A state intermediate appellate court / Established 1923

New York Appellate Division

Albany · An intermediate appellate court in New York.

The New York Appellate Division is an intermediate appellate court in New York, the tier between the state's trial courts and the New York Court of Appeals. Its justices are chosen by gubernatorial appointment, the same method New York uses for its court of last resort. This page lists every justice to serve on the court, current and former.

225

Justices in history

Currently serving

Appointment

Selection

14-yr

Term

Current justices

Justice	Since
Howard A. Zeller	1954
G Robert Witmer	1963
Milton L. Williams	1993
Karen K. Peters	1994
Edward O. Spain	1994
Robert W. Schmidt	1999
John Lahtinen	2000
Robert S. Rose	2000
Bernard J. Malone Jr.	2005
E Michael Kavanagh	2006
William E. Mccarthy	2006
John C. Egan Jr.	2010
Carol Robinson Edmead	2018
Molly Reynolds Fitzgerald	2019
Paul Wooten	2019
John R. Higgitt	2020
Eddie J. McShan	2020
Saliann Scarpulla	2020

Former justices

Justice	Years
Bahatti E. Pitt	2021–2023
Alan D. Scheinkman	2018–2020
Ellen Frances Gesmer	2016–2020
Joseph J. Maltese	2014–2020
Sheila Abdus-Salaam	2009–2013
Nelson Stephen Roman	2009–2013
Ariel E. Belen	2008–2012
Jonathan Lippman	2007–2009
Joseph Covello	2005–2011
Robert J. Lunn	2005–2009
James McGuire	2005–2011
James Catterson	2004–2012
Steven W. Fisher	2004–2010
Robert A. Lifson	2004–2008
Robert A. Spolzino	2004–2009
Anthony T. Kane	2002–2009
Barry A. Cozier	2001–2006
Stephen G. Crane	2001–2008
George D. Marlow	2001–2008
A. Gail Prudenti	2001–2011
Sandra L. Townes	2001–2004
Christopher J. Burns	2000–2003
L Paul Kehoe	2000–2006
John T. Buckley	1999–2010
Sandra J. Feuerstein	1999–2003
Robert Hurlbutt	1999–2009
Howard Miller	1999–2010
Carl J. Mugglin	1999–2007
Nancy E. Smith	1999–2004
Eugene F. Piggott Jr.	1998–2006
Nicholas Colabella	1997–1998
Leo F. Hayes	1997–2006
Alfred D. Lerner	1997–2004
Anthony J. Carpinello	1996–2008
Daniel F. Luciano	1996–2006
Leo F. McGinity	1996–2003
Myriam J. Altman	1994–2005
Anita R. Florio	1994–2012
William D. Friedmann	1994–2003
Gloria Goldstein	1994–2007
Edward J. Hart	1994–1996
Anthony V. Cardona	1993–2011
Daniel W. Joy	1993–2000
Gabriel M. Krausman	1993–2007
Eugene L. Nardelli	1993–2010
David O. Boehm	1992–1998
Leo J. Fallon	1992–1998
Vincent Pizzuto	1992–1998
Fred T. Santucci	1992–2010
John Copertino	1991–1998
D B. Crew	1991–2007
Thomas J. Lowery Jr.	1990–1990
Sondra Miller	1990–2006
Cornelius J. O'Brien	1990–2003
David S. Ritter	1990–2008
Israel Rubin	1989–2002
Vincent R. Balletta Jr.	1988–1996
Thomas E. Mercure	1988–2013
Reuben K. Davis	1987–1996
Stanley Harwood	1987–1992
John P. Bailo	1986–2000
John F. Lawton	1986–2005
Arthur D. Spatt	1986–1989
Thomas R. Sullivan	1986–2001
Richard W. Wallach	1986–2003
Betty Weinberg Ellerin	1985–2005
Sybil Hart Kooper	1985–1991
Joseph J. Kunzeman	1985–1992
Ernst H. Rosenberger	1985–2003
Geraldine T. Eiber	1984–1993
Norman L. Harvey	1984–1993
Charles B. Lawrence	1984–1995
Samuel L. Green	1983–2011
James P. O'Donnell	1983–1986
Sidney H. Asch	1982–1995
James H. Boomer	1982–1993
Seymour Boyers	1982–1985
Richard A. Brown	1982–1991
John H. Doerr	1982–1997
Bentley Kassal	1982–1993
Howard Arnold Levine	1982–1993
Isaac Rubin	1982–1990
Lawrence J. Bracken	1981–2001
M Dolores Denman	1981–2000
James F. Niehoff	1981–1987
Leonard A. Weiss	1981–1994
William C. Thompson	1980–2001
Moses M. Weinstein	1980–1989
Max Bloom	1979–1986
John J. Callahan	1979–1999
John Carro	1979–1994
John T. Casey	1979–1997
David T. Gibbons	1979–1986
Leon D. Lazer	1979–1986
Guy James Mangano	1979–2001
