Willard Bartlett

While there, he was a member of the Fraternity of Delta Psi (aka St. Anthony Hall).

From 1871 to 1873, he was a drama critic for the old New York Sun, and later wrote editorials on legal topics and book reviews for this paper.

and, after the re-organization of the court system by the State Constitution of 1894, on the Appellate Division, 2nd Dept.

In November 1907, he was elected on the Republican and Democratic tickets to a 14-year term as judge of the New York Court of Appeals, and was Chief Judge from 1914 to 1916, elected in November 1913 on the Democratic ticket.

He retired from the bench when he reached the constitutional age limit of 70 years, and resumed his law practice with Elihu Root.