Justice Eugene M. Fahey

Eugene M. Fahey graduated from the State University of New York with a B.A. in political science in 1974 (cum laude), a law degree in 1984, and an M.A. in European History in 1998. Justice Fahey served on the Buffalo Common Council from 1978 to 1984 and again from 1988 to 1995. He served as Law Clerk to Justice Edgar C. NeMoyer before entering private practice in 1985, serving as house counsel for Kemper Insurance Company until 1993. Justice Fahey was elected to Buffalo City Court in 1994 where he handled approximately 3,500 cases a year, mainly criminal. He was elected to the Supreme Court in 1996. As a Supreme Court Justice, Justice Fahey was assigned to handle a civil calendar as well as criminal Special Term and presided over a variety of cases in Erie County as well as the outlying counties in the Eighth Judicial District. He was assigned to the Commercial Division in Erie County in January 2005 until his appointment to the Appellate Division in December, 2006. Justice Fahey is a member of the Erie County Bar Association and the U. B. Law Alumni Association. He has been a speaker at seminars for the New York State Bar Association and Erie Institute of Law CLE programs in Western New York. He has also written materials on a variety of topics, including medical malpractice litigation, expert witnesses and testimony, expert reliability, and negotiation.