http://tinyurl.com/33zdr Rosemary S. Pooler, 55, has served as a Justice on the New York
State Supreme Court since 1991. Prior to her election to the court, she
held a number of positions, including several years as a lawyer in
private practice, Assistant Corporation Counsel for the City of
Syracuse, Executive Director for New York's Consumer Protection Board,
vice-president of Legal Affairs for the Atlantic States Legal
Foundation, and a visiting professor at the Syracuse University School
of Law. Ms. Pooler and her husband, William S. Pooler, have two
children, and live in Syracuse.
Rosemary Pooler got her start in politics in the town I grew up in, Dewitt, NY. She came up during the early '70's. Her steppingstone to power was a "Consumer Protection" position (I can't remember whether it was elected or appointed), which position she was the first to hold (back in, like, 1971).
She is associated with NOW. She is hard-left "progressive." Her daughter was one of my sister's childhood friends.
She used to get her face in the media all the time, until she was appointed to the federal bench. Now she is invisible, except for her decisions.
(steely)