New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department
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| Supreme Court of the State of New York, Appellate Division, First Judicial Department | |
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| Established | 1894 |
| Location | Manhattan, New York |
| Composition method | Gubernatorial appointment |
| Authorised by | Constitution of the State of New York |
| Appeals to | New York Court of Appeals |
| Website | www |
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The Supreme Court of the State of New York, Appellate Division, First Judicial Department, or simply the First Department, is one of the four geographical components of the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, the intermediate appellate court of the State of New York. Its courthouse is located in Manhattan, New York City.
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.[citation needed]
Current justices
| Name | Appointed as Justice | Tenure as Presiding Justice | Appointing Governor |
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| Dianne Renwick | 2008 | 2023–present | David Paterson; Elevated by Kathy Hochul |
| David Friedman | 1999 | George Pataki | |
| Sallie Manzanet-Daniels | 2009 | David Paterson | |
| Barbara R. Kapnick | 2014 | Andrew Cuomo | |
| Troy K. Webber | 2016 | Andrew Cuomo | |
| Ellen Gesmer | 2016 | Andrew Cuomo | |
| Cynthia S. Kern | 2017 | Andrew Cuomo | |
| Jeffrey K. Oing | 2017 | Andrew Cuomo | |
| Anil C. Singh | 2017 | Andrew Cuomo | |
| Peter H. Moulton | 2017 | Andrew Cuomo | |
| Lizbeth González | 2019 | Andrew Cuomo | |
| Tanya R. Kennedy | 2020 | Andrew Cuomo | |
| Saliann Scarpulla | 2020 | Andrew Cuomo | |
| Manuel J. Mendez | 2020 | Andrew Cuomo | |
| Martin Shulman | 2020 | Andrew Cuomo | |
| Julio Rodriguez III | 2021 | Andrew Cuomo | |
| Bahaati Pitt-Burke | 2021 | Andrew Cuomo | |
| John R. Higgitt | 2021 | Andrew Cuomo | |
| Llinét M. Rosado | 2023 | Kathy Hochul | |
| Kelly O'Neill Levy | 2023 | Kathy Hochul | |
| Marsha Michael | 2023 | Kathy Hochul |
List of presiding justices
| No. | Name | Years | Ref. |
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| 1 | Charles H. Van Brunt | 1896–1905 | [1] |
| 2 | Morgan J. O'Brien | 1905–1906 | [2] |
| 3 | Edward Patterson | 1906–1910 | [3] |
| 4 | George Landon Ingraham | 1910–1915 | [4] |
| 5 | John Proctor Clarke | 1916–1926 | [5] |
| 6 | Victor J. Dowling | 1927–1931 | [6] |
| 7 | Edward R. Finch | 1931–1935 | [7] |
| 8 | Francis W. Martin | 1935–1947 | [8] |
| 9 | David W. Peck | 1947–1957 | [9] |
| 10 | Bernard Botein | 1958–1968 | [10] |
| 11 | Harold A. Stevens | 1969–1974 | [11] |
| 12 | Owen McGivern | 1974–1975 | [12] |
| 13 | Harold A. Stevens | 1975–1977 | [11] |
| 14 | Francis T. Murphy | 1977–1997 | [13] |
| 15 | Alfred D. Lerner | 1998 | [14] |
| 16 | Betty Weinberg Ellerin | 1999 | [15] |
| 17 | Joseph P. Sullivan | 2000–2001 | [16] |
| 18 | Milton L. Williams | 2002 | [17] |
| 19 | John T. Buckley | 2003–2006 | [18] |
| 20 | Jonathan Lippman | 2007–2009 | [19] |
| 21 | Luis A. Gonzalez | 2009–2015 | [20] |
| 22 | Rolando Acosta | 2017–2023 | [21] |
| 23 | Dianne Renwick | 2023–present | [22] |
Former justices
- 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 W. 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)
- Peter Tom (1994-2019, Acting P.J. 2007, 2009, 2016–2017)
- Richard Andrias (1996-2018)
- Nicholas Colabella (1997–1998)
- Alfred D. Lerner (1998–2004, P.J. 1998)
- David B. Saxe (1998–2017)
- John T. Buckley (1999–2010, P.J. 2003–2006)
- George D. Marlow (2001–2008)
- Luis A. Gonzalez (2002–2015, P.J. 2009–2015)
- John Sweeny (2004-2019)
- 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)
- Karla Moskowitz (2008–2017)
- Helen E. Freedman (2008–2014)
- Leland G. DeGrasse (2008–2015)
- Sheila Abdus-Salaam (2009–2013)
- Nelson S. Román (2009–2013)
- Rosalyn Richter (2009–2020)
- Darcel D. Clark (2012–2015)
- Paul G. Feinman (2012–2017)
- Marcy L. Kahn (2016-2019)
Notable cases
See also
- New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
- New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department
References
- ^ "Charles H. Van Brunt". Historical Society of the New York Courts. Archived from the original on April 7, 2023. Retrieved July 12, 2023.
