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Hon. James F. Horan, ALJ

James F. Horan has served as an Administrative Law Judge for the New York State Department of Health since 1991. He also conducts hearings by designation for the New York State Department of Economic Development and volunteers on Surrogate Decision Making Panels for the New York State Commission On Quality of Care for the Mentally Disabled. He received his A.B. from the University of Notre Dame and his J.D. from Albany Law School. Upon graduating from Law School, he served as Law Assistant to Fulton County Judge Robert P. Best. He is past-President of the New York State Association of Administrative Law Judges and is a past member of the Board of Governors for the National Association of Administrative Law Judges. He served for three years as the chair of the New York State Bar Association’s (NYSBA) Committee on Attorneys in Public Service and serves currently on the Executive Committee of the NYSBA Health Law Section.