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 1955 / Served to 1960

James T. Hallinan

Justice, New York Appellate Division

James T. Hallinan was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division, who joined the court in 1955. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1889–1969
Tenure: 1955–1960 · 5 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1955	New York Appellate Division	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Hallinan authored 1 published opinion for the court (1956–1958), plus 2 dissents. Most cited: Cooke v. Cooke (8 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. 3 of these were attributed to Hallinan 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
1956	Cooke v. Cooke· Dissent†	2 A.D.2d 128	8
1957	Lopez v. City of New York†	4 A.D.2d 48	6
1958	Society of the New York Hospital v. Johnson· Dissent†	5 A.D.2d 552	1

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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 T. Hallinan on?: James T. Hallinan was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division.

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5 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).