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 / Active

Robert W. Schmidt

Justice, New York Appellate Division

Robert W. Schmidt is a Justice of the New York Appellate Division, serving since 1999. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: Since 1999 · 27 yrs

Judicial service

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

Judicial Record

In our data, Schmidt authored 1 published opinion for the court (2000–2007), plus 3 dissents and 2 concurrences. Most cited: People v. Argueta (18 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. 6 of these were attributed to Schmidt 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
2007	People v. Argueta†	46 A.D.3d 46	18
2000	Leader v. Maroney, Ponzini & Spencer· Dissent†	276 A.D.2d 194	16
2001	Al Turi Landfill, Inc. v. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation· Concurrence†	289 A.D.2d 231	11
2005	People v. Kisoon· Dissent†	23 A.D.3d 18	10
2001	Singleton v. Kerik· Dissent†	282 A.D.2d 682	1
2000	Kotite v. Shea· Concurrence†	274 A.D.2d 503	0

Showing the 6 most-cited of 6 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 is Robert W. Schmidt on?: Robert W. Schmidt is a Justice of the New York Appellate Division.

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27 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).