Richard T. Andrias
Associate Justice
27 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10010
(212) 340-0436 (t)
(212) 349-0579 (f)
Personal — Richard T. Andrias was born in
1943 and is a Democrat. He began service as a Justice of the Appellate Division,
First Judicial Department in 1996. Governor George E. Pataki appointed Justice
Andrias.
Judicial Positions - Richard T. Andrias has sat as a Justice of the New
York State Supreme Court from 1988 to present. From 1985 to 1987 he was Acting
Justice of the Supreme Court. He was a New York City Criminal Court Judge from
1983 to 1987.
Legal Practice - Justice Richard T. Andrias practiced law for the firm of
Gordon & Schechtman from 1981- 1983. He worked for Davis & Davis from 1975 to
1981. From 1971 to 1975 he was an attorney for the Criminal Division of Legal
Aid. Justice Andrias practiced for the firm of Gilbert, Segall & Young from 1970
to 1971.
Practice Areas — Richard T. Andrias practiced in both criminal and civil
law including: corporate; commercial litigation; general litigation; and real
estate.
Education — He received his JD from Columbia Law School in 1970 and
graduated from Bowdoin College with a BA in 1965.
Military Service — Richard T. Andrias served in the United States Army
from 1965 to 1967.
Memberships - Justice Andrias is a member of the: American Bar
Association; Association of the Bar of the City of New York; New York County
Lawyer's Association; New York State Bar Association; J.U.S.T.I.C.E. — British
Section of the International Commission of Jurists.
Teaching and Speaking — Since 1991, Richard T. Andrias has been an
Adjunct Professor, Trial Practice, Pace University School of Law. He lectured
for the U.S. Department of Justice — Conference on Judiciary and Crime Victims
and was the Keynote Speaker at the National Institute of Justice/State Justice
Institute Conference, on Aids in the Criminal Justice System. He was an
Organizer and Panelist for the US Public Health Service's Judicial Education
Program on TB and Aids and was also an Organizer and Panelist for the NYS
Department of Corrections and NYS Division for Youth Sponsored Conference about
Victims Issues in Corrections.
Staff — Richard T . Andrias's law clerk is Robert P. McGreevy who
received his JD from St. John's in 1969. Robert P. McGreevy's telephone number
is (212) 340-0436.
Links of Interest — “N.Y. Panel Rejects Review Of Tobacco Fee Award” -
http://biz.yahoo.com/law/030801/50c43b48ff895b25a615b245c9a2de47_1.html
“From the Battlefields of Shiloh and Vietnam To the Halls of Kent and Greene:
Columbians in the Military” -
http://www.law.columbia.edu/media_inquiries/news/june_news/columb_military
“Merrill Lynch/Orange County Shareholder Suit Dismissed
October 1998” -
http://www.weil.com/wgm/cwgmpubs.nsf/0/e1d6b2bff1d08e7285256799007869b8?OpenDocument