10/13/2026
Spotlight for Hon. Victoria A. Graffeo 🇮🇹⚖️🇺🇸
Honorable Victoria A. Graffeo is a distinguished jurist who served as an Associate Judge of the New York State Court of Appeals.
Judge Graffeo graduated from the State University College at Oneonta in 1974 and earned her J.D. from Albany Law School of Union University in 1977. Following law school, Judge Graffeo practiced law privately from 1978 to 1982. In 1982, she entered government service as assistant counsel to the New York State Division of Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse. In 1984, she joined the State Legislature as counsel to Assembly Minority Leader Pro Tempore Kemp Hannon. From 1989 through 1994, she served as chief counsel to Assembly Minority Leader Clarence D. Rappleyea, Jr.
On January 1, 1995, Judge Graffeo was appointed Solicitor General of New York by Attorney General Dennis C. Vacco. In September 1996, Governor George E. Pataki appointed her to fill a vacancy on the New York State Supreme Court, Third Judicial District. She was elected to a full term that November and, in March 1998, became an Associate Justice of the Appellate Division, Third Department.
Judge Graffeo’s career reflects a longstanding commitment to public service and the administration of justice.
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