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 2003

Sandra J. Feuerstein

Justice, New York Appellate Division

Sandra J. Feuerstein was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division, who joined the court in 1999. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1946 · age 80
Tenure: 1999–2003 · 4 yrs
Education: University of Vermont 1966

Judicial service

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

Education

University of Vermont

B.S.

1966

Judicial Record

In our data, Feuerstein authored 6 published opinions for the court (2000–2003), plus 5 dissents and 2 concurrences. Most cited: Lopez v. Imperial Delivery Service, Inc. (185 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. 13 of these were attributed to Feuerstein 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
2001	Lopez v. Imperial Delivery Service, Inc.†	282 A.D.2d 190	185
2002	Backiel v. Citibank, N.A.· Dissent†	299 A.D.2d 504	146
2001	Basetti v. Nour†	287 A.D.2d 126	119
2000	Audiovox Corp. v. Benyamini†	265 A.D.2d 135	71
2002	Zecca v. Riccardelli†	293 A.D.2d 31	28
2001	People v. Forbes†	283 A.D.2d 92	24
2002	Van Eken v. Consolidated Edison Co.· Dissent†	294 A.D.2d 352	10
2000	Yi v. JNJ Supply Corp.· Dissent†	274 A.D.2d 453	10
2001	Hofsiss v. Board of Education· Concurrence†	287 A.D.2d 566	9
2003	Stejskal v. Simons· Concurrence†	309 A.D.2d 853	7
2002	Rondout Electric, Inc. v. Monroe Woodbury Central School District†	301 A.D.2d 113	1
2000	Guarracino v. Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp.· Dissent†	274 A.D.2d 551	1
2001	Melo v. Pagano· Dissent†	284 A.D.2d 436	0

Showing the 13 most-cited of 13 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 Sandra J. Feuerstein on?: Sandra J. Feuerstein 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).