Preceded by Sol Wachtler Succeeded by Judith Kaye Role Judge | Name Richard Simons Appointed by Mario Cuomo | |
Born March 23, 1927 (age 97)
Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York ( 1927-03-23 ) | ||
Richard Duncan Simons (born March 23, 1927 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York) is an American lawyer and politician from New York. He was Acting Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals from 1992 to 1993
Life
He was in the United States Navy during World War II.
He was a justice of the New York Supreme Court from 1963 to 1983. In January 1983, he was appointed a judge of the New York Court of Appeals. After the resignation of Sol Wachtler in November 1992, Simons was chosen Acting Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals. He presided until the appointment of Judith S. Kaye in March 1993, and then resumed his seat as associate judge. He retired from the bench at the end of his 14-year term in January 1997.
His wife Muriel died aged 64 in March 1992 at the Crouse Irving Memorial Hospital in Syracuse, New York after being treated for a lymphoma with a wrong drug. Cisplatin ("Platinol") was given instead of carboplatin ("Paraplatin").
He resides in Rome, New York with his second wife, Esther Tremblay Simons.