David Ross	1979–1997
Emmett J. Schnepp	1978–1986
Joseph P. Sullivan	1978–2007
Herbert B. Evans	1977–1979
Arnold L. Fein	1977–1986
Stewart Freeborn Hancock Jr.	1977–1986
Ann T. Mikoll	1977–1999
Leonard H. Sandler	1977–1988
Michael F. Dillon	1976–1991
Joseph F. Hawkins	1976–1978
A Franklin Mahoney	1976–1993
Frank D. O'Connor	1976–1986
Joseph A. Suozzi	1976–1980
Harold Birns	1975–1982
Vincent D. Damiani	1975–1983
Harold E. Koreman	1975–1977
Charles Margett	1975–1981
Samuel J. Silverman	1975–1984
John P. Cohalan Jr.	1974–1983
John L. Larkin	1974–1979
Vincent A. Lupiano	1974–1982
J Robert Lynch	1974–1987
Walter J. Mahoney	1974–1977
Paul J. Yesawich Jr.	1974–1992
Myles J. Lane	1973–1979
Robert G. Main	1973–1987
T Paul Kane	1972–1990
Richard J. Cardamone	1971–1981
Frank A. Gulotta	1971–1983
Theodore R. Kupferman	1971–1996
Francis T. Murphy	1971–1997
Henry J. Latham	1970–1979
J Irwin Shapiro	1970–1979
Louis M. Greenblott	1969–1980
Arthur Markewich	1969–1982
Reid S. Moule	1969–1984
Emilio Nunez	1969–1977
Michael E. Sweeney	1969–1983
Daniel E. Macken	1968–1974
Domenick L. Gabrielli	1967–1972
Harry D. Goldman	1967–1977
M H. Martuscello	1967–1978
Owen McGivern	1967–1975
George Tilzer	1967–1975
Robert O. Brink	1966–1966
Louis J. Capozzoli	1966–1977
Fred A. Munder	1966–1975
A David Benjamin	1965–1975
John S. Marsh	1965–1978
Felix J. Aulisi	1964–1971
Herbert D. Hamm	1964–1966
Ellis J. Staley Jr.	1964–1980
Frank Delvecchio	1963–1975
L Barron Hill	1962–1966
James D. Hopkins	1962–1981
Samuel Rabin	1962–1974
Aron Steuer	1961–1974
Donald S. Taylor	1961–1968
Arthur D. Brennan	1960–1976
Samuel W. Eager	1960–1972
William E. McClusky	1960–1967
Robert E. Noonan	1960–1965
Marcus G. Christ	1959–1976
Frederick T. Henry	1959–1973
Nicholas M. Pette	1959–1967
J Clarence Herlihy	1958–1981
Walter B. Reynolds	1958–1976
James B.M. McNally	1957–1972
Martin M. Frank	1956–1960
James Gibson	1956–1969
Francis L. Valente	1956–1966
Joseph A. Cox	1955–1956
James T. Hallinan	1955–1960
Philip M. Kleinfield	1955–1970
Benjamin J. Rabin	1955–1968
Henry L. Ughetta	1955–1967
Alger A. Williams	1955–2011
H Douglass Van Duser	1954–1956
Earle C. Bastow	1953–1970
George J. Beldock	1953–1970
Bernard Botein	1953–1968
Daniel F. Imrie	1953–1955
Charles E. Murphy	1953–1959
Charles David Breitel	1952–1966
Philip Halpern	1952–1963
Frederick G. Schmidt	1951–1955
William H. Coon	1950–1963
R Foster Piper	1949–1955
Martin W. Deyo	1948–1951
John MacCrate	1948–1955
Henry G. Wenzel Jr.	1948–1959
Henry J. Kimball	1947–1959
Bernard L. Shientag	1947–1952
Charles W.U. Sneed	1947–1951
John Van Voorhis	1947–1953
Raymond C. Vaughan	1947–1957
William F. Love	1946–1950
Gerald Nolan	1945–1961
David W. Peck	1945–1957
O Byron Brewster	1944–1952
Frank F. Adel	1940–1954
Francis D. McCurn	1940–1959
Sydney Francis Foster	1939–1959
Joseph M. Callahan	1937–1955
Marsh N. Taylor	1937–1953
Albert Cohn	1936–1955
Edward S. Dore	1936–1954
John B. Johnston	1935–1952
Edward J. Glennon	1933–1954
Christopher J. Heffernan	1933–1952
William B. Carswell	1927–1953
Francis Martin	1923–1947

How a justice reaches this court. Justices of the New York Appellate Division are appointed by the governor to 14-year terms. Selection methods vary by jurisdiction and have changed over time; this page reflects the court’s current method (source: National Center for State Courts). Open any justice to see their tenure and whom they succeeded.

Source: CourtListener / Free Law Project (bulk data); selection method from the National Center for State Courts. Data last verified 2026-06-30. Verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).