- ^ "Morgan J. O'Brien". Historical Society of the New York Courts. Archived from the original on June 6, 2023. Retrieved July 12, 2023.
- ^ "Edward Patterson". Historical Society of the New York Courts. Archived from the original on February 4, 2023. Retrieved July 12, 2023.
- ^ "George L. Ingraham". Historical Society of the New York Courts. Archived from the original on March 27, 2023. Retrieved July 12, 2023.
- ^ "John Proctor Clarke". Historical Society of the New York Courts. Archived from the original on March 27, 2023. Retrieved July 12, 2023.
- ^ "Victor J. Dowling". Historical Society of the New York Courts. Archived from the original on March 24, 2023. Retrieved July 12, 2023.
- ^ "Edward Ridley Finch". Historical Society of the New York Courts. Archived from the original on June 6, 2023. Retrieved July 12, 2023.
- ^ "Francis Martin". Historical Society of the New York Courts. Archived from the original on February 4, 2023. Retrieved July 12, 2023.
- ^ "David W. Peck". Historical Society of the New York Courts. Archived from the original on June 4, 2023. Retrieved July 12, 2023.
- ^ "Bernard Botein". Historical Society of the New York Courts. Archived from the original on July 13, 2023. Retrieved July 13, 2023.
- ^ a b "Harold A. Stevens". Historical Society of the New York Courts. Archived from the original on May 30, 2023. Retrieved July 13, 2023.
- ^ "Owen McGivern". Historical Society of the New York Courts. Archived from the original on June 3, 2023. Retrieved July 13, 2023.
- ^ "Francis T. Murphy". Historical Society of the New York Courts. Archived from the original on January 28, 2023. Retrieved July 13, 2023.
- ^ "Alfred D. Lerner". Historical Society of the New York Courts. Archived from the original on June 3, 2023. Retrieved July 13, 2023.
- ^ "Betty Weinberg Ellerin". Historical Society of the New York Courts. Archived from the original on February 4, 2023. Retrieved July 13, 2023.
- ^ "Joseph P. Sullivan". Historical Society of the New York Courts. Archived from the original on March 24, 2023. Retrieved July 13, 2023.
- ^ "Milton L. Williams". Historical Society of the New York Courts. Archived from the original on April 7, 2023. Retrieved July 13, 2023.
- ^ "John T. Buckley". Historical Society of the New York Courts. Archived from the original on February 1, 2023. Retrieved July 13, 2023.
- ^ "Jonathan Lippman". Historical Society of the New York Courts. Archived from the original on February 5, 2023. Retrieved July 13, 2023.
- ^ "Luis A. Gonzalez". Historical Society of the New York Courts. Archived from the original on June 6, 2023. Retrieved July 13, 2023.
- ^ "Rolando T. Acosta". Historical Society of the New York Courts. Archived from the original on March 29, 2023. Retrieved July 13, 2023.
- ^ "Dianne T. Renwick". Historical Society of the New York Courts. Archived from the original on January 23, 2024. Retrieved January 23, 2024.