New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department

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40°44′32″N 73°59′12″W / 40.74222°N 73.98667°W / 40.74222; -73.98667

Supreme Court of the State of New York, Appellate Division, First Judicial Department
First Department Courthouse in Rose Hill
Interactive map of Supreme Court of the State of New York, Appellate Division, First Judicial Department
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

List of presiding justices

Former notable 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)
• George L. Ingraham (1896–1915, P.J. 1910–1915)
• Alton B. Parker (1897)
• Chester B. McLaughlin (1898–1917)
• Edward W. Hatch (1900–1905)
• John P. Clarke (1905–1926, P.J. 1916–1926)
• Nathan L. Miller (1910–1913)
• Victor J. Dowling (1911–1931, P.J. 1927–1931)
• Alfred R. Page (1916–1923)
• Vernon M. Davis (1916–1918)
• Clarence J. Shearn (1916–1919)
• Eugene A. Philbin (1920)
• Samuel Greenbaum (1920–1922)
• Edward R. Finch (1922–1935, P.J. 1931–1935)
• Francis W. Martin (1923–1947, P.J. 1935–1947)
• Robert F. Wagner (1926)
• Joseph M. Proskauer (1927–1930)
• Henry L. Sherman (1930–1933)
• Edward J. Glennon (1933–1954)
• Irwin Untermyer (1933–1945)
• 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)
• Charles D. Breitel (1952–1966)
• Francis Bergan (1952–1963)
• Sydney F. Foster (1952–1953)
• Bernard Botein (1953–1968, P.J. 1958–1968)
• Benjamin J. Rabin (1955–1968)
• Harold A. Stevens (1958–1974, 1975–1977, P.J. 1969–1974, 1975–1977)
• Samuel W. Eager (1960–1972)
• Aron Steuer (1961–1974)
• Louis J. Capozzoli (1966–1977)
• Theodore R. Kupferman (1971–1996)
• Myles J. Lane (1973–1979)
• Paul J. Yesawich, Jr. (1974–1981)
• Harold Birns (1975–1982)
• Samuel J. Silverman (1975–1984)
• John Carro (1979–1994)
• E. Leo Milonas (1982–1993, 1996–1998)
• Bentley Kassal (1982–1993)
• Fritz W. Alexander II (1982–1985)
• George Bundy Smith (1987–1992)
• Peter Tom (1994-2019, Acting P.J. 2007, 2009, 2016–2017)
• Richard Andrias (1996-2018)
• Alfred D. Lerner (1998–2004, P.J. 1998)
• David B. Saxe (1998–2017)
• Luis A. Gonzalez (2002–2015, P.J. 2009–2015)
• John Sweeny (2004-2019)
• 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)

Notable cases

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

See also

• New York Court of Appeals

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

References

External links

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