 Supreme
Court Justice David Demarest was elected in 1993 to a fourteen year term
as a Justice of the Fourth Judicial District. He sits primarily in St.
Lawrence and Franklin Counties but is subject to assignment anywhere
in the Fourth Judicial District. A 1973 graduate of Albany Law School
and a 1970 graduate of St. Lawrence University, Judge Demarest began
his legal career in private practice in Potsdam, N.Y. He later became
Law Clerk to
Hon. Edmund L. Shea and then to Hon. Michael W. Duskas.
Prior to his election Judge Demarest was active in Bar activities
having served as President of the St. Lawrence County Bar Association;
a delegate to the New York State Bar Association House of Delegates
and a member of the Conference of New York State Bar Leaders.
He was a charter member of the Board of Directors of North Country
Legal Services and of Seaway Valley Crimestoppers. He served
as a director and chair of the St. Lawrence County Industrial
Development Agency. He is currently (2004) the President of the
Association of Supreme Court Justices of the
State of New York.
Justice Demarest lives in Potsdam with his wife Sandra who is
the Director of Development for North Country Public Radio in
Canton, N.Y. |
4th JD
