David Friedman is an associate justice of the New York Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, First Judicial Department.Official Biography
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Early life and education

In 1971, he graduated from

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''Magna Cum Laude'' with a degree in Mathematics. He was elected

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. In 1975, he graduated from

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Cum Laude. He was an associate editor of the ''New York Law School Law Review''.

Legal career

Prior to joining the bench, he worked as a Law Clerk to Justice Henry Martuscello on the Appellate Division and Justice Nicholas A. Clemente (See:

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) of the

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, Kings County. He subsequently served on the New York City Civil Court from 1990 to 1993. He was a New York Supreme Court Justice, from 1994 to 1999. He was designated a Justice for the Appellate Division, First Judicial Department in 1999 by

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George Pataki.

References

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