The Supreme Court of the State of New York, Appellate Division, First Judicial Department, or simply the First Department, is one of the four geographical components of the
New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
The Appellate Divisions of the Supreme Court of the State of New York are the intermediate appellate courts in New York State.
There are four Appellate Divisions, one in each of the state's four Judicial Departments (e.g., the full title of the ...
, the
intermediate appellate court of the
State of New York
New York, officially the State of New York, is a state in the Northeastern United States. It is often called New York State to distinguish it from its largest city, New York City. With a total area of , New York is the 27th-largest U.S. state ...
. Its courthouse is located in
Manhattan
Manhattan (), known regionally as the City, is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City. The borough is also coextensive with New York County, one of the original counties of the U.S. state ...
,
New York City
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.
Jurisdiction
The First Department of the
Appellate Division holds jurisdiction over the Counties of
New York and the
Bronx
The Bronx () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Bronx County, in the state of New York. It is south of Westchester County; north and east of the New York City borough of Manhattan, across the Harlem River; and north of the New Y ...
. Appeals are taken to the Appellate Division, as a matter of right, in civil and criminal cases, from the Supreme Court, Surrogate's Court, Family Court, and Court of Claims.
Along with the state's other three Appellate Departments, it shares responsibility for all admissions to the New York bar. Under the state's bar admission rules, all bar applicants must be interviewed in person by one of the Appellate Departments. The First Department admits only residents of Manhattan and the Bronx, with all other applicants being admitted by other Departments. However, once admitted by one department, a new attorney may practice in any New York state court.
Case load
Over 3,000 appeals, 6,000 motions, and 1,000 interim applications are determined each year.
Current justices
Former justices
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George C. Barrett (1896–1900)
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Charles H. Van Brunt (1896–1905, P.J. 1896–1905)
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William Rumsey (1896–1901)
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Pardon C. Williams (1896–1898)
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Morgan J. O’Brien (1896–1906, P.J. 1905–1906)
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Edward Patterson (1896–1910, P.J. 1906–1910)
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George L. Ingraham (1896–1915, P.J. 1910–1915)
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Alton B. Parker
Alton Brooks Parker (May 14, 1852 – May 10, 1926) was an American judge, best known as the Democrat who lost the presidential election of 1904 to Theodore Roosevelt.
A native of upstate New York, Parker practiced law in Kingston, New York, ...
(1897)
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Chester B. McLaughlin (1898–1917)
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Edward W. Hatch (1900–1905)
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Frank C. Laughlin (1901–1922)
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James W. Houghton (1905–1910)
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John P. Clarke (1905–1926, P.J. 1916–1926)
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John S. Lambert (1906–1908)
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Francis M. Scott (1906–1918)
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Nathan L. Miller (1910–1913)
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Victor J. Dowling (1911–1931, P.J. 1927–1931)
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Henry D. Hotchkiss (1913–1915)
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Walter L. Smith (1915–1924)
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Alfred R. Page (1916–1923)
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Vernon M. Davis (1916–1918)
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Clarence J. Shearn (1916–1919)
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Edgar S.K. Merrell (1918–1935)
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Eugene A. Philbin (1920)
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Samuel Greenbaum (1920–1922)
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Edward R. Finch (1922–1935, P.J. 1931–1935)
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John V. McAvoy (1923–1937)
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Francis W. Martin (1923–1947, P.J. 1935–1947)
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William P. Burr (1924–1926)
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Robert F. Wagner (1926)
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James O'Malley (1927–1942)
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Joseph M. Proskauer (1927–1930)
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Henry L. Sherman (1930–1933)
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Alfred H. Townley (1931–1946)
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Edward J. Glennon (1933–1954)
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Irwin Untermyer (1933–1945)
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Edward S. Dore (1936–1954)
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Albert Cohn (1936–1955)
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Joseph M. Callahan (1937–1955)
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David W. Peck (1945–1957, P.J. 1947–1957)
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Isidor Wasservogel (1945)
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John Van Voorhis
John Van Voorhis (October 22, 1826October 20, 1905) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.
Early life
Van Voorhis was born in 1826 in Decatur, New York. His family moved several times before settling in the town of Mendon. He ...
(1947–1953)
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Bernard L. Shientag (1947–1952)
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Francis D. McCurn (1951)
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Christopher J. Heffernan (1951–1952)
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Charles D. Breitel (1952–1966)
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Francis Bergan (1952–1963)
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Sydney F. Foster (1952–1953)
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Earle C. Bastow (1953–1970)
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Bernard Botein (1953–1968, P.J. 1958–1968)
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Benjamin J. Rabin (1955–1968)
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Joseph A. Cox (1955–1956)
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Martin M. Frank (1956–1960)
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Francis L. Valente (1956–1966)
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James B.M. McNally (1957–1972)
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Harold A. Stevens (1958–1974, 1975–1977, P.J. 1969–1974, 1975–1977)
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Robert E. Noonan (1960–1964)
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Samuel W. Eager
Samuel Watkins Eager (April 8, 1789 – December 23, 1860) was a U.S. representative from New York.
