Hon. Joseph M. Sise

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</p><p><b>Joseph Sise</b> is a justice for the <a href="/Montgomery_County_Supreme_Court,_New_York" class="mw-redirect" title="Montgomery County Supreme Court, New York">Montgomery County Supreme Court</a> in the <a href="/New_York_Supreme_Court_4th_Judicial_District" title="New York Supreme Court 4th Judicial District">4th Judicial District</a> of <a href="/New_York" title="New York">New York</a>. He was elected to this position in <a href="/C1999" class="mw-redirect" title="C1999">1999</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-1">[1]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a></sup>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="2012_election">2012 election</span></h2>
<p>Sise was re-elected to the <a href="/New_York_Supreme_Court_4th_Judicial_District" title="New York Supreme Court 4th Judicial District">Supreme Court 4th Judicial District</a>. He was one of eight candidates running for four seats in the general election. Sise received 11.48% of the vote in the general election.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a></sup>
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<dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/New_York_judicial_elections,_2012" title="New York judicial elections, 2012">New York judicial elections, 2012</a></i></dd></dl>
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<p>Sise received his B.A. degree from Siena College and his <a href="/J.D." class="mw-redirect" title="J.D.">J.D.</a> degree from Albany Union University School of Law in 1988.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-1">[1]</a></sup>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Career">Career</span></h2>
<p>Sise began his career in 1988 as an Assistant Bronx County District Attorney. He then worked as an Assistant Montgomery County District Attorney from 1990 to 1995 and as an Assistant Fulton County District Attorney from 1991 to 1994. In 1994 and 1995, he worked as an attorney for the Montgomery County Department of Social Services. His judicial career began in 1996, when he joined the <a href="/Montgomery_County_Court,_New_York" title="Montgomery County Court, New York">Montgomery County Court</a>. He was then elected to the Supreme Court in 1999.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-1">[1]</a></sup>
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