How do judges of the New York Court of Appeals reach the bench?

The court's current selection method is gubernatorial appointment.

New York Court of Appeals / Joined 1998 / Served to 2004

Alfred D. Lerner

Judge, New York Court of Appeals

Alfred D. Lerner was a Judge of the New York Court of Appeals, who joined the court in 1998. He previously served on the New York Appellate Division. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1928–2009
Tenure: 1998–2004 · 6 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1997	New York Appellate Division	–	–
1998	New York Court of Appeals	–	–

Education

New York Law School

Judicial Record

In our data, Lerner authored 17 published opinions for the court (1998–2004), plus 5 dissents. Most cited: Bombero v. NAB Construction Corp. (23 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. 22 of these were attributed to Lerner 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
2004	Bombero v. NAB Construction Corp.†	10 A.D.3d 170	23
2000	Banco do Brasil S. A. v. State of Antigua & Barbuda†	268 A.D.2d 75	21
2004	Peyton v. State of Newburgh†	14 A.D.3d 51	12
2004	Intertec Contracting A/S v. Turner Steiner International†	6 A.D.3d 1	12
1998	Commissioner of the Department of Social Services v. Spellman†	243 A.D.2d 45	12
2001	511 West 232nd Owners Corp. v. Jennifer Realty Co.†	285 A.D.2d 244	11
2001	Petrosky v. Brasner†	279 A.D.2d 75	8
2002	Theatre Row Phase II Associates v. National Recording Studios, Inc.· Dissent†	291 A.D.2d 172	7
2002	Campaign for Fiscal Equity, Inc. v. State†	295 A.D.2d 1	6
1998	Garrett v. Twin Parks Northeast Site 2 Houses, Inc.· Dissent†	256 A.D.2d 224	6
2002	Buric v. Safir†	285 A.D.2d 255	5
1999	Urlic v. Insurance Co. of Pennsylvania†	259 A.D.2d 1	5
1998	Orloff v. Weinstein Enterprises†	247 A.D.2d 63	5
2003	Sarjoo v. New York City Health & Hospitals Corp.· Dissent†	309 A.D.2d 34	3
2004	Diamond Waterproofing Co. v. 55 Liberty Owners Corp.†	6 A.D.3d 101	2

Showing the 15 most-cited of 22 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 Court of Appeals reach the bench?: The court's current selection method is gubernatorial appointment.
Which court was Alfred D. Lerner on?: Alfred D. Lerner was a Judge of the New York Court of Appeals.

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