Thomas Mercure

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Thomas Mercure

Republican Party

Prior offices:

New York Supreme Court 3rd Judicial District

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Education

Bachelor's

Saint Michael's College, 1965

Law

Georgetown University Law Center, 1968

Thomas E. Mercure was an administrative judge for the 3rd Judicial District of New York. Mercure retired from the bench on March 1, 2014. He served 33 years on the bench and wrote 3,000 opinions during his career as a judge.^[1] He was appointed to his most recent position in January 2013.^[2][3] During his career he also sat on the New York Court of Appeals to hear two cases, in 1994 and 2011. The 1994 case was related to the World Trade Center bombing.^[1]

Education

Judge Mercure graduated from Saint Michael's College in 1965 and from Georgetown University Law Center in 1968.^[2][4][5]

Career

• 2013-2014: District Administrative Judge, 3rd Judicial District
• 1988-2013: Justice, New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Third Department
• 1981-2013: Justice, New York Supreme Court 4th Judicial District
• 1981: Judge, Washington County Court
• 1977-1981: Washington County District Attorney
• 1974-1977: First Assistant District Attorney, Washington County
• 1973: Washington County District Attorney's Office
• 1969-1981: Attorney, Sole practitioner and partner of Corbett & Mercure^[2][6][7]

Elections

2009

Four candidates competed for two seats.^[8]

Candidate	Incumbent	Seat	Party	Election %
Barry D. Kramer A	No	4th District	Democratic, Conservative	20.9%
Thomas Mercure A	Yes	4th District	Republican, Conservative	21.3%
Richard B. Meyer	No	4th District	Republican	16.2%
Brian S. Stewart	No	4th District	Democratic	15.7%

See also

• Courts in New York
• New York counties
• Judicial selection in New York

External links

• Official New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Third Department website
• NEWS: Justice Thomas Mercure to Retire After Record Term 2/24
• New York Law Journal, "Q&A: Thomas Mercure," August 9, 2013
• Thomas Mercure's campaign website
• Times Union "Four vie in largest judicial district," October 28, 2009

Footnotes

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