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 1975 / Served to 1984

Samuel J. Silverman

Justice, New York Appellate Division

Samuel J. Silverman was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division, who joined the court in 1975. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1908–2001
Tenure: 1975–1984 · 9 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1975	New York Appellate Division	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Silverman authored 106 published opinions for the court (1972–1984), plus 108 dissents and 63 concurrences. Most cited: Schiavone Construction Co. v. Elgood Mayo Corp. (85 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. 276 of these were attributed to Silverman 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
1981	Schiavone Construction Co. v. Elgood Mayo Corp.· Dissent†	81 A.D.2d 221	85
1976	ABKCO Industries, Inc. v. Lennon· Dissent†	52 A.D.2d 435	83
1983	Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. v. Michigan Mutual Insurance· Dissent†	93 A.D.2d 337	64
1980	People v. Kidd†	76 A.D.2d 665	64
1983	People v. Siu Wah Tse· Dissent†	91 A.D.2d 350	56
1984	McMahon v. City of New York†	105 A.D.2d 101	46
1981	Conrad v. Third Sutton Realty Co.· Concurrence†	81 A.D.2d 50	41
1978	Spadaccini v. Dolan· Dissent†	63 A.D.2d 110	41
1982	State ex rel. H. v. P.· Concurrence†	90 A.D.2d 434	40
1984	Sementilli v. Sementilli· Dissent†	102 A.D.2d 78	39
1982	Najjar Industries, Inc. v. City of New York†	87 A.D.2d 329	39
1981	Manshul Construction Corp. v. Dormitory Authority†	79 A.D.2d 383	36
1983	Scull v. Scull· Dissent†	94 A.D.2d 29	35
1979	Webster's Red Seal Publications, Inc. v. Gilberton World-Wide Publications, Inc.†	67 A.D.2d 339	35
1980	Dean Witter Reynolds Inc. v. Ross· Dissent†	75 A.D.2d 373	34

Showing the 15 most-cited of 277 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 Samuel J. Silverman on?: Samuel J. Silverman was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division.

Sources

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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).