Legal Practice Tools

Online Resources

Judicial Directory – New York State Unified Court System
http://www.nycourts.gov/judges/directory.shtml

Print Resources

New York Judge Reviews and Court Directory

Call Number: KFN5980 .N45 (Law Library NY Alcove)

The New York Red Book: An Illustrated Yearbook of Authentic Information Concerning New York State 

Law Reference 

The New York State Directory - 1984-present
Current ed. -- Law Library Reference Desk JK3430 .N52
Includes short biographies of NY Court of Appeals judges.

Historical Resources

Courts and Lawyers of New York, A History, 1609-1925

(HeinOnline - UB only)
4 v. Albany, NY: Weed, Parsons & Co., 1925
Hurchins, Stephen C.

The Judges of the New York Court of Appeals : a biographical history

edited by Albert M. Rosenblatt.
KF354 .N44 J83 2007 (Law Library Reference and General Collection)

Online Resources

Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges (Federal Judicial Center) 

Judicial Appointments by President (U.S. Courts) 

Print Resources

Almanac of the Federal Judiciary

Profiles and Evaluations of All Judges of the United States Circuit Courts and the United States Supreme Court

Volume 1-District Court judges arranged by Circuit

Volume 2-U.S. Supreme Court justices, and Circuit Court judges

Law Library:  Reference Desk  KF8700 .A19 A46

The American Bench: Judges of the Nation

Biographies of 19,000 judges from all levels of state and federal courts. Also includes jurisdictional, structural, and geographical information on the courts covered.

Law Library:  Reference Desk  KF8700 .A19 A47

BNA’s Directory of State and Federal Courts, Judges, and Clerks: A State-by-State and Federal Listing

Law Library:   Reference Desk  KF8700 .A19 K56

Judicial Yellow Book

Federal and State Courts * Judges *  Staffs * Biographies

Law Library:   Reference Desk  KF8700 .A19 J835

Almanac of the Federal Judiciary

Call Number: KF8700 .A19 A46 (Law Library Ref Desk)

Profiles and Evaluations of All Judges of the United States Circuit Courts and the United States Supreme Court.

Volume 1-District Court judges arranged by Circuit (red)

Volume 2-U.S. Supreme Court justices, and Circuit Court judges (blue)

Also on Westlaw and Lexis 

Historical Resources- United States Supreme Court

Biographies of former US Supreme Court Justices

(Supreme Court Historical Society)

Biographies of current US Supreme Court Justices

Biographies of US Supreme Court Justices (Oyez)

Includes current justices and former justices
View by Justice name, or by Court (all the way back to the Jay Court (1789-1790))