James Gilpatric

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James Gilpatric

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Prior offices

New York Supreme Court 3rd Judicial District

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Education

Bachelor's

Siena College

Law

Albany School of Law

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James P. Gilpatric was a justice of the Sullivan County Supreme Court and the Ulster County Supreme Court in the 3rd Judicial District. He was chosen by delegates to the Democratic judicial nominating convention for the Third Judicial District on September 25, 2009. On November 3, 2009, he defeated Republican Jill Dunn for this position. He replaced retired Justice Anthony Kane. Gilpatric retired from the court in 2021.

Education

Gilpatric received his B.A. degree from Siena College in 1973 and his J.D. degree from Albany Law School in 1976.

Career

Gilpatric began his career as associate counsel to the New York State Emergency Financial Control. He became a partner of Klein & Gilpatric, Esq. in 1977. From 1981 to 1985, he worked as a confidential law secretary for a judge of the Ulster County Supreme Court. He then worked as a partner with the law firm Kaiser, Murray, Collier, Murphy & Gilpatric, Esq. until becoming a Kingston City Court Judge in 2007. He also ran his own law practice from 1994 to 2007.

Prior to his election to the Supreme Court, Gilpatric worked as a Kingston City Court judge. He also was an overseer for the city's Domestic Violence Court and presided over the Ulster County Drug Court. Although he was admonished by the Commission on Judicial Conduct for late decisions and for being under the influence of alcohol while on the bench in 2004, the Independent Judicial Election Qualification Commission rated him "qualified" for the Supreme Court.

Admonished for slowness

Judge Gilpatric was admonished by the New York Office of Judicial Conduct for failing to meet legal deadlines during his time on the Kingston City Court. He challenged the admonishment before the New York Court of Appeals, claiming that judicial discipline should be limited to cases where a judge either defies an order or falsifies records.

Election

2009

Gilpatric was elected to the court in 2009.

Candidate	Incumbent	Seat	Party	Election %
James Gilpatric A		3rd District	Democratic, Independence, Conservative	46.3%
Jill Dunn		3rd District	Republican	35.6%

See also

• Supreme Court of the State of New York

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