Richard Thompson Andrias (born 1943) was an associate justice of the New York Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, First Judicial Department.

Early life and education

He is a 1965 graduate of

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and a 1970 graduate of Columbia Law School. He also attended the Graduate Law School of the

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. He served in

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as an Army Intelligence Officer with the First Air Cavalry Division and was awarded the Bronze Star and Air Medal

Legal career

Prior to joining the bench, he was a trial lawyer for the Legal Aid Society's Criminal Defense Division and in private practice, doing primarily corporate and commercial litigation. He subsequently served on the New York City Criminal Court from 1983 to 1987. He was a New York Supreme Court Justice, from 1987 to 1996. He was designated as a Justice for the Appellate Division, First Judicial Department in 1996 by

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George Pataki, and served on that court until his retirement in 2018.New York Law Journal, "Retired NY Appellate, COA Judges Launch Arbitration Venture," January 15, 2019. He teaches trial practice at

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References

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