, Western District of New York, Northern District of New York, Southern District of New York
State courts:
New York Court of Appeals • New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division • New York Supreme Court • New York County Courts • New York City Courts • New York Town and Village Courts • New York Family Courts • New York Surrogates' Courts • New York City Civil Court • New York City Criminal Courts • New York Court of Claims • New York Problem Solving Courts
State resources:
Courts in New York • New York judicial elections • Judicial selection in New York
