Cancer claimed the lives of Brooklyn District Attorney Kenneth Thompson and former state chief judge Judith Kaye, at a time when both were still active in the legal community and championing the interests of justice.
Kaye was the first woman named to the state’s highest court and became longest-tenured chief judge in state history after serving as an associate judge on the Court of Appeals for 10 years. During her 15 years as chief judge, she helped expand drug and other “problem-solving” courts, improve court facilities, establish the state Supreme Court’s Commercial Division, and reform jury service. She also delivered an eloquent, far-seeing dissent in a 2006 case where the court’s majority refused to recognize same-sex marriage as legal; the state Legislature followed her lead five years later.
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