Oneida law clerk to run for Supreme Court Justice
ONEIDA – An Oneida resident has announced her candidacy for Supreme Court Justice of the 6th Judicial District.
Melissa Stearns, who has been Principal Law Clerk to Acting Supreme Court Justice Donald F. Cerio, Jr. for the last 10 years, announced her candidacy last week.
"My career as an attorney has been devoted to public service," said Stearns in a statement. "Whether in the District Attorney's Office or as Judge Cerio's law clerk, I have strived to bring fairness and justice to all matters before me never forgetting that these are people's lives, not just cases."
Before serving as Principal Law Clerk, Stearns was a prosecutor in the Madison County District Attorney Office from 1996 to 2008. She served as the STOP DWI Assistant District in 1996, First District Attorney in 2002, and then Acting District Attorney in May 2008.
"I would be honored to continue that service to the people of the 6th Judicial District as their next Supreme Court Justice," said Stearns.
Stearns lives in Oneida with her husband and three teen children.
The 6th Judicial District is comprised of Broome, Chemung, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware, Madison, Otsego, Schuyler, Tioga, and Tompkins Counties.
Melissa Stearns, who has been Principal Law Clerk to Acting Supreme Court Justice Donald F. Cerio, Jr. for the last 10 years, announced her candidacy last week.
"My career as an attorney has been devoted to public service," said Stearns in a statement. "Whether in the District Attorney's Office or as Judge Cerio's law clerk, I have strived to bring fairness and justice to all matters before me never forgetting that these are people's lives, not just cases."
Before serving as Principal Law Clerk, Stearns was a prosecutor in the Madison County District Attorney Office from 1996 to 2008. She served as the STOP DWI Assistant District in 1996, First District Attorney in 2002, and then Acting District Attorney in May 2008.
"I would be honored to continue that service to the people of the 6th Judicial District as their next Supreme Court Justice," said Stearns.
Stearns lives in Oneida with her husband and three teen children.
The 6th Judicial District is comprised of Broome, Chemung, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware, Madison, Otsego, Schuyler, Tioga, and Tompkins Counties.
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