How do judges of the New York Court of Appeals reach the bench?

The court's current selection method is gubernatorial appointment.

New York Court of Appeals / Joined 2009 / Served to 2015

Jonathan Lippman

Judge, New York Court of Appeals

Jonathan Lippman was a Judge of the New York Court of Appeals (5 judges, selected by gubernatorial appointment), who joined the court in 2009. He previously served on the New York Supreme Court and New York Appellate Division. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1945 · age 81
Tenure: 2009–2015 · 6 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2005	New York Supreme Court	–	–
2007	New York Appellate Division	–	–
2007	New York Appellate Division	–	–
2009	New York Court of Appeals	–	–

Education

New York University	Government and International Relations	1965
New York University		1968

Judicial Record

In our data, Lippman authored 173 published opinions for the court (2007–2015), plus 71 dissents and 17 concurrences. Most cited: Vega v. Restani Construction Corp. (1,791 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. 193 of these were attributed to Lippman 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
2012	Vega v. Restani Construction Corp.	965 N.E.2d 240	1,791
2015	The People v. Joseph Conceicao / The People v. Federico Perez / The People v. Javier Sanchez· Concurrence†	26 N.Y.3d 375	1,475
2009	Runner v. New York Stock Exchange, Inc.	13 N.Y.3d 599	769
2013	People v. Peque· Dissent†	22 N.Y.3d 168	751
2010	Trupia v. Lake George Central School District	927 N.E.2d 547	601
2012	Bukowski v. Clarkson University†	19 N.Y.3d 353	576
2014	People v. Rivera· Dissent†	23 N.Y.3d 112	570
2015	Aurora Loan Services v. Monique Taylor†	25 N.Y.3d 355	543
2011	People v. Delamota· Dissent†	18 N.Y.3d 107	440
2011	People v. Becoats· Dissent†	958 N.E.2d 865	351
2012	Georgia Malone & Co. v. Rieder· Dissent†	19 N.Y.3d 511	324
2014	Association for a Better Long Island, Inc. v. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation†	23 N.Y.3d 1	310
2012	Baba-Ali v. State†	19 N.Y.3d 627	307
2011	St. Louis v. Town of North Elba†	16 N.Y.3d 411	306
2014	People v. Guaman· Concurrence†	22 N.Y.3d 678	297

Showing the 15 most-cited of 261 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 was Jonathan Lippman on?: Jonathan Lippman was a Judge of the New York Court of Appeals.

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6 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).