On Nov. 13, The Historical Society of the New York Courts presented the third program in its series “NYS Law Schools Present: Illustrious Alumni.” This program traced the connection between St. John’s Law and the New York courts, with a special focus on the five St. John’s alumni who have served on the Court of Appeals.

Pictured here are program participants Professor John Barrett; Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil, ’83, of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York; Chief Judge Janet DiFiore, ’81; retired Court of Appeals Judge Carmen Beauchamp Ciparick, ’67, now of counsel at Greenberg Traurig; retired Second Department Presiding Justice Randall T. Eng, ’72, now of counsel with Meyer Suozzi, who was one of the first Asian-Americans to hear cases on the Court of Appeals when he sat on that court by designation with Justice Peter Tom; retired Court of Appeals Judge Joseph Bellacosa, ’61; and Dean Michael Simons.