The Catskill Chronicle

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NEW YORK STATE (September 23, 2012) – The Democratic Judicial Nominating Convention for the New York State Third Judicial District was held on Friday, September 21, 2012 at the Albany Court House. The New York State Third Judicial District in the Third Judicial Department consists of seven counties: Sullivan, Ulster, Greene, Schoharie, Albany, Rensselaer and Columbia.

Stephan Schick, an attorney from Sullivan County, was nominated as one of the two candidates for NYS Supreme Court Justice, 3^rd Judicial District.

Schick’s name will appear on the ballot on the Democratic line for the November 2012 general election along with a Columbia County attorney, Richard Mott. There are two positions to be filled starting in January 2013.

Stephan Schick has been a trial attorney in Sullivan County for almost 35 years practicing criminal defense law for the indigent. He has also been in private practice for over 10 years.

He has overseen the busiest law firm in Sullivan County for over 25 years and has personally represented clients in over 100 jury trials to verdict. He has supervised the representation of litigants in over 10,000 Family Court cases and 60,000 County Court cases. He has been rated “Qualified” in 2009 and in 2012 by the Albany Bar Association and the Independent Judicial Review Committee.

Schick was raised in Ulster County on a small family farm. He graduated from the Tri-Valley Central School District in Grahamsville, Cornell University in Ithaca and New York Law School in New York City. A longtime Sullivan County resident, he currently resides in Grahamsville with his wife Donna Schick, LCSW-R.

After the candidates were selected, Stephan Schick stated, “I am deeply honored to have received this nomination and look forward to serving the People of the 3^rd Judicial District. Over the next six weeks, I am looking forward to visiting the towns and villages in all of the seven counties that comprise the District. I pledge to you that I will work hard to win this election and to serve the People of the Third Judicial District with honor and distinction. ”