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 2004 / Served to 2010

Steven W. Fisher

Justice, New York Appellate Division

Steven W. Fisher was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division, who joined the court in 2004. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1946–2010
Tenure: 2004–2010 · 6 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2004	New York Appellate Division	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Fisher authored 26 published opinions for the court (2004–2010), plus 8 dissents and 3 concurrences. Most cited: Shaya B. Pacific, LLC v. Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker, LLP (125 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. 37 of these were attributed to Fisher 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
2006	Shaya B. Pacific, LLC v. Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker, LLP†	38 A.D.3d 34	125
2004	Bello v. Transit Authority†	12 A.D.3d 58	57
2007	Randi A.J. v. Long Island Surgi-Center†	46 A.D.3d 74	55
2010	In re the Dissolution of 1545 Ocean Avenue, LLC· Concurrence†	72 A.D.3d 121	43
2010	People v. Wilkinson†	71 A.D.3d 249	38
2007	People v. Georgiou†	38 A.D.3d 155	38
2009	People v. Grant†	61 A.D.3d 177	34
2008	People v. Kass†	59 A.D.3d 77	30
2006	Klein v. Robert's American Gourmet Food, Inc.†	28 A.D.3d 63	29
2007	City of New York v. Evanston Insurance†	39 A.D.3d 153	27
2007	Abraham v. City of New York†	39 A.D.3d 21	24
2007	People v. Jackson· Dissent†	41 A.D.3d 498	22
2005	Langan v. St. Vincent's Hospital· Dissent†	25 A.D.3d 90	21
2007	People v. Velez†	39 A.D.3d 38	19
2008	Salandy v. Bryk†	55 A.D.3d 147	15

Showing the 15 most-cited of 37 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 Steven W. Fisher on?: Steven W. Fisher was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division.

Sources

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6 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).