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 2009 / Served to 2013

Nelson Stephen Roman

Justice, New York Appellate Division

Nelson Stephen Roman was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division, who joined the court in 2009. He earned a law degree from Brooklyn Law School in 1989. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1960 · age 66
Tenure: 2009–2013 · 4 yrs
Education: Fordham 1984 · Brooklyn Law School 1989

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2009	New York Appellate Division	–	–

Education

Fordham University	B.A.	1984
Brooklyn Law School	J.D.	1989

Judicial Record

In our data, Roman authored 5 published opinions for the court (2011–2013), plus 4 concurrences. Most cited: Marcelina M.-G. v. Israel S. (68 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. 9 of these were attributed to Roman 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
2013	Marcelina M.-G. v. Israel S.†	112 A.D.3d 100	68
2011	1234 Broadway LLC v. West Side SRO Law Project†	86 A.D.3d 18	25
2011	Rhodes v. Herz†	84 A.D.3d 1	25
2011	Brown v. Maple3, LLC†	88 A.D.3d 224	12
2012	G.L. v. Markowitz· Concurrence†	101 A.D.3d 821	2
2013	Marcelina M.-G. v. Israel S.†	112 A.D.3d 100	0
2013	Lucia v. Board of Education· Concurrence†	109 A.D.3d 545	0
2013	Lucia v. Board of Education· Concurrence†	109 A.D.3d 545	0
2012	G.L. v. Markowitz· Concurrence†	101 A.D.3d 821	0

Showing the 9 most-cited of 9 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 Nelson Stephen Roman on?: Nelson Stephen Roman was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division.

Sources

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4 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).