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Peter Tom ’75 (b. 1947)
Tom earned his J.D. from Brooklyn Law School in 1975 and became one of the first Asian American judges in New York State. Born in Guangzhou in 1947, he joined the New York City Civil Court as a law clerk in 1976 and, in 1985, became the first Asian American appointed to the Housing Part of that court. He was elected to the Civil Court in 1987, elected to the New York State Supreme Court in 1990, and appointed to the Appellate Division, First Department, in 1994, where he later served as Acting Presiding Justice. His judicial career, spanning more than three decades, included assignments to specialized parts, administrative leadership roles, and, in 2017, a designation to hear oral arguments at the New York Court of Appeals.
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New York State Supreme Court, Asian American Judges, Acting Presiding Justice, Appellate Division, Housing, Civil Court, Appellate Division, Appellate Division First Department, Acting Presiding Justice, New York Court of Appeals