Senior U.S. Judge Rosemary Pooler dies at 85; longtime judge blazed a trail for women
Senior U.S. Judge Rosemary Pooler, a longtime federal judge from Syracuse who blazed a trail for women on court benches, has died, a court clerk said Thursday. Pooler was 85. In 1991, she became the first woman elected to the state Supreme Court’s fifth judicial district, which includes Syracuse. In 1994, President Bill Clinton appointed … Read more