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 1985 / Served to 1992

Joseph J. Kunzeman

Justice, New York Appellate Division

Joseph J. Kunzeman was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division, who joined the court in 1985. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1928–2008
Tenure: 1985–1992 · 7 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1985	New York Appellate Division	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Kunzeman authored 13 published opinions for the court (1986–1992), plus 4 dissents and 3 concurrences. Most cited: Thomassen v. J & K Diner, Inc. (150 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. 20 of these were attributed to Kunzeman 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
1989	Thomassen v. J & K Diner, Inc.†	152 A.D.2d 421	150
1991	McKernin v. Fanny Farmer Candy Shops, Inc.· Concurrence†	176 A.D.2d 233	58
1991	Hemphill v. Hemphill†	169 A.D.2d 29	28
1991	Bernard v. Block· Concurrence†	176 A.D.2d 843	23
1992	Westmoreland Ass'n v. West Cutter Estates, Ltd.†	174 A.D.2d 144	16
1990	People v. Fata†	159 A.D.2d 180	15
1990	Holiday v. Huntington Hospital†	164 A.D.2d 424	14
1987	Lang v. Cohalan†	127 A.D.2d 17	13
1991	People v. Brazzeal· Dissent†	172 A.D.2d 757	12
1986	People ex rel. Neufeld v. McMickens†	117 A.D.2d 243	12
1986	Harris v. State†	117 A.D.2d 298	10
1986	Moore v. Richmond Hill Savings Bank†	117 A.D.2d 27	10
1986	Drazal v. Drazal· Dissent†	122 A.D.2d 829	9
1989	Executive Land Corp. v. Chu†	150 A.D.2d 7	5
1986	Donegan v. Nadell· Dissent†	113 A.D.2d 676	5

Showing the 15 most-cited of 20 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 Joseph J. Kunzeman on?: Joseph J. Kunzeman was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division.

Sources

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7 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).