James M. Catterson is a former associate justice of the New York

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Early life and education

He is a 1980 graduate of

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and a 1985 graduate of

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Legal career

Catterson worked for the United States Attorney's Office, Eastern District, between 1986 and 1992 and the Suffolk County Attorney's Office between 1992 and 1998. He was also an adjunct professor for Cardozo Law School in 1995 and for

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from 1997 to 2002. Catterson was a justice of the

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in Suffolk County from 1999 to 2004. In 2004, he was designated a justice for the Appellate Division, First Judicial Department, by

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. In 2012, Catterson lost his bid for reelection to the Supreme Court in the 10th Judicial District (Nassau and Suffolk Counties). As a result, his term on the Appellate Division automatically expired on December 31, 2012. Catterson is now a partner at the firm of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP located in the New York office.

References

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