[2] He was president of a commission appointed to investigate the Third Avenue Bridge over the Harlem River and counsel for the Theatrical Syndicate.

He was involved in a number of notable court cases, including one for New York City in reference to the condemnation of lands for park purposes between Harlem and Washington Bridge; the property owners claimed 1.5 million dollars in damages, but through his efforts they were awarded less than half that amount.

He joined the Court in 1899 and was immediately designated as a justice of the Appellate Term, a distinction no judge received on their first year of service until then.

He formed the law firm with Alfred A. Cook, Harold Nathan, his nephew Edgar M. Leventritt, and Emil Goldmark.

[6] 500 lawyers and judges from the New York County Lawyers' Association held a dinner at the Hotel Astor later that year in honor of his judicial service, with ex-Justice William J. Wallace presiding, ex-Justice Morgan J. O'Brien serving as toastmaster, and speeches from Justice Almet F. Jenks, Justice John Proctor Clarke, Linn Bruce, and Governor Charles Evans Hughes.

[7] In 1910, the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division appointed him chairman of the committee on character and fitness of candidates for admission to the bar.

The honorary pallbearers included John G. Agar, Benjamin N. Cardozo, John Proctor Clarke, Lewis L. Delafield, Daniel Frohman, Murry Guggenheim, William D. Guthrie, Lee Kohns, Louis Marshall, Harold Nathan, Adolph S. Ochs, Samuel H. Ordway, Wilson M. Powell, Elihu Root Jr., Charles Strauss, Henry M. Toch, and Henry J. Bernheim.