New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department

40°44′32″N 73°59′12″W

Supreme Court of the State of New York, Appellate Division, First Judicial Department
First Department Courthouse in Rose Hill
Established	1894 (1894)
Location	Manhattan, New York
Composition method	Gubernatorial appointment
Authorised by	Constitution of the State of New York
Appeals to	New York Court of Appeals
Website	www.nycourts.gov/courts/ad1/

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 intermediate appellate court of the State of New York. Its courthouse is located in Manhattan, New York City.

Jurisdiction

The First Department of the Appellate Division holds jurisdiction over the Counties of New York and the Bronx. 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.^[citation needed]

Current justices

Name	Appointed as Justice	Tenure as Presiding Justice	Appointing Governor
Dianne Renwick	2008	2023–present	David Paterson; Elevated by Kathy Hochul
David Friedman	1999		George Pataki
Sallie Manzanet-Daniels	2009		David Paterson
Barbara R. Kapnick	2014		Andrew Cuomo
Troy K. Webber	2016		Andrew Cuomo
Ellen Gesmer	2016		Andrew Cuomo
Cynthia S. Kern	2017		Andrew Cuomo
Jeffrey K. Oing	2017		Andrew Cuomo
Anil C. Singh	2017		Andrew Cuomo
Peter H. Moulton	2017		Andrew Cuomo
Lizbeth González	2019		Andrew Cuomo
Tanya R. Kennedy	2020		Andrew Cuomo
Saliann Scarpulla	2020		Andrew Cuomo
Manuel J. Mendez	2020		Andrew Cuomo
Martin Shulman	2020		Andrew Cuomo
Julio Rodriguez III	2021		Andrew Cuomo
Bahaati Pitt-Burke	2021		Andrew Cuomo
John R. Higgitt	2021		Andrew Cuomo
Llinét M. Rosado	2023		Kathy Hochul
Kelly O'Neill Levy	2023		Kathy Hochul
Marsha Michael	2023		Kathy Hochul

List of presiding justices

Presiding justices

No.	Name	Years	Ref.
1	Charles H. Van Brunt	1896–1905	[1]
2	Morgan J. O'Brien	1905–1906	[2]
3	Edward Patterson	1906–1910	[3]
4	George Landon Ingraham	1910–1915	[4]
5	John Proctor Clarke	1916–1926	[5]
6	Victor J. Dowling	1927–1931	[6]
7	Edward R. Finch	1931–1935	[7]
8	Francis W. Martin	1935–1947	[8]
9	David W. Peck	1947–1957	[9]
10	Bernard Botein	1958–1968	[10]
11	Harold A. Stevens	1969–1974	[11]
12	Owen McGivern	1974–1975	[12]
13	Harold A. Stevens	1975–1977	[11]
14	Francis T. Murphy	1977–1997	[13]
15	Alfred D. Lerner	1998	[14]
16	Betty Weinberg Ellerin	1999	[15]
17	Joseph P. Sullivan	2000–2001	[16]
18	Milton L. Williams	2002	[17]
19	John T. Buckley	2003–2006	[18]
20	Jonathan Lippman	2007–2009	[19]
21	Luis A. Gonzalez	2009–2015	[20]
22	Rolando Acosta	2017–2023	[21]
23	Dianne Renwick	2023–present	[22]

