William Fullerton (lawyer)

Fullerton represented industrialists and political litigants, and was also well known for his representation of women in contested divorce cases.

A member of the class of 1837, he left college before graduating to study law with William C. Hasbrouck, and was admitted to the bar in 1840.

In August 1867, Fullerton was appointed to fill a vacancy on the New York Supreme Court, and he served until his successor was elected in November.

First, as a member of the defense team in the 1873 trials of "Boss" Tweed, his involvement in an effort to persuade Judge Noah Davis to recuse himself on grounds of prejudice led to Fullerton and others being censured and fined, despite Fullerton's presentation at a hearing that The New York Times would call "[one] of the most impressive proceedings ever witnessed in this city.

[10] Fullerton died in 1900 at the age of 82 and is buried alongside his wife Cornelia (Gale) at Saint George's Cemetery in Newburgh.