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 1992 / Served to 1998

Leo J. Fallon

Justice, New York Appellate Division

Leo J. Fallon was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division, who joined the court in 1992. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: 1992–1998 · 6 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1992	New York Appellate Division	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Fallon authored 10 published opinions for the court (1992–1998), plus 8 dissents. Most cited: Gillmore v. Daniel (38 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. 18 of these were attributed to Fallon 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
1995	Gillmore v. Daniel· Dissent†	221 A.D.2d 938	38
1998	Oot v. Home Insurance Co. of Indiana†	244 A.D.2d 62	23
1993	Doe v. State†	189 A.D.2d 199	20
1992	Canfield v. Giles· Dissent†	182 A.D.2d 1075	12
1992	People v. Moss· Dissent†	179 A.D.2d 271	11
1992	Bowles v. Kawasaki Motor Corp. USA†	179 A.D.2d 299	10
1996	Erhart v. Erhart†	226 A.D.2d 26	7
1996	People v. Hatzman†	218 A.D.2d 185	7
1993	Rotondo v. Reeves· Dissent†	192 A.D.2d 1086	5
1992	Cooney v. Osgood Machinery, Inc.†	179 A.D.2d 240	5
1995	Gernatt Asphalt Products, Inc. v. Town of Sardinia†	208 A.D.2d 139	4
1997	Becker v. Clearview Acres, Ltd.· Dissent†	237 A.D.2d 926	2
1995	In re the Arbitration between Steck & State Farm Insurance· Dissent†	213 A.D.2d 1051	1
1994	Michaels v. City of Buffalo· Dissent†	201 A.D.2d 117	1
1994	Davidson Pipe Supply Co. v. Wyoming County Industrial Development Agency†	196 A.D.2d 240	1

Showing the 15 most-cited of 18 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 Leo J. Fallon on?: Leo J. Fallon was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division.

Sources

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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).