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 1979 / Served to 1986

David T. Gibbons

Justice, New York Appellate Division

David T. Gibbons was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division, who joined the court in 1979. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: 1979–1986 · 7 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1979	New York Appellate Division	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Gibbons authored 50 published opinions for the court (1979–1986), plus 35 dissents and 18 concurrences. Most cited: People v. Roopchand (219 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. 103 of these were attributed to Gibbons 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
1985	People v. Roopchand· Dissent†	107 A.D.2d 35	219
1983	State v. Wolowitz†	96 A.D.2d 47	103
1983	Surlak v. Surlak†	95 A.D.2d 371	86
1984	Kraker v. Roll†	100 A.D.2d 424	80
1983	Schmidt v. Magnetic Head Corp.· Concurrence†	97 A.D.2d 151	79
1984	DiMauro v. Metropolitan Suburban Bus Authority†	105 A.D.2d 236	73
1984	Merchants Mutual Insurance v. Arzillo· Dissent†	98 A.D.2d 495	68
1985	Tantleff v. Truscelli†	110 A.D.2d 240	62
1983	Engel v. Lichterman· Concurrence†	95 A.D.2d 536	52
1985	Siegel v. Kentucky Fried Chicken of Long Island, Inc.†	108 A.D.2d 218	51
1982	Davis v. High Society Magazine, Inc.†	90 A.D.2d 374	47
1984	In re Daniel C.· Dissent†	99 A.D.2d 35	45
1986	Lorisa Capital Corp. v. Gallo†	119 A.D.2d 99	44
1983	Strauss v. Belle Realty Co.· Dissent†	98 A.D.2d 424	42
1983	Federal Deposit Insurance v. Forte†	94 A.D.2d 59	35

Showing the 15 most-cited of 103 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 David T. Gibbons on?: David T. Gibbons was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division.

Sources

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7 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).