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 1972 / Served to 1982

Domenick L. Gabrielli

Judge, New York Court of Appeals

Domenick L. Gabrielli was a Judge of the New York Court of Appeals, who joined the court in 1972. He previously served on the New York Appellate Division. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1912–1994
Tenure: 1972–1982 · 10 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1967	New York Appellate Division	–	–
1972	New York Court of Appeals	–	–

Education

Albany Law School

Judicial Record

In our data, Gabrielli authored 413 published opinions for the court (1967–1982), plus 104 dissents and 28 concurrences. Most cited: In re Aho (5,625 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. 538 of these were attributed to Gabrielli 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
1976	In re Aho· Dissent†	39 N.Y.2d 241	5,625
1978	Cohen v. Hallmark Cards, Inc.†	45 N.Y.2d 493	1,689
1975	People v. Taranovich†	37 N.Y.2d 442	1,248
1976	Sharp v. Kosmalski†	40 N.Y.2d 119	800
1976	People v. Hobson· Concurrence†	39 N.Y.2d 479	737
1981	W. T. Grant Co. v. Srogi· Dissent†	52 N.Y.2d 496	650
1980	Nallan v. Helmsley-Spear, Inc.†	50 N.Y.2d 507	632
1980	People v. Berkowitz†	50 N.Y.2d 333	593
1978	People v. Iannone†	45 N.Y.2d 589	574
1982	People v. Green· Dissent†	56 N.Y.2d 427	563
1980	Kurcsics v. Merchants Mutual Insurance· Dissent†	49 N.Y.2d 451	545
1977	Ball v. State of New York†	41 N.Y.2d 617	533
1978	Becker v. Schwartz· Concurrence†	46 N.Y.2d 401	460
1976	People v. Mitchell†	39 N.Y.2d 173	458
1979	Ugarriza v. Schmieder†	46 N.Y.2d 471	411

Showing the 15 most-cited of 545 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 Domenick L. Gabrielli on?: Domenick L. Gabrielli was a Judge of the New York Court of Appeals.

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10 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).