A state trial court

New York Court of Claims

A limited-jurisdiction trial court in New York.

The New York Court of Claims is a limited-jurisdiction trial court in New York, hearing money claims against the state. This page lists the court's sitting judges, from New York's official judicial directory.

New York Court of Claims is a limited-jurisdiction trial court in New York with 88 judges on its current roster.

88
Judges in history
88
Currently serving
–
Selection
No fixed term
Term

Current judges

JudgeSince
Ellen N Biben–
John P Bringewatt–
Elizabeth A Burns–
Francisco Calderon–
Betty CalvoTorres–
Fernando M Camacho–
Natacha CarbajalEvangelista–
Gregory Carro–
Zainab Chaudhry–
Joel M Cohen–
Daniel P Conviser–
Gordon J Cuffy–
Walter B Debow–
Melissa Dejesus–
Ilene Fern–
Raymond P Fernandez–
James H Ferreira–
Aletha V Fields–
Rose N Fontaine–
David Fried–
Carolyn M Genovesi–
Alicia M Gerez–
Mario A Giacobbe–
Debra L Givens–
Darlene Goldberg–
Anna M Grimaldi–
Veronica Guerrero–
Erin N Guven–
Brian R Haak–
Maureen Mchugh Heitner–
Kathleen B Hogan–
Richard I Horowitz–
Veronica G Hummel–
Alexander B Jeong–
Cheryl A Joseph–
Francis A KahnIII–
Sarika Kapoor–
Chris Ann Kelley–
Jay Young Kim–
Catherine E LeahyScott–
Timothy Lewis–
Gina M LopezSumma–
Guy J ManganoJr–
Seth M Marnin–
Gregory J McCaffrey–
Christopher J McCarthy–
Roger D McDonough–
Nicole A McGregorMundy–
Linda K Mejias–
Noel Mendez–
Juan M Merchan–
Stephen T Miller–
Menachem M Mirocznik–
Glenn A Murphy–
April A Newbauer–
Mary L NicolasBrewster–
Kimberly A O'Connor–
J Scott Odorisi–
Kim M Parker–
Anar Patel–
Jeffrey H Pearlman–
Abby R Perer–
Richard M Platkin–
Amy N Quinn–
Edwina G RichardsonMendelson–
Joseph J Risi–
Ramon E Rivera–
Dineen A Riviezzo–
Michele S Rodney–
Jeanette RodriguezMorick–
Stephanie Saunders–
Catherine C Schaewe–
Robert A Schwartz–
Ruth E Shillingford–
Adam W Silverman–
Michael Siragusa–
Richard E Sise–
Philippe SolagesJr–
Carmen Victoria StGeorge–
Ellen B Tobin–
Rhonda Z Tomlinson–
Damaris E Torrent–
Charles M Troia–
Peter ValloneJr–
Javier E Vargas–
Monica P Wallace–
Peter Weinmann–
David A Weinstein–

Former judges

No former judges on record.

How a judge reaches this court. 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 judge to see their tenure and whom they succeeded.

Source: New York State Office of Court Administration, Judicial Directory (2026 FOIL release, via Scrutinize); selection method from the National Center for State Courts. Data as of 2026-07-01 (official state directory). Verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).