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Legal studies prof at SUNY Canton wins 31 straight court appeals

Posted 10/2/14

CANTON -- A SUNY Canton legal studies assistant professor has marked a milestone in his law career. Alexander Lesyk, J.D., has won 31 prosecution appeals consecutively since September 2013. The …

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Legal studies prof at SUNY Canton wins 31 straight court appeals

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CANTON -- A SUNY Canton legal studies assistant professor has marked a milestone in his law career.

Alexander Lesyk, J.D., has won 31 prosecution appeals consecutively since September 2013.

The appeals supported convictions in cases involving a wide range of criminal charges.

Lesyk, a former chief public defender for Franklin County, and a former chief assistant district attorney for St. Lawrence County, served as assistant district attorney for appeals during the last quarter of former District Attorney Nicole Duvé's tenure.

He was then named a special prosecutor in St. Lawrence County in January, and is responsible for appeals in criminal cases in which the current district attorney's office has a conflict.

The appeals won represent every case that Lesyk has been assigned to date.

He is the curriculum coordinator for SUNY Canton's bachelor's degree program in legal studies. He also teaches in the college's criminal justice and funeral services administration programs. He was recently named county coordinator for the St. Lawrence County Mock Trial Program, sponsored by the New York State Bar Association. The mock trials pit local high school teams coached by area attorneys against each other in simulated civil or criminal cases.

Lesyk graduated from Fordham University Law School in 1982 and has won numerous awards in criminal law, admiralty, and indigent defense.

"Our students benefit from receiving their education from a practicing attorney with Assistant Professor Lesyk's breadth of experience," said Jondavid S. DeLong, dean of the school of liberal arts. "We pride ourselves on our faculty members' ability to use real-world knowledge in the classroom."