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 1999 / Served to 2004

Nancy E. Smith

Justice, New York Appellate Division

Nancy E. Smith was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division, who joined the court in 1999. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: 1999–2004 · 5 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1999	New York Appellate Division	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Smith authored 4 published opinions for the court (2000–2021), plus 3 dissents and 1 concurrence. Most cited: People v. Feuer (27 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. 7 of these were attributed to Smith 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
2004	People v. Feuer· Dissent†	11 A.D.3d 633	27
2021	PB-7 Doe v. Amherst Cent. Sch. Dist.	148 N.Y.S.3d 305	16
2001	Monthie v. Boyle Road Associates, L. L. C.†	281 A.D.2d 15	11
2002	Gordon v. Rush†	299 A.D.2d 20	9
2001	People v. Fenner· Dissent†	283 A.D.2d 516	5
2000	Orin Management Corp. v. New York State Division of Housing & Community Renewal†	275 A.D.2d 126	3
2000	People v. Diaz· Dissent†	274 A.D.2d 589	3
2001	People v. Boone· Concurrence†	287 A.D.2d 461	2

Showing the 8 most-cited of 8 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 Nancy E. Smith on?: Nancy E. Smith was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division.

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5 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).