[Editor's note: Joseph W. Bellacosa served the New York Court of Appeals from 1975 to 2000 as chief clerk, counsel, chief administrative judge and associate judge. The Law Journal proudly presents this first entry of an occasional series in which the retired judge shares reflections from his time on the state's high court.]

I arrived in Albany at my new job as chief clerk and counsel to the Court of Appeals in January 1975. Little could I have imagined the momentous and varied experiences that lay ahead for the next 25 years of my services in several different capacities.

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