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, using the "Fourth Department" as an example, the "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 judiciary of New York. 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.
The Connecticut Appellate Court is the court of first appeals for all cases arising from the Connecticut Superior Courts. Its creation in 1983 required Connecticut's voters and legislature to amend the state's constitution. The court heard its first cases on October 4, 1983. The Appellate Court was also a partial successor to the former Appellate Session of the Superior Court, a court established to hear appeals in minor matters
Richard Carl Wesley is a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
The government of the State of New Jersey is separated into three distinct branches: legislative, executive, and judicial. The powers of the State of New Jersey are vested by the Constitution of New Jersey, enacted in 1947, in a bicameral state legislature, the Governor, and the state courts, headed the New Jersey Supreme Court. The powers and duties of these branches are further defined by acts of the state legislature, including the creation of executive departments and courts inferior to the Supreme Court.
The Judiciary of New York is the judicial branch of the Government of New York, comprising all the courts of the State of New York.
John M. Greaney is a former Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court and former Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Appeals Court. After his judicial retirement, he served as Director of the Macaronis Institute for Trial and Appellate Advocacy at Suffolk University Law School. He currently is in private practice as senior counsel at Bulkley Richardson in Springfield, Massachusetts.
Leland George DeGrasse was a judge in New York, New York, who served for seven years as an associate justice of the New York Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, First Judicial Department.
James M. Catterson is a former associate justice of the New York Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, First Judicial Department.
Rolando Acosta is an American lawyer who was the presiding justice of the New York Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, First Judicial Department, from 2017 to 2023.
David Friedman is an associate justice of the New York Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, First Judicial Department.
Peter Tom is an American attorney who served as an associate justice of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, First Judicial Department from 1994 to 2019.
Helen E. Freedman is a former judge who served in the New York State court system for 36 years. From 2008 to 2014, she served as an associate justice of the New York Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, First Judicial Department.
Richard Thompson Andrias was an associate justice of the New York Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, First Judicial Department.
Karla Moskowitz is a retired Associate Justice of the New York Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, First Judicial Department.
Dianne Theresa Renwick is the presiding justice of the New York Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, First Judicial Department.
David B. Saxe was an associate justice of the New York Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, First Judicial Department.
John W. Sweeny, Jr. is retired Associate Justice of the New York Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, First Judicial Department.
The judiciary of Massachusetts is the branch of the government of Massachusetts that interprets and applies the law of Massachusetts, ensures equal justice under law, and provides a mechanism for dispute resolution. The judicial power in Massachusetts is reposed in the Supreme Judicial Court, which superintends the entire system of courts.
Karen K. Peters is an American jurist who served as Presiding Justice of the New York Supreme Court Appellate Division, Third Department from 2012 until her retirement in 2017 and was the first woman to serve in that role.