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The court's current selection method is gubernatorial appointment.

New York Court of Appeals / Joined 2003 / Active

Susan Phillips Read

Judge, New York Court of Appeals

Susan Phillips Read is a Judge of the New York Court of Appeals, serving since 2003. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1947 · age 79
Tenure: Since 2003 · 23 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2003	New York Court of Appeals	–	–

Education

Ohio Wesleyan University

Judicial Record

In our data, Read authored 208 published opinions for the court (2003–2015), plus 50 dissents and 12 concurrences. Most cited: People v. Bradshaw (1,575 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. 234 of these were attributed to Read 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
2011	People v. Bradshaw· Dissent†	18 N.Y.3d 257	1,575
2005	EBC I, Inc. v. Goldman, Sachs & Co.· Dissent†	832 N.E.2d 26	866
2006	Bard v. Jahnke†	6 N.Y.3d 592	651
2009	Petrone v. Fernandez†	12 N.Y.3d 546	602
2014	People v. Rivera†	23 N.Y.3d 112	570
2007	Stark v. Molod Spitz DeSantis & Stark, P.C.†	876 N.E.2d 903	528
2011	People v. Lingle†	949 N.E.2d 952	497
2005	JMD Holding Corp. v. Congress Financial Corp.†	828 N.E.2d 604	446
2003	Lepkowski v. State of NY†	802 N.E.2d 1094	409
2013	People v. Rudolph· Dissent†	21 N.Y.3d 497	406
2003	Saratoga County Chamber of Commerce, Inc. v. Pataki· Dissent†	798 N.E.2d 1047	360
2009	Roberts v. Tishman Speyer Properties, L.P.· Dissent†	13 N.Y.3d 270	328
2004	Rubies v. Aqua Club, Inc.· Dissent†	821 N.E.2d 530	313
2007	People v. Louree†	8 N.Y.3d 541	312
2005	People v. Suarez· Concurrence†	844 N.E.2d 721	311

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Questions & answers

How do judges of the New York Court of Appeals reach the bench?: The court's current selection method is gubernatorial appointment.
Which court is Susan Phillips Read on?: Susan Phillips Read is a Judge of the New York Court of Appeals.

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23 years on the New York Court of Appeals. Data as of 2026-03-31. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).