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 1971 / Served to 1996

Theodore R. Kupferman

Justice, New York Appellate Division

Theodore R. Kupferman was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division, who joined the court in 1971. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1920 · age 106
Tenure: 1971–1996 · 25 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1971	New York Appellate Division	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Kupferman authored 133 published opinions for the court (1971–1996), plus 320 dissents and 128 concurrences. Most cited: People v. Laster (252 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. 575 of these were attributed to Kupferman 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
1988	People v. Laster· Dissent†	140 A.D.2d 233	252
1987	Progressive Milk Co. v. Luna†	126 A.D.2d 247	238
1987	Four Seasons Hotels Ltd. v. Vinnik· Dissent†	127 A.D.2d 310	206
1996	Chang v. Chang· Dissent†	226 A.D.2d 316	202
1987	Mandelblatt v. Devon Stores, Inc.· Dissent†	132 A.D.2d 162	146
1987	In re Beiny· Dissent†	132 A.D.2d 190	79
1976	Process Plants Corp. v. Beneficial National Life Insurance· Dissent†	53 A.D.2d 214	68
1986	Weinberg v. Hertz Corp.	116 A.D.2d 1	63
1987	In re Beiny· Dissent†	129 A.D.2d 126	58
1977	In re the Estate of Rothko· Concurrence†	56 A.D.2d 499	56
1993	Joseph Sternberg, Inc. v. Walber 36th Street Associates†	187 A.D.2d 225	51
1981	Brinkley v. Casablancas· Concurrence†	80 A.D.2d 428	50
1994	Consolidated Edison Co. of New York, Inc. v. Hartford Insurance· Dissent†	203 A.D.2d 83	49
1976	Coolite Corp. v. American Cyanamid Co.· Dissent†	52 A.D.2d 486	43
1983	Tommy v. Department of Consumer Affairs· Dissent†	95 A.D.2d 724	40

Showing the 15 most-cited of 581 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 Theodore R. Kupferman on?: Theodore R. Kupferman was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division.

Sources

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25 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).