Born in Neelytown, New York, Eager attended Montgomery Academy in Montgomery, New York, and graduated from Princeton College in 1809.
He studie ...
(1960–1972)
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Aron Steuer (1961–1974)
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G. Robert Witmer (1963–1971)
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Ellis J. Staley, Jr. (1964–1968)
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Louis J. Capozzoli (1966–1977)
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George Tilzer (1967–1975)
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Owen McGivern (1967–1975, P.J. 1974–1975)
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Daniel E. Macken (1968–1974)
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Arthur Markewich (1969–1982)
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Emilio Nunez (1969–1977)
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Francis T. Murphy (1971–1997, P.J. 1977–1997)
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Theodore R. Kupferman (1971–1996)
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Myles J. Lane (1973–1979)
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Vincent A. Lupiano (1974–1982)
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J. Robert Lynch (1974–1987)
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Paul J. Yesawich, Jr. (1974–1981)
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Harold Birns (1975–1982)
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Samuel J. Silverman (1975–1984)
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Herbert B. Evans (1977–1979)
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Arnold L. Fein (1977–1986)
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Leonard H. Sandler (1977–1988)
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Joseph P. Sullivan (1978–2007, P.J. 2000–2001)
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Max Bloom (1979–1986)
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David Ross (1979–1997)
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John Carro (1979–1994)
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Sidney H. Asch (1982–1995)
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E. Leo Milonas (1982–1993, 1996–1998)
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Bentley Kassal (1982–1993)
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Fritz W. Alexander II (1982–1985)
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Ernst H. Rosenberger (1985–2003)
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Betty Weinberg Ellerin (1985–2005, P.J. 1999)
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Richard W. Wallach (1986–2003)
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George Bundy Smith (1987–1992)
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Israel Rubin (1989–2002)
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Eugene L. Nardelli (1993–2010)
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Milton L. Williams (1993–2008, P.J. 2002)
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Peter Tom (1994-2019, Acting P.J. 2007, 2009, 2016–2017)
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Richard Andrias (1996-2018)
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Nicholas Colabella (1997–1998)
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Alfred D. Lerner (1998–2004, P.J. 1998)
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David B. Saxe (1998–2017)
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John T. Buckley (1999–2010, P.J. 2003–2006)
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George D. Marlow (2001–2008)
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Luis A. Gonzalez (2002–2015, P.J. 2009–2015)
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John Sweeny (2004-2019)
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James M. McGuire
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*James (name), the typically masculine first name James
* James (surname), various people with the last name James
James or James City may also refer to:
People
* King James (disambiguat ...
(2005–2011)
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Bernard J. Malone, Jr. (2005–2008)
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E. Michael Kavanagh (2006–2008)
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Jonathan Lippman (2007–2009, P.J. 2007–2009)
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James M. Catterson (2004–2012)
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Karla Moskowitz (2008–2017)
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Helen E. Freedman (2008–2014)
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Leland G. DeGrasse (2008–2015)
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Sheila Abdus-Salaam (2009–2013)
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Nelson S. Román (2009–2013)
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Rosalyn Richter
Rosalyn Richter is an American lawyer who served as an associate justice of the New York Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, First Judicial Department.
Early life and education
Richter is the daughter of Anita Richter and the late Nathani ...
(2009–2020)
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Darcel D. Clark
Darcel Denise Clark (born April 2, 1962) is an American attorney and prosecutor serving as the Bronx County District Attorney, serving since 2016. Clark is the first woman to hold that office, and the first woman of color to serve as a district at ...
(2012–2015)
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Paul G. Feinman (2012–2017)
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Marcy L. Kahn (2016-2019)
Notable cases
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Pando v. Fernandez''
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People v. Jovanovic
''People v. Jovanovic'', 263 A.D.2d 182, 700 N.Y.S.2d 156 (N.Y. App. Div. 1st Dep't 1999), was a highly publicized criminal case in New York. In 1996, Oliver Jovanovic (born 1966) was accused of sadomasochistic torture of a woman, later identified ...
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Stambovsky v. Ackley''
See also
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New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
The Appellate Divisions of the Supreme Court of the State of New York are the intermediate appellate courts in New York State.
There are four Appellate Divisions, one in each of the state's four Judicial Departments (e.g., the full title of the ...
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External links
*{{Official website, https://www.nycourts.gov/courts/ad1/
How We Operate: An Inside Look at the Appellate Division, First Department
New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Rose Hill, Manhattan
Organizations based in Manhattan