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| William G. Ford | |
| Judge | |
| New York Supreme Court 10th Judicial District | |
| Tenure | |
| 2016 - Present | |
| Term ends | |
| 2030 | |
| Years in position | 9 |
| Prior offices | |
| Judge, New York District Courts | |
| 2009-2014 | |
| Education | |
| Bachelor's | SUNY Empire State College |
| J.D. | Brooklyn Law School |
| Professional experience | |
| Principal assistant county attorney, Suffolk County Department of Law | |
| 2007-2008 | |
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William G. Ford is a judge of the Supreme Court 10th Judicial District in New York. He was elected in the general election on November 3, 2015.[1]
He was previously a judge for the Suffolk County District Court from 2009 to 2014.[2] He was elected to the district court in 2008 and was sworn into office on January 5, 2009. He was defeated in his bid for re-election in 2014 and stepped down from the bench at the end of his last term in December 2014.[3][4][5][6] He first ran for the Suffolk County District Court in 2015, but was defeated in the primary. He then filed to run in the general election for the Supreme Court 10th Judicial District.[7][8]
Education
Ford received his undergraduate degree from SUNY Empire State College and his J.D. degree from the Brooklyn Law School.[5]
Career
- 2016-Present: Judge, Supreme Court 10th Judicial District
- 2009-2014: Judge, Suffolk County District Court
- 2007-2008: Principal assistant county attorney, Suffolk County Department of Law
- 2000-2007: Senior trial attorney, Zurich North America, Melville
- 1998-2000: Staff attorney, Ross & Sambrato[3][5]
Elections
2015
- See also: New York judicial elections, 2015
New York's judicial elections included a primary on September 10, 2015, and a general on November 3, 2015. The filing deadline for primary candidates was August 16, 2015.
The candidates ran for seven open seats.
| Supreme Court 10th Judicial District, 7 open seats, General Election, 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic, Republican |  James P. McCormack |
12.7% | 148,852 | |
| Democratic, Republican | Robert A. McDonald |
12.4% | 145,194 | |
| Democratic, Republican | Julianne Capetola |
12.3% | 144,248 | |
| Democratic, Republican | Jack Libert |
12.0% | 140,754 | |
| Democratic, Conservative, Independence | Robert F. Quinlan |
8.6% | 100,504 | |
| Democratic, Conservative, Independence | William G. Ford |
8.3% | 97,443 | |
| Democratic, Conservative, Independence | Howard Heckman, Jr. |
8.2% | 95,895 | |
| Republican, Independence | Emily Pines Incumbent | 6.3% | 73,569 | |
| Republican, Independence | John J. Toomey, Jr. | 6.3% | 73,492 | |
| Republican | Patricia M. Filiberto | 6.1% | 71,583 | |
| Conservative, Independence | Kathy G. Bergmann | 1.9% | 22,832 | |
| Conservative, Independence | David A. Morris | 1.7% | 20,496 | |
| Conservative | Janine Barbera-Dalli | 1.6% | 18,470 | |
| Conservative | Deborah Poulos | 1.6% | 18,237 | |
| Write-in votes | 0.03% | 377 | ||
| Total Votes (100% of precincts reporting) | 1,171,946 | |||
| Source: New York Board of Elections, "Unofficial Election Night Results," November 4, 2015 | ||||
The candidates ran for three open seats.
| Suffolk County District Court, 3 open seats, Primary Election, 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Green | Robert Cicale |
35.5% | 11 | |
| Green | Anthony Senft Jr. |
29.0% | 9 | |
| Green | John Schettino |
25.8% | 8 | |
| Green | William G. Ford | 9.7% | 3 | |
| Total Votes | 31 | |||
| Source: Suffolk County Board of Elections, "Primary Election Final Results," accessed October 8, 2015 | ||||
2014
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See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ New York Board of Elections, "Unofficial Election Night Results," November 4, 2015
- ↑ New York State Unified Court System, "Suffolk County District Court - Judges," accessed October 30, 2014
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Newsday.com, "Islip District Court Judge," October 31, 2008
- ↑ The Suffolk County Bar Association, "Judicial Swearing-In & Robing Ceremony (Notice)," December 2008
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 New York Law Journal, "William G. Ford," accessed October 30, 2014
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedelec - ↑ Suffolk County Board of Elections, "Primary Candidate list," accessed August 31, 2015
- ↑ New York Board of Elections, "Candidate Petition List," September 28, 2015
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