Alan D. Scheinkman - Historical Society of the New York Courts

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Judicial Offices

Presiding Justice of the Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department, Brooklyn, New York – Appointed by Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, January 1, 2018.
Administrative Judge, Ninth Judicial District – Appointed by Chief Administrative Judge Ann Pfau, 2009 to 2017
Associate Justice, Appellate Term, Second Department, Ninth and Tenth Judicial Districts – Appointed by Chief Administrative Judge Ann Pfau, 2007 to 2009
Justice, Supreme Court, Ninth Judicial District, Westchester County – Elected 2007 to 2020

Other Professional Experience

Delbello, Donellan, Weingarten, Tartaglia, Wise & Wiederkehr, LLP – Partner, 2002 to 2006
Epstein, Becker & Green, P.C. – Partner, 2001 to 2002
Westchester County, New York, County Attorney, 1998 to 2000
New York State Senate, Associate Minority Counsel, 1997
Scheinkman, Fredman & Kosan – Partner, 1990 to 1997
St. John’s University, Associate Professor of Law, 1984 to 1990
New York State Temporary Commission on the Recodification of the Family Court Act, Associate Counsel, 1982 to 1983
Golenblock & Barell – Associate, 1979 to 1982
Marshall, Bratter, Greene, Allison & Tucker – Associate 1977 to 1979
Hon. Matthew J. Jasen, Senior Associate Judge, New York State Court of Appeals – Law Clerk, 1975 to 1977

Admission to the Bar

NYS Appellate Division, Second Department, 1976
United States Supreme Court, 1990
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 1992
United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia, 2002
United States District Court, Southern, Eastern and Northern Districts of New York, 1976, 1977

Education

Publications & Leading Cases

Practice Commentaries to McKinney’s New York Domestic Relations Law
Directing Editor, McKinney’s MFL (text and Forms for New York Family Law)
Co-Author, Practitioner’s Handbook to Appeals to the Appellate Division of the State of New York, New York State Bar Association (2nd and 3rd Edition), 2005 and 2007
“Joint Ventures Can Increase Revenues But Activities With For-Profits Must be Properly, Lawfully Conducted”, New York Law Journal, pg. 7, col. 1, July 2, 2001
Reporter, Task Force on Administrative Adjudication, New York State Bar Association, 1988
Co-Editor, One on One, the publication of the New York State Bar Association Section on General Practice, 1987-1989
Co-Author, “A Tribute to Judge Matthew J. Jasen”, 35 Buffalo L. Rev. 14, 1986
New York Law of Domestic Relations, West Publishing Company, 1986
Reporter, Association of Supreme Court Justices Committee on Pattern Jury Instructions – Civil, 1985-1997
Contributing Author, Chapter, “The Broker’s Duties and Liabilities”… Rohan, Goldstein & Bobis, Real Estate Brokerage Law & Practice, Matthew Bender, 1984
Contributing Author, Chapter, “Termination of Parental Rights”, Child Custody & Visitation: Law & Practice, Matthew Bender, 1984
“The Civil Jurisdiction of the New York Court of Appeals: The Rule and Role of Finality”, 54 St. John’s Law Review 443, 1980

Professional & Civic Activities

Co-Chair, Judicial Task Force on the State Constitution, 2017 to Present
Member, Commercial Division Advisory Counsel, 2013 to Present
Member, Association of Supreme Court Justices Committee on Pattern Jury Instruction – Civil, 2008 to Present
Member, Judicial Commission on Interbranch Relations, 2008 to 2010
Adjunct Professor of Law, St. John’s University School of Law, 1999 to 2008
2nd Vice President, County Attorneys’ Association, State of New York, 1999 to 2000
Member, Judicial Hearing Officer Selection Committee for the Ninth District, 1993 to 2002
Adjunct Professor of Law, Pace University School of Law, 1991 to 1997
Adjunct Professor of Law, Rutgers University School of Law, 1990 to 1991
Member, Board of Trustees, Supreme Court Library at White Plains, 1990 to 1992, 2005
Executive Director, New York State Bar Association Task Force on Administrative Adjudication, 1987 to 1988
Lecturer, Annual Judicial Seminars, New York State Office of Court Administration, 1986 to 2000
Reporter, New York Pattern Jury Instructions – Civil, 1985 to 1997
Member, New York State Bar Association Committee on Courts of Appellate Jurisdiction, 1983 to 2004, 2008 to 2009