Background
Gabrielli, Domenick L. was born on December 13, 1912 in Rochester, New York, United States. Son of Rocco and Veronica (Battisti) Gabrielli.
Gabrielli, Domenick L. was born on December 13, 1912 in Rochester, New York, United States. Son of Rocco and Veronica (Battisti) Gabrielli.
Bachelor of Science, St. Lawrence University, 1936. Honorary Doctor of Laws, St. Lawrence University, 1973. Bachelor of Laws, Albany Law School, 1936.
Juris Doctor, Albany Law School, 1968. Honorary Doctor of Laws, Union College, 1973. H.L.D., Siena College, 1974.
Doctor of Laws, Brooklyn Law School, 1975. Doctor of Laws, Nazareth College, 1980.
He was admitted to the bar in 1937. In 1939, he became Corporation Counsel of Bath, New New York In 1942, he was commissioned an ensign in the United States Navy.
During World World War II, he served in North Africa, Italy and Malta, and took part in the landing at Salerno, Italy, known as Operation Avalanche, in September 1943.
After the war, he resumed his office as Corporation Counsel of Bath and counsel to other cities and villages of the area. In 1953, he was first appointed and then elected District Attorney of Steuben County.
In 1961, he was appointed to the New York Supreme Court (7th District) to fill a vacancy, and elected in November 1961 to a fourteen-year term. He sat on the Appellate Division from 1968 on.
In 1972, he was elected on the Republican and Conservative tickets to the New York Court of Appeals.
In 1978, his was one of the seven names on the list submitted to Governor Hugh L. Carey from which to choose the new Chief Judge, but Lawrence H. Cooke was selected. He retired from the Court of Appeals at the end of 1982 when he reached the constitutional age limit of 70 years. Afterwards he resumed the practice of law at Rochester.
In 1983, he was appointed by Governor Mario Cuomo as Chairman of the Judicial Screening Committee which recommends candidates for judicial appointments.
He died at the Villa Mary Immaculate Nursing Home in Albany after struggling a month with pneumonia.
Chairman board trustees Albany Law School Served to lieutenant United States Navy, 1942-1945, North African Theatre of Operations. Member American Bar Association, New York Bar Association (past president, gold medal 1983), Steuben County Bar Association (past president), Bath Bar Association (past president), American Law Institute, American Judicature Society, New York State County Judges Association (president 1961), New York State Children's Court Judges Association, Juvenile Court Foundation, American Justinian Society Jurists (chairman appellate courts committee).
Married Dorothy Louise Hedges, July 2, 1938. Children: Veronica A. Gabrielli Dumas, Michael E.