On the occasion of its 30th Anniversary, the Franklin H. Williams Judicial Commission shares excerpts from oral history interviews with several of the pioneers who helped create and establish the Commission.
The interviews will be posted by noon each day on the Amici podcast site. In addition, daily reminders, with links to the audio and a transcript, will be posted on the court system’s Facebook page and “Tweeted” from the Commission’s Twitter feed.
First two weeks featured the following judges:
Hon. Lewis L. Douglass
Chair Emeritus of the FHW Commission (1992-September 2009)
Hon. Sol Wachtler
Former Chief Judge of the State of New York
Hon. Samuel L. Green
Original member of the Franklin H. Williams Judicial Commission
Hon. Jonathan Lippman
Former Chief Judge of the State of New York
Hon. Juanita Bing Newton
Dean of the Judicial Institute (retired)
Original member of the Franklin H. Williams Judicial Commission
Anthony Suárez, Esq.
Original member of the Franklin H. Williams Judicial Commission
WEEK THREE
Tuesday, June 15
Edna Wells Handy, Esq.
Former Executive Director of the Franklin H. Williams Judicial Commission
Wednesday, June 16
Hon. Rose H. Sconiers
Chair Emeritus of the FHW Commission (May 2009-August 2015)
Thursday, June 17
Hon. Richard B. Lowe, III
Chair Emeritus of the FHW Commission (September 2015-December 2017)
WEEK FOUR
Tuesday, June 22
James C. Goodale, Esq.
Original member of the Franklin H. Williams Judicial Commission
Wednesday, June 23
Hon. Peggy Cooper Davis
Original member of the Franklin H. Williams Judicial Commission
Thursday, June 24
Hon. Dorothy Chin Brandt
Original member of the Franklin H. Williams Judicial Commission
First Asian American female judge and the first elected Asian American public official in New York.
GRAND FINALE
Wednesday, June 30
Joyce Y. Hartsfield, Esq.
Former Executive Director of the FHW Commission (1992-2019)
Special thanks to John M. Caher, Senior Advisor for Strategic/Technical Communications, for creating this Oral History Series
