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 1979 / Served to 1986

Max Bloom

Justice, New York Appellate Division

Max Bloom was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division, who joined the court in 1979. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1909–1990
Tenure: 1979–1986 · 7 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1979	New York Appellate Division	–	–

Education

Fordham University

Judicial Record

In our data, Bloom authored 55 published opinions for the court (1979–1986), plus 40 dissents and 18 concurrences. Most cited: Bernstein v. Birch Wathen School (39 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. 113 of these were attributed to Bloom 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
1979	Bernstein v. Birch Wathen School· Dissent†	71 A.D.2d 129	39
1982	Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. Barile†	86 A.D.2d 362	36
1984	Luka v. New York City Transit Authority†	100 A.D.2d 323	35
1981	France v. St. Clare's Hospital & Health Center· Dissent†	82 A.D.2d 1	35
1979	In re Dora P.†	68 A.D.2d 719	32
1980	Gerstein v. 532 Broad Hollow Road Co.†	75 A.D.2d 292	31
1979	People v. Wright· Concurrence†	71 A.D.2d 585	27
1983	Sommer v. New York City Conciliation & Appeals Board†	93 A.D.2d 481	24
1982	Springer v. Viking Press†	90 A.D.2d 315	23
1979	Stern v. Stern· Dissent†	67 A.D.2d 253	22
1984	People v. Acevedo†	102 A.D.2d 336	21
1980	Braun v. C.E.P.C. Distributors, Inc.†	77 A.D.2d 358	19
1979	People v. Parker· Concurrence†	70 A.D.2d 387	19
1985	Hertz Corp. v. Avis, Inc.· Concurrence†	106 A.D.2d 246	18
1985	People v. Magliato†	110 A.D.2d 266	17

Showing the 15 most-cited of 113 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 Max Bloom on?: Max Bloom was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division.

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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).