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 1994 / Served to 2005

Myriam J. Altman

Justice, New York Appellate Division

Myriam J. Altman was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division, who joined the court in 1994. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1939–2005
Tenure: 1994–2005 · 11 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1994	New York Appellate Division	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Altman authored 8 published opinions for the court (1994–2003), plus 6 dissents and 3 concurrences. Most cited: Cohen v. Heritage Motor Tours, Inc. (43 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. 17 of these were attributed to Altman 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
1994	Cohen v. Heritage Motor Tours, Inc.†	205 A.D.2d 105	43
2003	People v. Melio†	304 A.D.2d 247	23
1995	Henry v. Isaac†	214 A.D.2d 188	14
2002	Hertz v. Hertz†	291 A.D.2d 91	13
1994	Rothstein v. Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co.†	204 A.D.2d 39	12
1995	Perry v. New York City Housing Authority· Dissent†	222 A.D.2d 567	9
1997	Potter v. Korfhage· Dissent†	240 A.D.2d 717	7
1995	Dykstra v. Dykstra· Dissent†	211 A.D.2d 745	5
2001	Beyer v. DaimlerChrysler Corp.†	286 A.D.2d 103	4
1997	Robert Plan Corp. v. Greiner-Maltz Co.†	229 A.D.2d 122	4
1995	People v. Mason· Dissent†	219 A.D.2d 681	4
1995	In re the Estate of Reichenbaum†	214 A.D.2d 48	4
1994	Livigne v. D'Agostino Supermarkets, Inc.· Concurrence†	207 A.D.2d 776	4
1994	Konstantinovic v. I.T.M. Jumberca, Inc.· Dissent†	204 A.D.2d 403	4
2003	Frankel v. Frankel· Dissent†	309 A.D.2d 65	3

Showing the 15 most-cited of 17 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 Myriam J. Altman on?: Myriam J. Altman was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division.

Sources

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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).