Henry J. Scudder, presiding justice of the Appellate Division, Fourth Department, will be presented the Law Day 2010 Award at a ceremony tomorrow at the Hilton New York hosted by the New York State Trial Lawyers Association.
Justice Scudder was appointed to the Fourth Department in 1999 and was named presiding justice in 2006. He was first elected to the Supreme Court bench in the Seventh Judicial District, which includes eight western counties, in 1996. He also now serves as a liaison to the Lawyers’ Fund for Client Protection.