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 1972 / Served to 1990

T Paul Kane

Justice, New York Appellate Division

T Paul Kane was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division, who joined the court in 1972. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: 1972–1990 · 18 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1972	New York Appellate Division	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Kane authored 818 published opinions for the court (1972–1990), plus 109 dissents and 36 concurrences. Most cited: People v. Hilker (280 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. 963 of these were attributed to Kane 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
1987	People v. Hilker†	133 A.D.2d 986	280
1985	People v. Cruickshank· Dissent†	105 A.D.2d 325	161
1989	Feiden v. Feiden†	151 A.D.2d 889	65
1988	Bernacet v. Coughlin†	145 A.D.2d 802	41
1990	Markley v. Albany Medical Center Hospital†	163 A.D.2d 639	40
1982	Mary & Alice Ford Nursing Home Co. v. Fireman's Insurance of Newark· Dissent†	86 A.D.2d 736	38
1975	Rinaldi v. State· Dissent†	49 A.D.2d 361	37
1988	Bova v. Vinciguerra†	139 A.D.2d 797	35
1979	Nassau Roofing & Sheet Metal Co. v. Facilities Development Corp.· Dissent†	70 A.D.2d 1021	33
1989	Torri v. Big V of Kingston, Inc.†	147 A.D.2d 743	32
1972	Bryce v. Wilde†	39 A.D.2d 291	31
1987	Taylor v. Coughlin†	135 A.D.2d 992	30
1990	Barzin v. Barzin†	158 A.D.2d 769	29
1985	Gonzalez v. Jones· Dissent†	115 A.D.2d 849	29
1990	Schulz v. Washington County†	157 A.D.2d 948	28

Showing the 15 most-cited of 963 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 T Paul Kane on?: T Paul Kane was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division.

Sources

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18 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).