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 1947 / Served to 1952

Bernard L. Shientag

Justice, New York Appellate Division

Bernard L. Shientag was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division, who joined the court in 1947. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1887–1952
Tenure: 1947–1952 · 5 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1947	New York Appellate Division	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Shientag authored 66 published opinions for the court (1947–1952), plus 57 dissents and 13 concurrences. Most cited: Gautier v. Pro-Football, Inc. (44 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. 136 of these were attributed to Shientag 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
1951	Gautier v. Pro-Football, Inc.†	278 A.D. 431	44
1948	Simon v. Simon†	274 A.D. 447	34
1951	People v. Russo· Dissent†	278 A.D. 98	28
1952	In re the Accounting of Bank†	280 A.D. 23	20
1948	54 Cafe & Restaurant, Inc. v. O'Connell†	274 A.D. 428	20
1947	Greenberg v. Lamson Bros.†	273 A.D. 57	18
1948	Opper v. Tripp Lake Estates, Inc.· Dissent†	274 A.D. 422	17
1951	Psaty & Fuhrman, Inc. v. Continental Casualty Co.†	278 A.D. 159	16
1948	Whiteside v. Insurance Co. of Pennsylvania†	274 A.D. 36	15
1948	Hansen v. City of New York· Dissent†	274 A.D. 196	13
1948	Mayer Bros. Poultry Farms v. Meltzer· Dissent†	274 A.D. 169	13
1948	Molnar v. Curtin†	273 A.D. 322	13
1952	Pivar v. Manhattan General, Inc.· Concurrence†	279 A.D. 522	11
1948	Berger v. 34th Street Garage, Inc.†	274 A.D. 414	11
1948	A. Dubois & Son, Inc. v. Goldsmith Bros.†	273 A.D. 306	11

Showing the 15 most-cited of 136 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 Bernard L. Shientag on?: Bernard L. Shientag was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division.

Sources

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5 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).