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 1975 / Served to 1977

Harold E. Koreman

Justice, New York Appellate Division

Harold E. Koreman was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division, who joined the court in 1975. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1916–2001
Tenure: 1975–1977 · 2 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1975	New York Appellate Division	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Koreman authored 40 published opinions for the court (1975–1977), plus 6 dissents and 1 concurrence. Most cited: Condé Nast Publications, Inc. v. State Tax Commission (23 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. 45 of these were attributed to Koreman 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	Condé Nast Publications, Inc. v. State Tax Commission†	51 A.D.2d 17	23
1976	State v. County of Sullivan· Concurrence†	54 A.D.2d 29	20
1977	Maki v. Estate of Ziehm†	55 A.D.2d 454	19
1975	Claim of Nallan v. Motion Picture Studio Mechanics Union, Local No. 52†	49 A.D.2d 365	19
1977	Power Authority v. Moeller†	57 A.D.2d 380	18
1976	Matter of Markowitz v. State Tax Comm'n	54 A.D.2d 1023	17
1977	Harris v. St. Johnsbury Trucking Co.†	57 A.D.2d 127	16
1976	Nolan v. Tully†	52 A.D.2d 295	15
1976	People v. Wagner†	51 A.D.2d 186	15
1976	Cartwright v. Golub Corp.†	51 A.D.2d 407	14
1976	Claim of McKay v. Town of West Seneca†	51 A.D.2d 373	14
1975	White v. Fisher†	49 A.D.2d 450	14
1976	Brand v. Bartlett†	52 A.D.2d 272	13
1976	Consolidated Edison Co. of New York, Inc. v. New York State Public Service Commission†	53 A.D.2d 131	12
1977	People v. Woman's Christian Ass'n	56 A.D.2d 101	11

Showing the 15 most-cited of 47 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 Harold E. Koreman on?: Harold E. Koreman was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division.

Sources

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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).