Founder

Richard J. Bartlett

Bartlett, Pontiff, Stewart & Rhodes, P.C.

Glens Falls, NY

66+ Years Experience

About Richard

Richard J. Bartlett, Esq., died on May 6, 2015. He was born in Glens Falls, NY on February 15, 1926. After graduating from Harvard Law School in 1949, Dick returned to Glens Falls to start his distinguished law career. His many accomplishments included being a member of the New York State Assembly from 1959 through 1966, chair of the New York State Temporary Commission on Revision of the Penal Law (1961), justice of the Supreme Court (1973-1979), first chief administrative judge of the Unified Court System for the State of New York (1974-1979), and professor and Dean of Albany Law School (1979-1986). He returned to private practice in 1986 to Bartlett, Pontiff, Stewart & Rhodes, the firm which he helped found. He was a member of the Board of Law Examiners (1986-2001, Chair 1998-2001), Director and life fellow of the New York Bar Foundation (President 2000-03), life fellow of the American Bar Foundation, member of the Board of Editors of the New York State Bar Journal, member of the New York State Bar Association Committee on Professional Ethics, life fellow of the American Law Institute, and member of the New York Bar Association House of Delegates (2002-06). In 2011, he was appointed to the Commission on Public Integrity by Governor Andrew Cuomo. He was also President of the United Cerebral Palsy Association, Chair and member of the Board of Trustees of the Hyde Collection, Director of the Adirondack Nature Conservancy, Director on the Glens Falls Symphony board, and President of the Lake George Club. He was the recipient of many honors, including Gold Medal Award from the New York State Bar Association, Lifetime Achievement Award from the New York Bar Foundation, the Charles Evan Hughes Award from the Warren County Bar Association, the Judge Duane Award from the Northern District of New York Federal Court Bar Association, the Herbert Harley Award from the American Judicature Society, the William Nelson Cromwell Award from the New York County Lawyers Association, the Henry Crandall Award from the Crandall Public Library and he and his wife Claire were recipients of the Good Scout Award from the Boy Scouts of America. He was predeceased by his wife, Claire, and is survived by his two children, Michael (Ann) Bartlett and Amy (Robert) Bartlett; his sister Nancy Bartlett Horne, two grandsons and numerous nieces and nephews.