Background
SEARS, Charles Brown was born on October 16, 1870 in Brooklyn, New York, United States. Son of Hector and Leora C. (Brown) Sears.
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Charles Brown SEARS
Edit ProfilePresiding Justice Appellate Division of Supreme Court of New York Fourth Department
Education
Yale College, Bachelor of Arts. University of Berlin. Harvard Law School, Bachelor of Laws.
Career
Delegate, to Constitutional Convention of State of New York, 1915. Appointed Justice of Supreme Court of New York, eighth District, 1917. Elected to same office for full term of 14 years at election of November 1917.
Designated to Appellate Division., fourth Department, 1922, for five years. Redesignated January 1927 for five years. Appointed Presiding Justice, since 1929.
Practiced Law in Buffalo from time of admission to Bar in 1895 until appointment to Bench.
Membership
Member: American and New York State Bar Associations. Erie Company Bar Association. American Institute, of Law.
Buffalo Fine Arts Academy (President). Clubs: Buffalo, Saturn, Athletic (Buffalo, New York), Century, University (New York City), Genesee Valley (Rochester, New York).
Connections
Spouse Florence A. Gilbert, October 20, 1896, Brookline, Massachusetts.
