How do judges of the New York Appellate Division reach the bench?

The court's current selection method is gubernatorial appointment.

New York Appellate Division / Joined 1965 / Served to 1975

A David Benjamin

Justice, New York Appellate Division

A David Benjamin was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division, who joined the court in 1965. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1899–1979
Tenure: 1965–1975 · 10 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1965	New York Appellate Division	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Benjamin authored 28 published opinions for the court (1965–1975), plus 20 dissents and 10 concurrences. Most cited: Lalomia v. Bankers & Shippers Insurance (67 citations).

Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge. 58 of these were attributed to Benjamin by a unique court-, date-, and surname-match against our roster (marked ), because CourtListener recorded no author for them. Each links to the official text to verify. How we match.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
1970	Lalomia v. Bankers & Shippers Insurance†	35 A.D.2d 114	67
1975	AMF Inc. v. Algo Distributors, Ltd.· Concurrence†	48 A.D.2d 352	52
1975	People v. Mackell· Concurrence†	47 A.D.2d 209	34
1967	Kochenthal v. Kochenthal†	28 A.D.2d 117	33
1972	People v. Pinckney†	38 A.D.2d 217	27
1974	Feldman v. Feldman†	45 A.D.2d 320	23
1972	McGinnis v. Bankers Life Co.†	39 A.D.2d 393	21
1970	Carlson v. Travelers Insurance†	35 A.D.2d 351	20
1974	Rivera v. Berkeley Super Wash, Inc.· Dissent†	44 A.D.2d 316	18
1972	Stein v. Whitehead†	40 A.D.2d 89	17
1967	Multari v. Glalin Arms Corp.· Dissent†	28 A.D.2d 122	13
1969	Knight v. Knight· Concurrence†	31 A.D.2d 267	11
1969	People ex rel. Meltsner v. Follette†	32 A.D.2d 389	10
1974	Ginsberg v. Yeshiva of Far Rockaway· Dissent†	45 A.D.2d 334	9
1973	Knight v. Bodkin†	41 A.D.2d 413	9

Showing the 15 most-cited of 58 authored opinions in our data. “Cited” is inbound citations across the CourtListener corpus. Case links open the ruling’s full text (CourtListener) or its page here; read the methodology and verify against the primary source.

Questions & answers

How do judges of the New York Appellate Division reach the bench?: The court's current selection method is gubernatorial appointment.
Which court was A David Benjamin on?: A David Benjamin was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division.

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10 years on the New York Appellate Division. Data as of 2026-03-31. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).