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 1994 / Served to 1996

Edward J. Hart

Justice, New York Appellate Division

Edward J. Hart was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division, who joined the court in 1994. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: 1994–1996 · 2 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1994	New York Appellate Division	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Hart authored 5 published opinions for the court (1994–1996). Most cited: Rutledge v. Rockwells of Bedford, Inc. (252 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. 5 of these were attributed to Hart 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
1994	Rutledge v. Rockwells of Bedford, Inc.†	200 A.D.2d 36	252
1995	People v. Garcia†	217 A.D.2d 119	19
1995	Pecora v. Cerillo†	207 A.D.2d 215	9
1996	People v. Thompson†	222 A.D.2d 156	5
1995	Skiadas v. Terovolas†	219 A.D.2d 635	4

Showing the 5 most-cited of 5 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 Edward J. Hart on?: Edward J. Hart was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division.

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2 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).