UB LAW ALUMNI TO HEAR JUDGE WESLEY AT NYC
LUNCHEON
U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Richard C.
Wesley, 2nd Circuit, will be the featured speaker when alumni and
friends of University at Buffalo Law School hold their annual New York City Alumni
Luncheon, on Friday, January 30, at noon, in the Union League Club, 38 East
37th Street (corner of Park Avenue). The event is held each year in conjunction
with the New York State Bar Association Annual Meeting, in New York City.
“It’s a
great opportunity to visit with UB Law School friends from across the state,”
says Law Alumni President Denise E. O’Donnell.
A 1974 graduate of Cornell Law School,
Judge Wesley first joined the law firm of Harris, Beach & Wilcox, then
joined Welch, Streb and Porter where he became a partner in 1977. In 1979, Wesley was appointed assistant
counsel to Assembly Republican Leader James L. Emery. For the next four years,
he managed Assemblyman Emery's legislative programs, constituent services and
district office. In l982, Wesley was elected to the New York State Assembly for
the l36th Assembly District, and was re-elected in 1984 without opposition.
In l986, he was elected to a l4-year
term as a justice of the Supreme Court, in the Seventh Judicial District, which
includes all of Monroe, Wayne, Livingston, Ontario, Seneca, Cayuga, Steuben and
Yates Counties. In l988, Wesley set up the Trial Assistance Part that provided
additional trial parts in Supreme Court in Monroe County to reduce the backlog
of cases that had developed. Judge Wesley has also served as the Administrator
of the Judicial Hearing Officer Program in the Seventh Judicial District.
In January of l99l, he was appointed Supervising
Judge of the Criminal Courts in the Seventh Judicial District, overseeing the
operation of 280 criminal courts in an eight-county area. In l994, Governor
Mario Cuomo appointed Judge Wesley to the Appellate Division of the Supreme
Court for the Fourth Department. Governor George Pataki then nominated Judge
Wesley to the Court of Appeals, and he was confirmed by a unanimous vote of the
New York State Senate in January 1997. On March 5, 2003, President George W.
Bush nominated Wesley to the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals.
Luncheon attendees also will hear an update from Dean
Nils Olsen.
Those who would like to attend the Jan.
30th luncheon should call Ilene Fleischmann, associate dean and
executive director of the Law Alumni Association, at (716) 645-2107 or email
her at fleisch@buffalo.edu . Lunch
costs $50 for alumni and guests, $35 if you graduated in 1999 or later.
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