Former justices

• George C. Barrett (1896–1900)
• Charles H. Van Brunt (1896–1905, P.J. 1896–1905)
• William Rumsey (1896–1901)
• Pardon C. Williams (1896–1898)
• Morgan J. O’Brien (1896–1906, P.J. 1905–1906)
• Edward Patterson (1896–1910, P.J. 1906–1910)
• George L. Ingraham (1896–1915, P.J. 1910–1915)
• Alton B. Parker (1897)
• Chester B. McLaughlin (1898–1917)
• Edward W. Hatch (1900–1905)
• Frank C. Laughlin (1901–1922)
• James W. Houghton (1905–1910)
• John P. Clarke (1905–1926, P.J. 1916–1926)
• John S. Lambert (1906–1908)
• Francis M. Scott (1906–1918)
• Nathan L. Miller (1910–1913)
• Victor J. Dowling (1911–1931, P.J. 1927–1931)
• Henry D. Hotchkiss (1913–1915)
• Walter L. Smith (1915–1924)
• Alfred R. Page (1916–1923)
• Vernon M. Davis (1916–1918)
• Clarence J. Shearn (1916–1919)
• Edgar S.K. Merrell (1918–1935)
• Eugene A. Philbin (1920)
• Samuel Greenbaum (1920–1922)
• Edward R. Finch (1922–1935, P.J. 1931–1935)
• John V. McAvoy (1923–1937)
• Francis W. Martin (1923–1947, P.J. 1935–1947)
• William P. Burr (1924–1926)
• Robert F. Wagner (1926)
• James O'Malley (1927–1942)
• Joseph M. Proskauer (1927–1930)
• Henry L. Sherman (1930–1933)
• Alfred H. Townley (1931–1946)
• Edward J. Glennon (1933–1954)
• Irwin Untermyer (1933–1945)
• Edward S. Dore (1936–1954)
• Albert Cohn (1936–1955)
• Joseph M. Callahan (1937–1955)
• David W. Peck (1945–1957, P.J. 1947–1957)
• Isidor Wasservogel (1945)
• John Van Voorhis (1947–1953)
• Bernard L. Shientag (1947–1952)
• Francis D. McCurn (1951)
• Christopher J. Heffernan (1951–1952)
• Charles D. Breitel (1952–1966)
• Francis Bergan (1952–1963)
• Sydney F. Foster (1952–1953)
• Earle C. Bastow (1953–1970)
• Bernard Botein (1953–1968, P.J. 1958–1968)
• Benjamin J. Rabin (1955–1968)
• Joseph A. Cox (1955–1956)
• Martin M. Frank (1956–1960)
• Francis L. Valente (1956–1966)
• James B.M. McNally (1957–1972)
• Harold A. Stevens (1958–1974, 1975–1977, P.J. 1969–1974, 1975–1977)
• Robert E. Noonan (1960–1964)
• Samuel W. Eager (1960–1972)
• Aron Steuer (1961–1974)
• G. Robert Witmer (1963–1971)
• Ellis J. Staley, Jr. (1964–1968)
• Louis J. Capozzoli (1966–1977)
• George Tilzer (1967–1975)
• Owen McGivern (1967–1975, P.J. 1974–1975)
• Daniel E. Macken (1968–1974)
• Arthur Markewich (1969–1982)
• Emilio Nunez (1969–1977)
• Francis T. Murphy (1971–1997, P.J. 1977–1997)
• Theodore R. Kupferman (1971–1996)
• Myles J. Lane (1973–1979)
• Vincent A. Lupiano (1974–1982)
• J. Robert Lynch (1974–1987)
• Paul J. Yesawich, Jr. (1974–1981)
• Harold Birns (1975–1982)
• Samuel J. Silverman (1975–1984)
• Herbert B. Evans (1977–1979)
• Arnold L. Fein (1977–1986)
• Leonard H. Sandler (1977–1988)
• Joseph P. Sullivan (1978–2007, P.J. 2000–2001)
• Max Bloom (1979–1986)
• David Ross (1979–1997)
• John Carro (1979–1994)
• Sidney H. Asch (1982–1995)
• E. Leo Milonas (1982–1993, 1996–1998)
• Bentley Kassal (1982–1993)
• Fritz W. Alexander II (1982–1985)
• Ernst H. Rosenberger (1985–2003)
• Betty Weinberg Ellerin (1985–2005, P.J. 1999)
• Richard W. Wallach (1986–2003)
• George Bundy Smith (1987–1992)
• Israel Rubin (1989–2002)
• Eugene L. Nardelli (1993–2010)
• Milton L. Williams (1993–2008, P.J. 2002)
• Peter Tom (1994-2019, Acting P.J. 2007, 2009, 2016–2017)
• Richard Andrias (1996-2018)
• Nicholas Colabella (1997–1998)
• Alfred D. Lerner (1998–2004, P.J. 1998)
• David B. Saxe (1998–2017)
• John T. Buckley (1999–2010, P.J. 2003–2006)
• George D. Marlow (2001–2008)
• Luis A. Gonzalez (2002–2015, P.J. 2009–2015)
• John Sweeny (2004-2019)
• James M. McGuire (2005–2011)
• Bernard J. Malone, Jr. (2005–2008)
• E. Michael Kavanagh (2006–2008)
• Jonathan Lippman (2007–2009, P.J. 2007–2009)
• James M. Catterson (2004–2012)
• Karla Moskowitz (2008–2017)
• Helen E. Freedman (2008–2014)
• Leland G. DeGrasse (2008–2015)
• Sheila Abdus-Salaam (2009–2013)
• Nelson S. Román (2009–2013)
• Rosalyn Richter (2009–2020)
• Darcel D. Clark (2012–2015)
• Paul G. Feinman (2012–2017)
• Marcy L. Kahn (2016-2019)

