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Article: Hugh Jones and modern courts: the pursuit of justice then and now.(New York Court of Appeals judge)
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- Albany Law Review
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- June 22, 2002
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HUGH R. JONES MEMORIAL LECTURE
Albany Law School--March 11, 2002
I begin my talk this afternoon with an expression of gratitude. I am deeply honored that the Fund for Modern Courts and Albany Law School would look to me to deliver the first Hugh R. Jones Memorial Lecture. Judge Jones played a significant role in my career as an appellate judge. He chaired Governor Cuomo's Fourth Department Screening Committee when I was appointed to the Appellate Division and the Judicial Nominating Commission that submitted my name (along with six others) to Governor Pataki for the Court of Appeals.
All told, I believe I was interviewed by Judge Jones on four ...