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 1985 / Served to 2003

Ernst H. Rosenberger

Justice, New York Appellate Division

Ernst H. Rosenberger was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division, who joined the court in 1985. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1931 · age 95
Tenure: 1985–2003 · 18 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1985	New York Appellate Division	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Rosenberger authored 72 published opinions for the court (1985–2003), plus 46 dissents and 7 concurrences. Most cited: Present v. Avon Products, Inc. (294 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. 124 of these were attributed to Rosenberger 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
1999	Present v. Avon Products, Inc.†	253 A.D.2d 183	294
1987	Mandelblatt v. Devon Stores, Inc.†	132 A.D.2d 162	146
1999	First Bank of the Americas v. Motor Car Funding, Inc.†	257 A.D.2d 287	140
1996	Swersky v. Dreyer & Traub†	219 A.D.2d 321	129
1998	Small v. Lorillard Tobacco Co.†	252 A.D.2d 1	90
2002	Laub v. Faessel†	297 A.D.2d 28	82
1985	People v. Mosley· Dissent†	112 A.D.2d 812	55
1991	People v. Streitferdt†	169 A.D.2d 171	45
2000	American Baptist Churches of Metropolitan New York v. Galloway†	271 A.D.2d 92	38
1990	Lesser v. Manhattan & Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority· Dissent†	157 A.D.2d 352	38
2003	People v. Sturm, Ruger & Co.· Dissent†	309 A.D.2d 91	37
1998	In re Lonell J.†	242 A.D.2d 58	34
1986	McCain v. Koch†	117 A.D.2d 198	34
1986	Maharam v. Maharam†	123 A.D.2d 165	31
2000	Ohdan v. City of New York· Dissent†	268 A.D.2d 86	30

Showing the 15 most-cited of 125 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 Ernst H. Rosenberger on?: Ernst H. Rosenberger was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division.

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18 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).