The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York is the intermediate appellate court in New York State. The state is geographically divided into four judicial departments of the Appellate Division. The full title of each is,for example,the "Fourth Department" is "Supreme Court of the State of New York,Appellate Division,Fourth Judicial Department").
The Supreme Court of the State of New York is the trial-level court of general jurisdiction in the New York State Unified Court System. It is vested with unlimited civil and criminal jurisdiction,although in many counties outside New York City it acts primarily as a court of civil jurisdiction,with most criminal matters handled in County Court.
Judith Ann Kaye was an American lawyer,jurist and the longtime Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals,serving in that position from March 23,1993,until December 31,2008.
Carmen Beauchamp Ciparick is a judge who served as associate judge on the New York Court of Appeals,the highest court in the state of New York,from 1994 through 2012,when she reached mandatory retirement age. As of June 2015,she has returned to the practice of law.
George Bundy Smith was a lawyer and judge in New York State. While he was a law student at Yale University,he participated in the Freedom Ride from Atlanta,Georgia,to Montgomery,Alabama.
The New York Court of Chancery was the highest court in the State of New York from 1701 to 1847.
Theodore Theopolis Jones Jr. was an American attorney and judge from the state of New York. Jones served as a justice of the New York Supreme Court from 1990 to 2007 and as a judge on the New York Court of Appeals from 2007 until his death.
Sheila Abdus-Salaam was an American lawyer and judge. In 2013,after having served on the New York City Civil Court,the New York Supreme Court,and the Appellate Division,Abdus-Salaam was nominated to the New York Court of Appeals and was unanimously confirmed as an Associate Judge by the New York State Senate. She was the first African-American female judge to serve on the New York Court of Appeals.
Charles Jones Bethel is an associate justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia. He is a former Judge of the Georgia Court of Appeals. Before his judicial tenure,he served as Senator in the Georgia General Assembly from Dalton,Georgia. Bethel was first elected Senator in the 2010 general election and served Georgia's 54th district—a constituency which includes Murray and Whitfield counties,and portions of Gordon and Pickens counties as well.
Mark C. Zauderer is a New York trial and appellate lawyer,and a senior partner in the New York law firm of Ganfer,Shore,Leeds &Zauderer LLP. He frequently comments on legal issues in the print and television media and lectures on litigation-related issues.
Janet Marie DiFiore is an American lawyer and judge who served as the Chief Judge of New York Court of Appeals from 2016–2022. DiFiore was born in Mount Vernon,New York,and graduated from Long Island University and St. John's University School of Law. As a practicing attorney,DiFiore worked in a law firm and in the Westchester District Attorney's Office. DiFiore then was elected a judge of the Westchester County Court,and was subsequently named a justice of the New York Supreme Court,serving in that post from 2003 to 2005. DiFiore left the bench to become district attorney of Westchester County,New York,in 2006;she stayed in that position nearly a decade,until Governor Andrew Cuomo nominated her to the New York Court of Appeals. Her nomination was confirmed by the New York State Senate. She started her term as the Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals in New York on January 21,2016. She resigned on July 11,2022,effective August 31,2022,amid misconduct proceedings into her alleged attempt to influence a disciplinary hearing.
Paul George Feinman was an American attorney who served as an associate judge of the New York Court of Appeals,New York's highest court,from June 2017 to March 2021.
Madeline Singas is an American attorney and judge who serves as an associate judge of the New York Court of Appeals since 2021.
Rowan D. Wilson is an American judge who has served as the chief judge of the New York Court of Appeals since 2023. He is the first African American to serve as chief judge.
C. Shannon Bacon is an American attorney,legal scholar,and jurist serving as the chief justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court.
Shirley Troutman is an American lawyer and jurist who has served as an associate judge of the New York Court of Appeals since 2022. She served as an associate justice of the New York Supreme Court,Appellate Division from 2016 to 2022.
Jill McKee Pohlman is an American lawyer from Utah who serves as the as a justice of the Utah Supreme Court. From 2016 to 2022,she was an associate presiding judge of the Utah Court of Appeals.
Hector Daniel LaSalle is an American lawyer and jurist who is the presiding judge of the New York State Supreme Court,Appellate Division,Second Department. He was unsuccessfully nominated by Governor Kathy Hochul to serve as chief judge of the New York Court of Appeals,the state's highest court.
