Rowan D. Wilson

Rowan D. Wilson (born September 3, 1960) is an American judge who has served as an Associate Judge of the New York Court of Appeals since 2017.[1][2]

Rowan D. Wilson
Associate Judge of the New York Court of Appeals
Incumbent
Assumed office February 6, 2017
Appointed by	Andrew Cuomo
Preceded by	Eugene F. Pigott Jr.
Personal details
Born	September 3, 1960 Pomona, California
Political party	Democratic

Wilson was born in Pomona, California, and grew up in Berkeley, California. He studied at Harvard College, and graduated from Harvard Law School in 1984.[3]

After serving a two-year term as law clerk to James R. Browning, Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, he joined Cravath, Swaine & Moore as an associate in 1986. In 1992, he became the first African-American partner at Cravath (as of 2020, he remains the only African-American to have been a partner at Cravath[4]). He remained a litigation partner until 2017, with a practice that included antitrust, intellectual property, securities fraud, and civil rights litigation.[3]

He was nominated as an Associate Judge of the New York Court of Appeals by Governor Andrew Cuomo on January 15, 2017, and confirmed by the New York State Senate on February 6, 2017.[2]

References

1. Patrick McGeehan (2017-01-16). "Cuomo Nominates Rowan Wilson to New York's Highest Court". Nytimes.com. Retrieved 2017-10-19.
2. "Honorable Rowan D. Wilson". Nycourts.gov. Retrieved 2017-10-19.
3. https://www.cravath.com/rwilson/
4. https://www.law.com/americanlawyer/2020/07/07/yes-cravath-still-has-zero-black-partners/