But how are their decisions to be known?

Muller, born on December 18, 1937, is a 1960 graduate of the University of Rochester and a 1963 graduate of the University of Chicago School of Law. He served as a Captain in the United States Air Force Judge Advocate General’s Corps from 1964 to 1967, with tours of duty in many foreign locations, including Turkey. On January 1, 1968, Muller joined the Court of Appeals as Senior Law Clerk to Judge Matthew T. Jasen. After his clerkship, he entered private practice with Hodgson, Russ, Andrews, Woods and Goodyear in Buffalo. Three years later, in 1973, Muller reentered state service as Assistant Consultation Clerk for the Court of Appeals. In 1982, he was named Deputy State Reporter and served in this position until his appointment as State Reporter in 1990. He published 18 volumes of the New York Reports, 88 volumes of the Appellate Division Reports, and 31 volumes of the Miscellaneous Reports. Under Muller’s leadership, the Official Reports appeared for the first time in a CD-ROM version. Additionally, Muller was a charter member and president (1990 to 1991) of the Association of Reporters of Judicial Decisions, a member of the Advisory Committee for the University of Chicago Manual of Legal Citation, and a coauthor of the American Bar Association Appellate Judges Conference Judicial Opinion Writing Manual. He is married to the former Ellen Willard, and they have two children.
Born September 28, 1947 in Rochester, Ashe is a 1969 graduate of Cornell University with a bachelor’s degree in government and a 1972 graduate of Syracuse University Law School. He joined the staff of the Law Reporting Bureau in 1972. Ashe was appointed Assistant State Reporter in 1982 and Deputy State Reporter in 1990. He was named Interim State Reporter in December 1998, serving from the retirement of Frederick A. Muller until the appointment of Gary D. Spivey in March 1999. He published one volume of the New York Reports, two volumes of the Appellate Division Reports, and two volumes of the Miscellaneous Reports. He continues to serve as Deputy State Reporter. Ashe is a past president (2000 to 2001) of the Association of Reporters of Judicial Decisions (ARJD), and has served on the Honors and Education Committees of that organization. He currently chairs the ARJD’s Web Site Committee. Ashe is married to the former Margaret Draper, and they have four children.
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