William Brown Carswell (January 8, 1883 – September 7, 1953) was an American lawyer, member of the New York State Senate, Justice of the New York Supreme Court, and Dean of Brooklyn Law School.
The family emigrated to the United States in 1887, and settled in Brooklyn.
He was Assistant Corporation Counsel of New York City for Brooklyn from 1917 to 1922.
He was a justice of the New York Supreme Court (2nd D.) from 1923 until his death, and sat on the Appellate Division from 1927 on.
[1] He died on September 7, 1953, while on vacation in Sherbrooke, Quebec.