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Jenny Rivera

Judge, New York Court of Appeals

Jenny Rivera is a Judge of the New York Court of Appeals, serving since 2013. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born
1960 · age 66
Tenure
Since 2013 · 13 yrs

Judicial service

YearCourtAppointed byVote
2013New York Court of Appeals––

Education

Polytechnic Institute of New York University

Judicial Record

In our data, Rivera authored 108 published opinions for the court (2013–2026), plus 52 dissents and 21 concurrences. Most cited: People v. Dumay (2,054 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. 144 of these were attributed to Rivera 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

YearCaseCitationCited
2014People v. Dumay†23 N.Y.3d 5182,054
2015The People v. Joseph Conceicao / The People v. Federico Perez / The People v. Javier Sanchez· Concurrence†26 N.Y.3d 3751,475
2013People v. Peque· Dissent†22 N.Y.3d 168751
2015El-Dehdan v. El-Dehdan†26 N.Y.3d 19738
2015The People v. Rasaun Sanders· Dissent†25 N.Y.3d 337731
2013People v. Morris· Dissent†21 N.Y.3d 588637
2017The Burlington Insurance Company v. NYC Transit Authority†29 N.Y.3d 313489
2024Matter of Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman, LLP v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.2024 NY Slip Op 05876485
2017Connaughton v. Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.†29 N.Y.3d 137465
2015Cooperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank, B.A. v. Francisco Javier Herrera Navarro†25 N.Y.3d 485390
2013William J. Jenack Estate Appraisers & Auctioneers, Inc. v. Rabizadeh†22 N.Y.3d 470376
2016Janice Mazella v. William Beals, M.D.†27 N.Y.3d 694356
2015The People v. Frankie Hatton†26 N.Y.3d 364335
2016The People v. Anthony Jones†26 N.Y.3d 730305
2014172 Van Duzer Realty Corp. v. Globe Alumni Student Assistance Association, Inc.†24 N.Y.3d 528301

Showing the 15 most-cited of 181 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 Court of Appeals reach the bench?
The court's current selection method is gubernatorial appointment.
Which court is Jenny Rivera on?
Jenny Rivera is a Judge of the New York Court of Appeals.

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13 years on the New York Court of Appeals. Data as of 2026-03-31. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).