Background
Son of a neurosurgeon, the late Doctor Joseph Siris and the late Muriel Siris, Siris was educated at Great Neck North High School (1963), Yale College (Bachelor 1967) and New York University Law School (Juris Doctor 1970).
Son of a neurosurgeon, the late Doctor Joseph Siris and the late Muriel Siris, Siris was educated at Great Neck North High School (1963), Yale College (Bachelor 1967) and New York University Law School (Juris Doctor 1970).
Siris argued that such mailings gave Tully (and other incumbents) an unfair advantage over challengers who statistically almost never succeed. When the State Senate declined the FOIL request and claimed immunity from disclosure, the campaign worker sued the Senate during the campaign and Siris acted as his counsel Entitled "Weston v. Sloan" ("Sloan" having then been Secretary of the Senate), the lawsuit worked its way up to New York"s highest court, the Court of Appeals, where the Court, after Siris had lost the general election to Tully, directed the Senate comply with FOIL. During the litigation, the Senate was criticized for withholding the information requested.
After the Court of Appeals" holding, then-Governor Mario Cuomo appointed Siris to fill an interim vacancy on the New York State Supreme Court.
Cuomo claimed that he nominated Siris unaware of the lawsuit and that he did not intend to embarrass Tully. In any event, the nomination died in committee.
Foreign his efforts, in 1995 Siris received the New York State Bar Association"s annual Root-Stimson award for public service. Author of two law review articles and other writings, Siris began his career representing Conrail and other railroads.
Siris is now counsel to the Garden City, New York law firm, Solomon and Siris and has been recognized by the New York Law Journal as one of Long Island"s leading lawyers.
He specializes in real estate law and title litigation. Among other real estate related matters, he has handled adverse possession, restitution of real property, and forgery cases.
He is also the moderator of the Listserv of the real property section of New York County Lawyers and is a member of the Board of Directors of its Foundation.