Judicial
Positions:
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Jefferson County Court Judge:
2000-Present; Elected 1999 with Endorsement of the Democrat,
Independence and Conservative Parties after Primary
Elections in Each Party; Acting Surrogate and Family Court
Judge. Over 5000 cases handled by mid-2009 (Heaviest
Caseload of Any Felony Judge in Upstate NY); Instituted
Felony Screening Process Actually Reducing No. Of
Indictments at Substantial Time and Cost Savings; Created
Drug Court for Non-Violent Drug & Alcohol Offenders;
Instituted Jury Trial Reforms to Assist Jury Service; Earned
Outstanding Appellate Record (Out of over 4700 Cases, Only 1
Case Overturned/Dismissed on speedy prosecution/trial basis and
3 Cases Remanded For Further
Proceedings).
Town Justice of the Town of Theresa:
1986-1999. Appointed in 1986, Elected and re-elected
in 1987, 1991, 1995 with Democrat and Conservative Party
Endorsements.
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Other Elected Positions:
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Leray Town
Councilman - Elected & Re-elected in 1979 & 1983. |
Professional Experience:
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Adjunct Professor
(Criminal Justice) - Jefferson Community College, 2003 -
Present; Instructor NYS Office
of Court Administration Justice Continuing Education
Programs.
Attorney - Sole Practitioner
Watertown, NY - Sept. 1991 - Dec. 1999.
Wisner, Scanlon, Saunders &
Martusewicz (formerly Willmott, Wisner, McAloon,
Scanlon & Saunders), Watertown, NY - Partner June 1985 -
Sept. 1991; Associate 1979-1984.
Admitted to practice law in 1979 in all NY Courts and the US
district Court for the Northern District of NY. Engaged
in general practice of law with trial experience (as
attorney and/or presiding judge) in Justice, County and
Supreme Courts. Appellate experience in NYS Appellate Division and NYS Court of
Appeals.
Public sector experience as attorney for the Towns of LeRay,
Rutland, Orleans and Antwerp, for the village of Chaumont
and as former general counsel to the NYS Tug Hill
Commission.
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Professional Memberships:
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Member NY Court Judges Association &
Jefferson County Magistrates Association, Fellow - NYS Bar
Foundation; Former member: NYS Bar Association State Nominating
Committee, NYS Bar Association House of Delegates, Executive
Committee of the Municipal Law Section NYS Bar Association;
Member Jefferson County Bar Association.
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Education:
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Juris Doctor (1978) Western New England
Law School, Spfld, Mass.
MEd. - Ed. Admin (1976) St.
Lawrence University, Canton, NY
BA - Gov't (1974) St. Lawrence
University, Canton, NY
AA - Liberal Arts (1972)
Jefferson Community College, Watertown, NY
Regents Diploma - (1970) Indian
River Central HS, Philadelphia, NY |
Community Activities & Awards:
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Former
Chairman and Member of Board of Trustees - Jefferson
Community College 1981-1999; Member, Trustee and former
Elder of the Theresa Presbyterian Church; former Board
Member of Hudson River/Black River Regulating District;
former member of Board of Trustees WNPE/WNPI (now WPBS)
Public TV; former member & Vice Chairman of the Jefferson
Co. Community Services Board (re: review and supervision of
alcoholism, mental health and mental retardation programs in
county); former Board Member and Chairman of Neighbors of
Watertown, Inc. (re: restoration & rehabilitation of housing
and commercial property); Outstanding SUNY Alumnus Award;
Public Servant Award of the Jefferson County Alcohol &
Substance Abuse Community.
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Family:
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Parents: Late William and Anne Beebe Martusewicz, Dairy
Farmers from Evans Mills, NY; Siblings: Brenda Russell, W.
Alec Martusewicz, Jan Martusewicz, Van (Cork) Martusewicz,
Amy Fitzsimmons, Jefrey Martusewicz, Virginia MacCallum;
Divorced step-father and father of: Daniel (DJ) Sykes, Ryan
Sykes, Joseph Martusewicz and Maria Martusewicz.
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Other Lifetime Experience: |
Former
Farmhand, Bus Driver, Waiter, Sales Clerk, High School
Teacher, U.S. Customs Inspector.
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