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 1982 / Served to 1993

James H. Boomer

Justice, New York Appellate Division

James H. Boomer was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division, who joined the court in 1982. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1922–1993
Tenure: 1982–1993 · 11 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1982	New York Appellate Division	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Boomer authored 44 published opinions for the court (1982–1993), plus 30 dissents and 4 concurrences. Most cited: In re Dean L. (45 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. 78 of these were attributed to Boomer 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
1985	In re Dean L.†	109 A.D.2d 87	45
1983	People v. McDavis†	97 A.D.2d 302	44
1982	Lesman v. Lesman†	88 A.D.2d 153	34
1984	People v. Scarbrough· Dissent†	105 A.D.2d 1107	33
1985	Kerr v. Rochester Gas & Electric Corp.†	113 A.D.2d 412	29
1984	Ackley v. Ackley†	100 A.D.2d 153	29
1983	Majauskas v. Majauskas†	94 A.D.2d 494	28
1983	Azeem v. Colonial Assurance Co.†	96 A.D.2d 123	26
1989	People v. Robinson· Dissent†	145 A.D.2d 184	25
1985	Filmways Communications of Syracuse, Inc. v. Douglas†	106 A.D.2d 185	25
1984	In re the Foreclosure of Tax Liens· Concurrence†	103 A.D.2d 636	25
1983	Waldron v. Wild· Dissent†	96 A.D.2d 190	23
1992	Schrader v. Carney†	180 A.D.2d 200	20
1987	People v. Burr†	124 A.D.2d 5	20
1983	Angie v. Johns Manville Corp.· Dissent†	94 A.D.2d 939	20

Showing the 15 most-cited of 78 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 James H. Boomer on?: James H. Boomer was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division.

Sources

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11 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).