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The court's current selection method is gubernatorial appointment.

New York Appellate Division / Joined 1955 / Served to 2011

Alger A. Williams

Justice, New York Appellate Division

Alger A. Williams was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division, who joined the court in 1955. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1898 · age 128
Tenure: 1955–2011 · 56 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1955	New York Appellate Division	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Williams authored 54 published opinions for the court (1956–1968), plus 20 dissents and 1 concurrence. Most cited: Harry R. Defler Corp. v. Kleeman (41 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. 74 of these were attributed to Williams 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
1963	Harry R. Defler Corp. v. Kleeman†	19 A.D.2d 396	41
1965	Ben Construction Corp. v. Ventre· Dissent†	23 A.D.2d 44	22
1962	Appleton v. Merchants Mutual Insurance†	16 A.D.2d 361	21
1959	People v. Harmon†	7 A.D.2d 159	17
1957	Erie County Water Authority v. Kramer†	4 A.D.2d 545	16
1968	In Re the Estate of Kelsey	29 A.D.2d 450	15
1963	Farr v. Newman†	18 A.D.2d 54	15
1966	Brummer v. State†	25 A.D.2d 245	14
1961	People v. Leis†	13 A.D.2d 22	12
1964	Seavy v. State· Dissent†	21 A.D.2d 445	10
1964	Strippoli v. Bickal†	21 A.D.2d 365	9
1959	Pisacano v. State†	8 A.D.2d 335	8
1959	Victor Catering Co. v. Nasca†	8 A.D.2d 5	8
1963	Hall v. Carl G. Ek & Son Construction Co.†	17 A.D.2d 558	7
1957	Olsommer v. George W. Walker & Sons, Inc.†	4 A.D.2d 424	7

Showing the 15 most-cited of 75 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 Alger A. Williams on?: Alger A. Williams was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division.

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56 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).