Notable cases

• Pando v. Fernandez
• People v. Jovanovic
• Stambovsky v. Ackley

See also

• New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
• New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department

References

1. "Charles H. Van Brunt". Historical Society of the New York Courts. Archived from the original on April 7, 2023. Retrieved July 12, 2023.
2. "Morgan J. O'Brien". Historical Society of the New York Courts. Archived from the original on June 6, 2023. Retrieved July 12, 2023.
3. "Edward Patterson". Historical Society of the New York Courts. Archived from the original on February 4, 2023. Retrieved July 12, 2023.
4. "George L. Ingraham". Historical Society of the New York Courts. Archived from the original on March 27, 2023. Retrieved July 12, 2023.
5. "John Proctor Clarke". Historical Society of the New York Courts. Archived from the original on March 27, 2023. Retrieved July 12, 2023.
6. "Victor J. Dowling". Historical Society of the New York Courts. Archived from the original on March 24, 2023. Retrieved July 12, 2023.
7. "Edward Ridley Finch". Historical Society of the New York Courts. Archived from the original on June 6, 2023. Retrieved July 12, 2023.
8. "Francis Martin". Historical Society of the New York Courts. Archived from the original on February 4, 2023. Retrieved July 12, 2023.
9. "David W. Peck". Historical Society of the New York Courts. Archived from the original on June 4, 2023. Retrieved July 12, 2023.
10. "Bernard Botein". Historical Society of the New York Courts. Archived from the original on July 13, 2023. Retrieved July 13, 2023.
11. "Harold A. Stevens". Historical Society of the New York Courts. Archived from the original on May 30, 2023. Retrieved July 13, 2023.
12. "Owen McGivern". Historical Society of the New York Courts. Archived from the original on June 3, 2023. Retrieved July 13, 2023.
13. "Francis T. Murphy". Historical Society of the New York Courts. Archived from the original on January 28, 2023. Retrieved July 13, 2023.
14. "Alfred D. Lerner". Historical Society of the New York Courts. Archived from the original on June 3, 2023. Retrieved July 13, 2023.
15. "Betty Weinberg Ellerin". Historical Society of the New York Courts. Archived from the original on February 4, 2023. Retrieved July 13, 2023.
16. "Joseph P. Sullivan". Historical Society of the New York Courts. Archived from the original on March 24, 2023. Retrieved July 13, 2023.
17. "Milton L. Williams". Historical Society of the New York Courts. Archived from the original on April 7, 2023. Retrieved July 13, 2023.
18. "John T. Buckley". Historical Society of the New York Courts. Archived from the original on February 1, 2023. Retrieved July 13, 2023.
19. "Jonathan Lippman". Historical Society of the New York Courts. Archived from the original on February 5, 2023. Retrieved July 13, 2023.
20. "Luis A. Gonzalez". Historical Society of the New York Courts. Archived from the original on June 6, 2023. Retrieved July 13, 2023.
21. "Rolando T. Acosta". Historical Society of the New York Courts. Archived from the original on March 29, 2023. Retrieved July 13, 2023.
22. "Dianne T. Renwick". Historical Society of the New York Courts. Archived from the original on January 23, 2024. Retrieved January 23, 2024.

External links

• Official website
• How We Operate: An Inside Look at the Appellate Division, First Department