Susan Read
Susan Phillips Read was a judge on the State of New York Court of Appeals, the court of last resort in New York. She was appointed to the court by former Governor George Pataki on January 6, 2003.[1][2]
Read retired on August 24, 2015.[3]
Education
Read received her undergraduate degree from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1969 and her J.D. degree from the University of Chicago Law School in 1972.[1]
Career
- 2003-2015: Judge, State of New York Court of Appeals
- 1998-2003: Judge, New York Court of Claims
- 1995-1998: Deputy counsel, Governor George Pataki
- 1988-1995: Partner, Schoeneck and King
- 1977-1988: Environmental counsel, General Electric Company
- 1974-1977: Assistant counsel, State University of New York
- 1972-1974: Legal intern, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission [1]
Political ideology
In October 2012, political science professors Adam Bonica and Michael Woodruff of Stanford University attempted to determine the partisan ideology of state supreme court justices. They created a scoring system in which a score above 0 indicated a more conservative-leaning ideology, while scores below 0 were more liberal.
Read received a campaign finance score of -0.1, indicating a liberal ideological leaning. This was less liberal than the average score of -0.24 that justices received in New York.
The study was based on data from campaign contributions by the judges themselves, the partisan leaning of those who contributed to the judges' campaigns, or, in the absence of elections, the ideology of the appointing body (governor or legislature). This study was not a definitive label of a justice, but an academic summary of various relevant factors.[4]
See also
External links
- Court of Appeals, State of New York, "Honorable Susan Phillips Read"
- Project Vote Smart, "Judge Susan Phillips Read (NY)"
- The Truth About Cars, "NY Appeals Court Strikes Down Warrantless GPS Tracking," May 14, 2009
- The New York Sun, "Ruling Favors Grandparents Seeking Visitation," February 16, 2007
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Court of Appeals, State of New York, "Honorable Susan Phillips Read," accessed February 11, 2015
- ↑ The American Judicature Society, "Methods of Judicial Selection: New York," accessed February 11, 2015
- ↑ New York Daily News, "Two GOP judges are retiring from state court of appeals," June 24, 2015
- ↑ Stanford University, "State Supreme Court Ideology and 'New Style' Judicial Campaigns," October 31, 2012
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
