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Justice Eugene Fahey, of the upstate Appellate Division, Fourth Department, is Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s choice to fill a seat on the Court of Appeals opened by the Dec. 31 retirement of Robert Smith. READ MORE » *** Fahey was chosen from a list of seven candidates sent to Cuomo by the Commission on Judicial Nomination (NYLJ, Dec. 2). Others on the list were five partners at Manhattan law firms: Kathy Chin of Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft; Hector Gonzalez of Dechert; Mary Kay Vyskocil of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett; Rowan Wilson of Cravath, Swaine & Moore; and Stephen Younger of Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler. Fahey’s colleague on the Fourth Department bench, Justice Erin Peradotto, was also on the list.
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