A lawyer (later of Janesville) was admitted to the Supreme Court of the State of New York and began practice. —see below

The evidence

• “Having completed his law studies, Mr. Smith was admitted to practice in the city courts of New York in the summer of 1835 and to the Supreme court of the state in 1836 under rules of very strict requirement, now largely abolished. He immediately entered upon a large and lucrative practice in partnership with his former preceptors, one of whom, James Smith, retiring from the firm on account of failing health.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/32-courts-and-legal-profession.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 251 / book p. 752

  Brown, William Fiske, editor. Rock County, Wisconsin: A New History of Its Cities, Villages, Towns, Citizens and Varied Interests, from the Earliest Times, Up to Date. Chicago: C. F. Cooper & Co., 1908. 2 vols. archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon01brow, archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon02brow.

  Grade A: Found on a page of one of our sources