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 1967 / Served to 1975

George Tilzer

Justice, New York Appellate Division

George Tilzer was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division, who joined the court in 1967. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1899–1979
Tenure: 1967–1975 · 8 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1967	New York Appellate Division	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Tilzer authored 37 published opinions for the court (1967–1975), plus 16 dissents and 2 concurrences. Most cited: In re the Arbitration between Riccardi & Modern Silver Linen Supply Co. (40 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. 55 of these were attributed to Tilzer 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
1974	In re the Arbitration between Riccardi & Modern Silver Linen Supply Co.†	45 A.D.2d 191	40
1971	Legros v. Irving†	38 A.D.2d 53	31
1975	People v. Trapier†	47 A.D.2d 481	23
1968	Henegan v. Merchants Mutual Insurance†	31 A.D.2d 12	22
1973	People ex rel. Wasserberger v. Wasserberger· Dissent†	42 A.D.2d 93	17
1975	Rapoport v. 55 Perry Co.†	50 A.D.2d 54	15
1968	Noel v. Interboro Mutual Indemnity Insurance†	31 A.D.2d 54	15
1968	American Electronics, Inc. v. Neptune Meter Co.· Dissent†	30 A.D.2d 117	14
1974	New York Public Library v. New York State Public Employment Relations Board†	45 A.D.2d 271	13
1973	People v. Diaz†	41 A.D.2d 382	13
1975	Schenck v. Coordinated Coverage Corp.†	50 A.D.2d 50	12
1975	In re Adoption of Tretin†	48 A.D.2d 425	12
1971	Felin Associates Inc. v. Rogers†	38 A.D.2d 6	12
1974	People v. Johnson†	46 A.D.2d 123	11
1968	Wirth v. Prenyl, S.A.†	29 A.D.2d 373	10

Showing the 15 most-cited of 55 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 George Tilzer on?: George Tilzer was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division.

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8 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).