# Martin M. Solomon

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{{short description|American politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name         = Martin Solomon
| birth_date   = {{birth date and age|1950|01|24}}
| birth_place  =
| death_date   = 
| death_place  = 
| office       = Member of the [New York State Senate](/source/New_York_State_Senate)
| term_start   = February 14, 1978
| term_end     = November 7, 1995
| predecessor  = [Albert B. Lewis](/source/Albert_B._Lewis)
| successor    = [Seymour Lachman](/source/Seymour_Lachman)
| constituency = {{ubl |[22nd district](/source/New_York's_22nd_State_Senate_district) (1978-1982) |[19th district](/source/New_York's_19th_State_Senate_district) (1983-1992) |[22nd district](/source/New_York's_22nd_State_Senate_district) (1993-1995) }}
| children     = 
| party        = [Democratic](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States)) 
}}

'''Martin Michael Solomon'''<ref name=JD/> (born January 24, 1950)<ref name="Red Book"/> is an American lawyer and politician from [New York](/source/New_York_(state)).

==Life==
He was born to a Jewish family. He graduated with a [B.A.](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts) ''magna cum laude'' from [SUNY Albany](/source/University_at_Albany%2C_SUNY)<ref name="Red Book">[https://books.google.com/books?id=CqNWAAAAYAAJ&q=red+book+martin+solomon+born ''New York Red Book''] (1985–1986; pg. 127)</ref> and a [J.D.](/source/Juris_Doctor) from [New York Law School](/source/New_York_Law_School) in June 1975.<ref name=JD>{{cite book |url=https://digitalcommons.nyls.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1061&context=commencement_progs |title=83rd Commencement Exercises |date=June 8, 1975 |publisher=New York Law School |access-date=November 3, 2021}}</ref> He practiced law in [Brooklyn](/source/Brooklyn), and entered politics as a [Democrat](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States)).

In 1978, he was elected to the [New York State Senate](/source/New_York_State_Senate), to fill the vacancy caused by the appointment of [Albert B. Lewis](/source/Albert_B._Lewis) as State Superintendent of Insurance. Solomon was re-elected several times, and remained in the Senate until 1995, sitting in the [182nd](/source/182nd_New_York_State_Legislature), [183rd](/source/183rd_New_York_State_Legislature), [184th](/source/184th_New_York_State_Legislature), [185th](/source/185th_New_York_State_Legislature), [186th](/source/186th_New_York_State_Legislature), [187th](/source/187th_New_York_State_Legislature), [188th](/source/188th_New_York_State_Legislature), [189th](/source/189th_New_York_State_Legislature), [190th](/source/190th_New_York_State_Legislature) and [191st New York State Legislature](/source/191st_New_York_State_Legislature)s.

In November 1995, he was elected to the [New York City Civil Court](/source/New_York_City_Civil_Court); and in November 2003 to the [New York Supreme Court](/source/New_York_Supreme_Court) (2nd. D.).<ref>[http://www.courts.state.ny.us/history/legal-history-new-york/history-legal-bench-supreme-court.html "Solomon, Martin M."] at the Historical Society of the New York courts</ref> In May 2012, he was appointed to the [Appellate Term](/source/New_York_Supreme_Court) for the 2nd, 11th and 13th districts.<ref>[http://www.nycourts.gov/courts/comdiv/kings_bio_Solomon.shtml Biography of Justice Martin M. Solomon] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160529115827/http://www.nycourts.gov/courts/comdiv/kings_bio_Solomon.shtml |date=2016-05-29 }}  at the NYS Unified Court System</ref>

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{{succession box | before = [Albert B. Lewis](/source/Albert_B._Lewis) | title = [New York State Senate](/source/New_York_State_Senate) <br>22nd District | years = 1978–1982 | after = [Anna V. Jefferson](/source/Anna_V._Jefferson)}}
{{succession box | before = [Marty Markowitz](/source/Marty_Markowitz) | title = [New York State Senate](/source/New_York_State_Senate) <br>19th District | years = 1983–1992 | after = [Howard E. Babbush](/source/Howard_E._Babbush)}}
{{succession box | before = [Velmanette Montgomery](/source/Velmanette_Montgomery) | title = [New York State Senate](/source/New_York_State_Senate) <br>22nd District | years = 1993–1995 | after = [Seymour P. Lachman](/source/Seymour_P._Lachman)}}
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Category:1950 births
Category:Living people
Category:University at Albany alumni
Category:New York Law School alumni
Category:Politicians from Brooklyn
Category:Democratic Party New York (state) state senators
Category:New York Supreme Court justices
Category:20th-century members of the New York State Legislature

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