Episode 029 – Conversation with Chief Clerk Tom Kilfoyle, BLS Class of 1984

Episode 029 – Conversation with Chief Clerk Tom Kilfoyle, BLS Class of 1984.mp3

A recent article in the Brooklyn Eagle featured Kings County Supreme Court Chief Clerk Tom Kilfoyle, BLS Class of 1984, with this opening paragraph:

In what is possibly the busiest state court in the United States, Brooklyn Supreme Court’s Civil Term, if you posed the ridiculous question, “Who is the most important person in this court,” most respondents, from judges to court officers, would laugh and say “That’s a ridiculous question.” But in their minds they would be thinking of one person: Tom Kilfoyle, the chief clerk.

In this podcast, Chief Clerk Kilfoyle talks about his years as an evening student at BLS along with the work he does with the Supreme Civil Term, 2d Judicial District, Kings County. For more information on the NY Supreme Court and its clerks, see the 53 minute streaming video Navigating the Supreme Court in the library’s collection that is part of the Brooklyn Law School webcast series.