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 2015 / Active

Leslie E. Stein

Judge, New York Court of Appeals

Leslie E. Stein is a Judge of the New York Court of Appeals, serving since 2015. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: Since 2015 · 11 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2015	New York Court of Appeals	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Stein authored 49 published opinions for the court (2015–2018), plus 18 dissents and 2 concurrences. Most cited: The People v. Rasaun Sanders (731 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. 65 of these were attributed to Stein 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
2015	The People v. Rasaun Sanders†	25 N.Y.3d 337	731
2016	Doctor Fred L. Pasternack v. Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings· Dissent†	27 N.Y.3d 817	485
2015	Pegasus Aviation I, Inc. v. Varig Logistica S.A.· Dissent†	26 N.Y.3d 543	372
2016	Hain v. Jamison†	28 N.Y.3d 524	338
2015	The People v. Frankie Hatton· Dissent†	26 N.Y.3d 364	335
2015	The People v. Mark Jurgins†	26 N.Y.3d 607	324
2015	Greater New York Taxi Ass'n v. New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission†	25 N.Y.3d 600	278
2016	People v. Crooks†	27 N.Y.3d 609	265
2016	The Matter of James R. Diegelman v. City of Buffalo†	28 N.Y.3d 231	262
2017	Carol Artibee v. Home Place Corporation†	28 N.Y.3d 739	259
2015	People v. Sprint Nextel Corp.· Dissent†	26 N.Y.3d 98	255
2015	Viviane Etienne Medical Care v. Country-Wide Ins.· Dissent†	25 N.Y.3d 498	245
2016	The People v. Alexis Ocasio†	28 N.Y.3d 178	231
2015	Davis v. South Nassau Communities Hospital· Dissent†	26 N.Y.3d 563	226
2015	The People v. Rebecca Guthrie†	25 N.Y.3d 130	205

Showing the 15 most-cited of 69 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 is Leslie E. Stein on?: Leslie E. Stein is a Judge of the New York Court of Appeals.

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11 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).