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 1989 / Served to 2002

Israel Rubin

Justice, New York Appellate Division

Israel Rubin was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division, who joined the court in 1989. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1926 · age 100
Tenure: 1989–2002 · 13 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1989	New York Appellate Division	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Rubin authored 70 published opinions for the court (1991–2002), plus 16 dissents and 6 concurrences. Most cited: Thoreson v. Penthouse International, Ltd. (288 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. 92 of these were attributed to Rubin 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
1992	Thoreson v. Penthouse International, Ltd.†	179 A.D.2d 29	288
1998	Weinstock v. Handler· Dissent†	254 A.D.2d 165	149
1998	Non-Linear Trading Co. v. Braddis Associates, Inc.†	243 A.D.2d 107	115
1995	Rachmani Corp. v. 9 East 96th Street Apartment Corp.†	211 A.D.2d 262	88
1997	White Light Productions, Inc. v. On The Scene Productions, Inc.†	231 A.D.2d 90	79
2002	Joan Hansen & Co. v. Everlast World's Boxing Headquarters Corp.†	296 A.D.2d 103	64
1995	Curtis Properties Corp. v. Greif Co.†	212 A.D.2d 259	60
1991	Stambovsky v. Ackley†	169 A.D.2d 254	56
1998	Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Ltd. v. Kvaerner†	243 A.D.2d 1	55
1995	Cox v. J.D. Realty Associates†	217 A.D.2d 179	55
1998	Jones Lang Wootton USA v. LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae†	243 A.D.2d 168	45
1995	Koob v. IDS Financial Services, Inc.†	213 A.D.2d 26	45
1993	In re New York City Asbestos Litigation†	188 A.D.2d 214	45
1994	Bogoni v. Friedlander†	197 A.D.2d 281	41
2001	Perez v. Bronx Park South Associates· Dissent†	285 A.D.2d 402	40

Showing the 15 most-cited of 92 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 Israel Rubin on?: Israel Rubin was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division.

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13 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).