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 1963 / Active

G Robert Witmer

Justice, New York Appellate Division

G Robert Witmer is a Justice of the New York Appellate Division, serving since 1963. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1904 · age 122
Tenure: Since 1963 · 63 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1963	New York Appellate Division	–	–

Education

Tennessee Wesleyan College

Judicial Record

In our data, Witmer authored 121 published opinions for the court (1963–1980), plus 6 dissents and 2 concurrences. Most cited: State Division of Human Rights v. New York State Drug Abuse Control Commission (60 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. 129 of these were attributed to Witmer 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
1977	State Division of Human Rights v. New York State Drug Abuse Control Commission†	59 A.D.2d 332	60
1967	Albemarle Theatre, Inc. v. Bayberry Realty Corp.†	27 A.D.2d 172	58
1975	Schuler-Haas Electric Corp. v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.†	49 A.D.2d 60	45
1966	Unger v. Travel Arrangements, Inc.†	25 A.D.2d 40	40
1977	Security Trust Co. v. Thomas†	59 A.D.2d 242	39
1980	Little v. Blue Cross of Western New York, Inc.†	72 A.D.2d 200	33
1970	Mayo v. Hopeman Lumber & Manufacturing Co.†	33 A.D.2d 310	33
1977	Mead v. First Trust & Deposit Co.†	60 A.D.2d 71	29
1972	Claim of Hurd v. County of Allegany†	39 A.D.2d 499	27
1971	People v. Buthy†	38 A.D.2d 10	25
1968	Frontier Excavating, Inc. v. Sovereign Construction Co.†	30 A.D.2d 487	25
1977	Mold Maintenance Service v. General Accident Fire & Life Assurance Corp.†	56 A.D.2d 134	24
1980	Silver v. Rochester Savings Bank†	73 A.D.2d 81	23
1977	People v. Graham†	57 A.D.2d 478	22
1977	In re the Arbitration between Spychalski & Continental Insurance†	58 A.D.2d 193	21

Showing the 15 most-cited of 129 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 is G Robert Witmer on?: G Robert Witmer is a Justice of the New York Appellate Division.

Sources

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63 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).