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Appellate Division - Second Department
Justices of the Court
Associate Justice Stephen G. Crane
Judicial Offices

Associate Justice
Appellate Division – Second Department Designated March 23, 2001

Administrative Judge of Supreme Court,
Civil Branch, New York County July 1996 to March 22, 2001

Justice of the Supreme Court, New York County January 1984 to July 1996
Acting Supreme Court Justice January 1984 - March 1989
Interim Appointment March 21, 1989 - December 31, 1989
Elected Supreme Court Justice January 1, 1990
Supreme Court Term Expires December 31, 2008

Judge of the Criminal Court of the City of New York March 1981 to January 1984

Other
Professional Experience

Partner, Glass Howard and Crane November 1980 to March 1981
New York, New York

Counsel to the Office of Court Administration May 1979 to November 1980
New York, New York

Chief Law Assistant, Supreme Court, December 1976 to May 1979
Appellate Division, First Department,
New York, New York

Senior Law Assistant, September 1966 to December
Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department, 1976
New York, New York

Associate, July 1963 to September 1966
Poletti Freidin Prashker Feldman & Gartner,
New York, New York

Bernard M. Baruch College September 1969 to
of the City University of York, September 1979
Adjunct Associate Professor

The Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law 1985 to 1991, 1993 to 1997
Summer Institute. Teaching seminar in Judicial
Practice and Ethics
Adjunct Professor

Admission
to the Bar

New York, Third Department, November 14, 1963.

United States District Courts,
Southern District of New York, December 10, 1964;
Eastern District of New York, January 6, 1965.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, December 23, 1974.

United States Supreme Court, November 17, 1975.

Education

Cornell Law School
LLB (now J.D.)
With Distinction 1963

New York State
School of Industrial and Labor Relations
Cornell University
B.S. 1960

Publications &
Leading Cases

PUBLICATIONS

“Adjournments in State Civil Practice: Courts Seek Careful Balance Between Fairness and Genuine Needs, “ with Robert C. Meade Jr., Esq., co-author, New York State Bar Journal, May 2000, p. 36, Vol. 72, No. 4. [Original Draft by Mr. Meade; Editing and second and third drafts by me.]

“Courtroom 2000 Dedicated to the Memory of Justice Friedman,” New York State Bar Journal, November, 1998, p.6, Vol. 70, No. 1.

Perspective: “Case Management: Changing the Culture,” New York Law Journal, December 4, 1997, p. 2, c. 3-4.

Book Review, “Commercial Litigation in New York State Courts,” Robert L. Haig, editor-in-chief, New York County Lawyer, February/March, 1996, p. 9, c. 1.

"Deteriorating Court Facilities and their Impact on Justice," Bill of Particulars, New York State Trial Lawyers Association, June, 1993.

“City’s Courthouses: Attention Must Be Paid,” New York Law Journal, May 6, 1992, p. 2, col. 3.

"Constructive Knowledge Under People v Bartolomeo," The Panelist (a periodical for defense lawyers), Office of Projects Development, Appellate Division, First Department (Winter, 1985-1986).

"Litigating Parallel Civil and Criminal Actions," Bill of Particulars, New York State Trial Lawyers Association (September 1985).

Legal Aspects of Common Real Estate Transactions, with James V. Sullivan, co-author (Baruch College, 1972).

"The Adequacy of Costs Allowable in Litigation," Sixteenth Annual Report of the Judicial Conference (1971), Reprinted, New York Law Journal, February 22, 23 and 24, 1971.

Dayan, A Pictorial Biography with David Curtis, coauthor (Citadel Press, 1967).

LEADING CASES

Matter of District Council No. 9 v Metropolitan Transportation Authority, 115 Misc 2d 810, 454 NY Supp 2d 663 (Supreme Court N.Y. County 1982) aff'd for the reasons stated by Crane, J., 92 AD2d 791, leave to appeal granted, 93 AD2d 787 (1st Dept. 1983), appeal withdrawn, 61 NY2d 761

People v Florentino, 116 Misc 2d 692, 456 NY Supp 2d 638

Morgenthau v Clifford and Altman, 157 Misc 2d 331, 597 NY Supp 2d 843 (1992), appeal withdrawn, 198 AD2d 923

Matter of Silver v Dinkins, 158 Misc 2d 550, 601 NY Supp 2d 366, (1993), aff'd for the reasons stated by Crane, J., 196 AD 2d 757, 602 NY Supp 2d 540, leave to appeal den., 82 NY2d 659

King v Eastman Kodak Co., New York Law Journal, June 21, 1994, p. 22, c. 4, aff'd 219 AD2d 550, 631 NY Supp 2d 832 (1995)

Matter of Maxi Cohen (Four Way Features, Inc.), 168 Misc. 2d 91 , 636 NY Supp 2d 994, aff’d 240 AD2d 225, 659 NY Supp 2d 735 (1997)

State of New York v Philip Morris, 179 Misc 2d 435, 686 NYS2d 564, (December 23, 1998)

State of New York v Philip Morris, 179 Misc 2d 435, 686 NYS2d 564, (December 23, 1998)

Bindit Corp. v. Inflight Advertising, Inc., 285 AD2d 309

DeLuca v. Gallo, 287 AD2d 222

Gomez v. Bicknell, 302 AD2d 107 (December 23, 2002)

Sweeney, Cohn, Stahl & Vaccaro v. Kane, 6 AD3d 72 (March 8, 2004)

Matter of Hunter, 6 AD3d 117, 129 (March 29, 2004)

Kearse v. New York City Transit Authority, AD3d , New York Law Journal, Febraury 14, 2005, p. 18, (January 31, 2005)

Balanoff v. Niosi, AD3d , New York Law Journal, Febraury 18, 2005, p. 18 (February 7, 2005)

SIGNIFICANT TRIALS

People v. Bernhard Goetz

People v. George Canning, Marielle Kronberg, Robert Primack, and Lynne Speed

Maryland Johnson Bush v. International Business Machines Corporation and
N.C.R. Corp.

Collochio, Gloria v. City of New York and Tom Town Cab Co.

Edith Abrams, et al. v. Nathan Rogers, et al.

Professional &
Civic Activities

New York County Lawyers Association
Co-Chair, Institute on Continuing Legal Education; Chair, History Committee;
Cromwell Awards Committee
Member: Board of Directors, Judicial Section; Public Service Awards Committee

New York State Bar Association

New York State Trial Lawyers Association

Anti-Defamation League, New York
Regional Board, Executive Committee and National Legal Affairs Committee

National Center for State Courts
Project Advisory Committee for A Manual for Managing Notorious Cases, 1990- 1992.

CURIA Society, Cornell Law School
Chair

Past President, Cornell Law Association

Cornell Law School Advisory Council: Past President

Cornell University Council

New York County Public Access Law Library
Chair, Board of Trustees

Respect for Law Alliance, Inc.: Director

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