New York Appellate Division / Joined 2014 / Served to 2020

Joseph J. Maltese

Associate Justice, New York Appellate Division

Joseph J. Maltese was an Associate Justice of the New York Appellate Division, who joined the court in 2014. He previously served on the New York Supreme Court, Richmond County. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure
2014–2020 · 6 yrs

Judicial service

YearCourtAppointed byVote
2012New York Supreme Court, Richmond County
2014New York Appellate Division

Education

CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice1970
New York Law School1973
New York UniversityInternational Relations and American Politics1991
University of Nevada-RenoJudicial Studies1998
Touro CollegeForensic Examination2003
University of Nevada-Reno2014

Judicial Record

In our data, Maltese authored 7 published opinions for the court (2015–2024), plus 3 dissents. Most cited: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. v. Eitani (62 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. 4 of these were attributed to Maltese 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
2017Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. v. Eitani2017 NY Slip Op 101562
2023Morejon v. New York City Tr. Auth.216 A.D.3d 13420
2017People v. Newson· Dissent2017 NY Slip Op 77529
2016Matter of Warner v. Town of Kent Zoning Bd. of Appeals· Dissent2016 NY Slip Op 73326
2023Espinal v. Port Auth. of N.Y. & N.J.213 A.D.3d 1014
2022Mercado v. Schwartz209 A.D.3d 302
2024Bank of Am., N.A. v. Reid2024 NY Slip Op 049421
2024Molina v. Goldberg2024 NY Slip Op 038181
2023Yan v. Kalikow Mgt., Inc.192 N.Y.S.3d 6020
2015Utica Mutual Insurance v. Style Management Associates Corp.· Dissent125 A.D.3d 7590

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Questions & answers

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Joseph J. Maltese was an Associate Justice of the New York Appellate Division.

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6 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).