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 1982 / Served to 1991

Richard A. Brown

Justice, New York Appellate Division

Richard A. Brown was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division, who joined the court in 1982. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1931 · age 95
Tenure: 1982–1991 · 9 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1982	New York Appellate Division	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Brown authored 43 published opinions for the court (1982–1991), plus 37 dissents and 17 concurrences. Most cited: Skyline Agency, Inc. v. Ambrose Coppotelli, Inc. (103 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. 97 of these were attributed to Brown 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
1986	Skyline Agency, Inc. v. Ambrose Coppotelli, Inc.†	117 A.D.2d 135	103
1986	Wegman v. Wegman†	123 A.D.2d 220	97
1990	People v. Sullivan· Concurrence†	153 A.D.2d 223	96
1984	Blickstein v. Blickstein†	99 A.D.2d 287	94
1982	Paladino v. Adelphi University†	89 A.D.2d 85	87
1984	People v. Bigelow· Dissent†	106 A.D.2d 448	72
1987	Schoninger v. Yardarm Beach Homeowners' Ass'n†	134 A.D.2d 1	64
1982	People v. DiLuca†	85 A.D.2d 439	59
1985	People v. Sims†	110 A.D.2d 214	53
1984	Kaye v. Kaye†	102 A.D.2d 682	52
1985	Watkins v. Fromm· Concurrence†	108 A.D.2d 233	49
1983	People v. Bittner· Dissent†	97 A.D.2d 33	42
1987	Ughetto v. Acrish†	130 A.D.2d 12	36
1983	People v. Deitsch†	97 A.D.2d 327	34
1982	Curry v. Moser†	89 A.D.2d 1	34

Showing the 15 most-cited of 97 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 Richard A. Brown on?: Richard A. Brown was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division.

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9 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).