Hon. Charles C. Merrell

Charles C. Merrell is a judge serving on the New York Supreme Court, 5th Judicial District. He was elected to this position on November 8, 2011, and his term runs through December 31, 2025. Merrell earned a B.A. from St. Lawrence University in 1981 and a J.D. from Syracuse University School of Law in 1984. He began his legal career in 1985 as an associate at Carragher, Fox and Lampert, P.C., and later became a partner at Merrell and Merrell (1989-2003). He served as an acting justice of the Lowville Village Court and a town justice of the Lowville Town Court (1999-2003), was elected to the Lewis County Court in 2003, and served as a judge of the Lewis County Criminal and Family Treatment Courts in 2004. In 2006 he became an acting justice of the Lewis County Supreme Court, and in 2007 he was appointed supervising judge of the 5th Judicial District Justice Courts. In 2011 he was elected a justice of the New York Supreme Court, 5th Judicial District.