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 1977 / Served to 1988

Leonard H. Sandler

Justice, New York Appellate Division

Leonard H. Sandler was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division, who joined the court in 1977. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1926–1988
Tenure: 1977–1988 · 11 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1977	New York Appellate Division	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Sandler authored 66 published opinions for the court (1978–1988), plus 75 dissents and 58 concurrences. Most cited: MTR OF HERZOG v. Joy (63 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. 198 of these were attributed to Sandler 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
1980	MTR OF HERZOG v. Joy	74 A.D.2d 372	63
1985	Greenview Trading Co. v. Hershman & Leicher, P. C.†	108 A.D.2d 468	51
1985	Trott v. Merit Department Store· Concurrence†	106 A.D.2d 158	48
1982	People v. Dowdell· Dissent†	88 A.D.2d 239	42
1980	Loeser v. Nathan Hale Gardens, Inc.†	73 A.D.2d 187	35
1988	Breed, Abbott & Morgan v. Hulko†	139 A.D.2d 71	33
1982	Heiman v. City of New York†	85 A.D.2d 25	31
1987	Grant v. Cuomo†	130 A.D.2d 154	30
1984	N. A. Development Co. v. Jones· Dissent†	99 A.D.2d 238	30
1983	People v. Malizia†	92 A.D.2d 154	30
1980	Manley v. Pandick Press, Inc.†	72 A.D.2d 452	29
1980	People v. Garcia· Dissent†	72 A.D.2d 356	29
1985	Kasachkoff v. City of New York†	107 A.D.2d 130	28
1980	King v. Club Med, Inc.†	76 A.D.2d 123	27
1982	Video Corp. of America v. Frederick Flatto Associates, Inc.· Dissent†	85 A.D.2d 448	26

Showing the 15 most-cited of 199 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 Leonard H. Sandler on?: Leonard H. Sandler was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division.

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11 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).