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FONDA As current Montgomery County Court Judge Philip V. Cortese is set to retire at the end of the year, Amsterdam resident and attorney, Bethany Schumann-McGhee is seeking to fill the soon-to-be open position.
Schumann-McGhee announced on Monday that she intends to run for the Montgomery County Family Court Judge position.
According to a press release, she has worked with various attorneys in the capital region, and opened Bethany Schumann-McGhee, Attorney at Law firm in January 2010. Since starting her own firm, she has practices extensively in family courts in the capital region. She also is currently a part-time assistant public defender in Montgomery County Family Court, and recently served as president of the Montgomery County Bar Association for two years.
Dayian announces candidacy for Montgomery County Family Court Judge | The Daily Gazette
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Michael Dayian has long felt that working in family court is his calling, something that goes back to his earliest days in the legal profession when he appeared before Judge Vincent J. Reilly Jr. in Schenectady County Family Court in 1995.
“I remember [Reilly] remarking that the ink on my certificate of admission had not yet dried,” Dayian said.
Much of Dayian’s early career was spent working in family court systems around the Capital Region, as both a private attorney and a public defender in Montgomery County. He eventually was hired as the court attorney for Montgomery County Court Judge Joseph M. Sise, then stayed on in the same role under Judge Felix J. Catena once Sise was elected to the Montgomery County Supreme Court in 1999.