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2009 Voter Guide

Honorable Daniel Lewis
Candidate for the
Supreme Court
Eleventh Judicial District
(Queens)

  Honorable Daniel Lewis

Candidate Biography
Personal Statement
  • I am seeking re-election to the position of Justice of the Supreme Court. I have 32 years of experience in the Criminal Justice System serving as an Asst. DA, Asst. Attorney General, NYS Assoc. General Counsel and Compliance Officer, Principal Law Clerk to a Justice, Criminal Court Judge and Supreme Court Justice. I have always been found to be competent, experienced and fair and to have the appropriate judicial temperament by the various Bar Associations reviewers. I have 4 decades of public and community service in the Civil Rights Sector: Southern Christian Leadership in Alabama, National Congress of Racial Equality, Jamaica NAACP; in the International field: Department of State, American Embassy in Rome; and in Community-based organizations: Brown Youth Guidance, Queens County Bar Assoc, Assoc. of the Bar of the City of NY, Hogan-Morganthau Assoc., Phi Beta Sigma Inc., Billy Holiday Theatre, 100 Black Men Inc., Professional Children’s School, New Lincoln School, Queens County Small Claims Court, Tribune Society Inc. and Vanguard Coalition Inc. In all of my endeavors, I strive to adhere to the dictates of my fraternal code: “culture for service, service for humanity”.
 
Party Membership
  • Democrat
 
Party Line
  • Democrat
 
Campaign Web Site
None  
Education
  • Brown University, Bachelor of Arts, 1967
  • Law School of the University of Pennsylvania, Juris Doctor, 1970
 
Admitted to Bar
  • New York 1971
 
Occupation/Employer
  • NYS Supreme Court
 
Professional Experience
  • Judge, NYC Criminal Court, Queens County 1992-1995
  • Principal Law Clerk to Supreme Court Justice Kenneth N. Browne 1977-1991
  • Associate General Counsel and Civil Rights Compliance Officer, NYS Division of Criminal Justice Services 1975-1977
  • Assistant District Attorney, New York County District Attorney's Office 1970-1975
 

Created from information supplied by the candidate. The Judicial Campaign Ethics Center does not check statements for accuracy, and does not correct spelling or grammatical errors. The Center does not support or oppose any political party or candidate.

 
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