Marcy L. Kahn

Marcy L. Kahn

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Nonpartisan

Prior offices

New York Supreme Court Appellate Division 1st Department

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Marcy L. Kahn was a justice on the first department of the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division. She was appointed to the court by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to fill a vacancy in February 2016. Kahn retired in September 2019.

Previously, Kahn was a justice for the New York County Supreme Court in the 1st Judicial District of New York. She was first elected to this position in 1995, after having served as an acting justice since 1993. She was re-elected in 2009 to a term that would have expired in 2022.

Education

Kahn received her A.B. degree from Stanford University in 1972 and his J.D. degree from the New York University School of Law in 1975.

Career

Kahn began her career in 1975 as a special assistant attorney general at the Office of the New York State Special Prosecutor. In 1977, she became an associate of the private law firm of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom. She then became a partner of the firm Anderson Kill & Olick in 1980. She worked in this capacity through 1986. Her first judicial appointment was in 1987, when she joined the New York City Criminal Court. She served on this court through 1994, but spent the end of her term (1993 - 1994) as an acting justice of the New York County Supreme Court. She was elected a justice of this court in 1995.

See also

• New York Supreme Court
• New York County, New York
• New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division

External links

• Judges of the New York Supreme Court Appellate Division, First Department