William J. Hooks is a graduate of LeMoyne College (1976) and Albany Law School (1979). Mr. Hooks began his employment with the Law Reporting Bureau as a Legal Editor in 1981. He was appointed Assistant State Reporter in 1990.

    Mr. Hooks was admitted to the New York State Bar in 1980. He is a member of the New York State Bar Association and that organization's Intellectual Property section, and the Association of Reporters of Judicial Decisions. He is also a member of the Board of Regents of Le Moyne College in Syracuse, New York.