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 1994 / Served to 2003

William D. Friedmann

Justice, New York Appellate Division

William D. Friedmann was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division, who joined the court in 1994. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: 1994–2003 · 9 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1994	New York Appellate Division	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Friedmann authored 23 published opinions for the court (1994–2003), plus 31 dissents and 5 concurrences. Most cited: Porr v. NYNEX Corp. (120 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. 59 of these were attributed to Friedmann 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
1997	Porr v. NYNEX Corp.†	230 A.D.2d 564	120
1998	DiDomenico v. C & S Aeromatik Supplies, Inc.†	252 A.D.2d 41	101
1999	Mount Sinai Hospital v. Triboro Coach, Inc.†	263 A.D.2d 11	60
2003	People v. Brooks†	308 A.D.2d 99	54
1994	In re Maher†	207 A.D.2d 133	49
1999	Town of Pleasant Valley v. New York State Board of Real Property Services†	253 A.D.2d 8	42
2003	In re the Estate of Stralem†	303 A.D.2d 120	37
1994	Widera v. Ettco Wire & Cable Corp.· Dissent†	204 A.D.2d 306	23
2000	Logan v. Empire Blue Cross & Blue Shield†	275 A.D.2d 187	22
2001	Collins v. Telcoa International Corp.†	283 A.D.2d 128	20
1997	Kass v. Kass· Concurrence†	235 A.D.2d 150	20
2003	Chambers v. City of New York†	309 A.D.2d 81	18
1998	General Electric Capital Commercial Automotive Finance, Inc. v. Spartan Motors, Ltd.†	246 A.D.2d 41	18
1997	People v. Lopez· Dissent†	235 A.D.2d 496	18
1996	Congregation Yetev Lev D'Satmar, Inc. v. 26 Adar N.B. Corp.†	219 A.D.2d 186	18

Showing the 15 most-cited of 59 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 William D. Friedmann on?: William D. Friedmann was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division.

Sources

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9 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).