Background
Cardamone, Richard J. was born on October 10, 1925 in Utica, New York, United States. Son of Joseph J. and Josephine (Scala) Cardamone.
Cardamone, Richard J. was born on October 10, 1925 in Utica, New York, United States. Son of Joseph J. and Josephine (Scala) Cardamone.
Bachelor, Harvard University, 1948. Bachelor of Laws, Syracuse University, 1952.
Born in Utica, New York in 1925, Cardamone was in the United States Navy during World World War II, from 1943 to 1946, and then received a Bachelor of Arts from Harvard University in 1948 and an Bachelor of Laws from Syracuse University College of Law in 1952. He then entered private practice in Utica, until 1962. In 1962 Cardamone began his judicial career by gaining election to the New York State Supreme Court, serving as a Justice from 1963 to 1981.
On October 1, 1981, Cardamone was nominated by President Ronald Reagan to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit vacated by William Hughes Mulligan.
He was confirmed by the United States Senate on October 29, 1981, and received his commission the same day. Cardamone assumed senior status on November 13, 1993.
Cardamone died on October 16, 2015. Reported Decisions
Cardamone began his opinion in Demoret v.
Zegarelli, 451 F.3d 140 (2d Cir 2006) by noting a defendant"s connection to a classic American short story:.
Lieutenant (junior grade) United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946. Member American Law Institute, New York State Bar Association, Oneida County Bar Association.
Married Catherine Baker Clarke, August 28, 1946. 10 children.