Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court, First Judicial Department
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, First Judicial Department is headquartered in Manhattan.
Jurisdiction
The First Department of the Appellate Division holds jurisdiction over the Counties of New York and the Bronx. Appeals are taken to the Appellate Division, as a matter of right, in civil and criminal cases, from the Supreme Court, Surrogate’s Court, Family Court, and Court of Claims.
Along with the state's other three Appellate Departments, it shares responsibility for all admissions to the New York bar. Under the state's bar admission rules, all bar applicants must be interviewed in person by one of the Appellate Departments. The First Department admits only residents of Manhattan and the Bronx, with all other applicants being admitted by other Departments. However, once admitted by one Department, a new attorney may practice in any New York state court.
Case load
Over 3,000 appeals, 6,000 motions, and 1,000 interim applications are determined each year.
Current Justices
Name | Tenure as Justice | Tenure as Presiding Justice | Appointing Governor |
---|---|---|---|
Peter Tom | 1994- | 2007, 2009 (Acting), 2016 (Acting) | Mario Cuomo |
Angela Mazzarelli | 1994- | Mario Cuomo | |
Richard Andrias | 1996- | George Pataki | |
David Saxe | 1998- | George Pataki | |
David Friedman | 1999- | George Pataki | |
John Sweeny | 2004- | George Pataki | |
Karla Moskowitz | 2008- | Eliot Spitzer | |
Rolando Acosta | 2008- | Eliot Spitzer | |
Dianne Renwick | 2008- | David Paterson | |
Rosalyn Richter | 2009- | David Paterson | |
Sallie Manzanet-Daniels | 2009- | David Paterson | |
Paul G. Feinman | 2012- | Andrew Cuomo | |
Judith J. Gische | 2012- | Andrew Cuomo | |
Barbara R. Kapnick | 2014- | Andrew Cuomo | |
Troy K. Webber | 2016- | Andrew Cuomo | |
Marcy L. Kahn | 2016- | Andrew Cuomo | |
Ellen Gesmer | 2016- | Andrew Cuomo | |
Former members
- George C. Barrett (1896-1900)
- Charles H. Van Brunt (1896-1905, P.J. 1896-1905)
- William Rumsey (1896-1901)
- Pardon C. Williams (1896-1898)
- Morgan J. O’Brien (1896-1906, P.J. 1905-1906)
- Edward Patterson (1896-1910, P.J. 1906-1910)
- George L. Ingraham (1896-1915, P.J. 1910-1915)
- Alton B. Parker (1897)
- Chester B. McLaughlin (1898-1917)
- Edward W. Hatch (1900-1905)
- Frank C. Laughlin (1901-1922)
- James W. Houghton (1905-1910)
- John P. Clarke (1905-1926, P.J. 1916-1926)
- John S. Lambert (1906-1908)
- Francis M. Scott (1906-1918)
- Nathan L. Miller (1910-1913)
- Victor J. Dowling (1911-1931, P.J. 1927-1931)
- Henry D. Hotchkiss (1913-1915)
- Walter L. Smith (1915-1924)
- Alfred R. Page (1916-1923)
- Vernon M. Davis (1916-1918)
- Clarence J. Shearn (1916-1919)
- Edgar S.K. Merrell (1918-1935)
- Eugene A. Philbin (1920)
- Samuel Greenbaum (1920-1922)
- Edward R. Finch (1922-1935, P.J. 1931-1935)
- John V. McAvoy (1923-1937)
- Francis Martin (1923-1947, P.J. 1935-1947)
- William P. Burr (1924-1926)
- Robert F. Wagner (1926)
- James O’Malley (1927-1942)
- Joseph M. Proskauer (1927-1930)
- Henry L. Sherman (1930-1933)
- Alfred H. Townley (1931-1946)
- Edward J. Glennon (1933-1954)
- Irwin Untermyer (1933-1945)
- Edward S. Dore (1936-1954)
- Albert Cohn (1936-1955)
- Joseph M. Callahan (1937-1955)
- David W. Peck (1945-1957, P.J. 1947-1957)
- Isidor Wasservogel (1945)
- John Van Voorhis (1947-1953)
- Bernard L. Shientag (1947-1952)
- Francis D. McCurn (1951)
- Christopher J. Heffernan (1951-1952)
- Charles D. Breitel (1952-1966)
- Francis Bergan (1952-1963)
- Sydney F. Foster (1952-1953)
- Earle C. Bastow (1953-1970)
- Bernard Botein (1953-1968, P.J. 1958-1968)
- Benjamin J. Rabin (1955-1968)
- Joseph A. Cox (1955-1956)
- Martin M. Frank (1956-1960)
- Francis L. Valente (1956-1966)
- James B.M. McNally (1957-1972)
- Harold A. Stevens (1958-1974, 1975-1977, P.J. 1969–1974, 1975-1977)
- Robert E. Noonan (1960-1964)
- Samuel W. Eager (1960-1972)
- Aron Steuer (1961-1974)
- G. Robert Witmer (1963-1971)
- Ellis J. Staley, Jr. (1964-1968)
- Louis J. Capozzoli (1966-1977)
- George Tilzer (1967-1975)
- Owen McGivern (1967-1975, P.J. 1974-1975)
- Daniel E. Macken (1968-1974)
- Arthur Markewich (1969-1982)
- Emilio Nunez (1969-1977)
- Francis T. Murphy (1971-1997, P.J. 1977-1997)
- Theodore R. Kupferman (1971-1996)
- Myles J. Lane (1973-1979)
- Vincent A. Lupiano (1974-1982)
- J. Robert Lynch (1974-1987)
- Paul J. Yesawich, Jr. (1974-1981)
- Harold Birns (1975-1982)
- Samuel J. Silverman (1975-1984)
- Herbert B. Evans (1977-1979)
- Arnold L. Fein (1977-1986)
- Leonard H. Sandler (1977-1988)
- Joseph P. Sullivan (1978-2007, P.J. 2000-2001)
- Max Bloom (1979-1986)
- David Ross (1979-1997)
- John Carro (1979-1994)
- Sidney H. Asch (1982-1995)
- E. Leo Milonas (1982-1993, 1996-1998)
- Bentley Kassal (1982-1993)
- Fritz W. Alexander II (1982-1985)
- Ernst H. Rosenberger (1985-2003)
- Betty Weinberg Ellerin (1985-2005, P.J. 1999)
- Richard W. Wallach (1986-2003)
- George Bundy Smith (1987-1992)
- Israel Rubin (1989-2002)
- Eugene L. Nardelli (1993-2010)
- Milton L. Williams (1993-2008, P.J. 2002)
- Nicholas Colabella (1997-1998)
- Alfred D. Lerner (1998-2004, P.J. 1998)
- John T. Buckley (1999-2010, P.J. 2003-2006)
- George D. Marlow (2001-2008)
- Luis A. Gonzalez (2002-2015)
- James M. McGuire (2005-2011)
- Bernard J. Malone, Jr. (2005-2008)
- E. Michael Kavanagh (2006-2008)
- Jonathan Lippman (2007-2009, P.J. 2007-2009)
- James M. Catterson (2004-2012)
- Helen E. Freedman (2008-2014)
- Leland G. DeGrasse (2008-2015)
- Sheila Abdus-Salaam (2009-2013)
- Nelson S. Roman (2009-2013)
- Darcel D. Clark (2012-2015)
Notable cases
See also
External links
- Website of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, First Judicial Department
- How We Operate: An Inside Look at the Appellate Division, First Department