Complex sentence: Richard James Bartlett (February 15,1926--May 6,2015) was an American jurist and legislator who served as New York State Chief Administrative Judge of the Courts from 1974 to 1979.
Split into simpler sentences: Richard James Bartlett (February 15,1926--May 6,2015) was an American jurist and state legislator. During that time, Barlett was appointed New York State Chief Administrative Judge of the Courts from 1974 to 1979.