ALBANY, NY — The Democratic Judicial Nominating Convention for the New York State Third Judicial District was held on September 21, at the Albany Court House. Stephan Schick, an attorney from Sullivan County, was nominated as one of the two candidates for NYS Supreme Court Justice, for the district which consists of the counties of Sullivan, Ulster, Greene, Schoharie, Albany, Rensselaer and Columbia. 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.

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.