Comparative research
Similar cases across the four Appellate Divisions
Choose a procedural pattern — child safeguards, reversals, filing defects, recusal, sealing, delay, discipline — and see how AD1, AD2, AD3 and AD4 decided comparable appeals. Add a name to trace one person's full public footprint: appeals of their orders, complaint and discipline records, Attorney General and Comptroller reports, nonprofit and Form 990 filings, employment separations, personal lawsuits and press coverage.
Comparative research
Similar cases across AD1 · AD2 · AD3 · AD4
Pick a procedural pattern and compare how each Appellate Division department handled it. These are published decisions located by text search — comparisons, not findings about any person.
Best-interest findings, attorney for the child, Lincoln hearings, custody or neglect appeals.
Appellate Division, First Department
New York, Bronx
Appellate Division, Second Department
Kings, Queens, Richmond, Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester, Rockland, Orange, Putnam, Dutchess
Appellate Division, Third Department
Albany, Broome, Chemung, Clinton, Columbia, Cortland, Delaware, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Greene, Hamilton, Madison, Montgomery, Otsego, Rensselaer, St. Lawrence, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Schuyler, Sullivan, Tioga, Tompkins, Ulster, Warren, Washington
Appellate Division, Fourth Department
Erie, Monroe, Onondaga, Oneida, Niagara, Allegany, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Genesee, Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Livingston, Ontario, Orleans, Oswego, Seneca, Steuben, Wayne, Wyoming, Yates
Full public footprint — New York
Every appeal, complaint, oversight report, nonprofit filing, personal lawsuit and press mention that public sources expose for this name. Name-match only: confirm the identity in the source before treating any item as this person's record, and never treat an allegation or investigation as a finding.
Appeals & court records
Every appellate and trial record that names the person.
Complaints & discipline
Formal complaint and discipline records for judges, attorneys and court staff.
Attorney General & state oversight
AG investigations and reports, Comptroller audits, and ethics-commission filings.
Nonprofit, employment & personal matters
Board or employment separations, charity governance, and lawsuits the person is a party to.
Press & public record trail
Contemporaneous reporting, which often dates events the official record only implies.
Department territory: AD1 — 2 counties · AD2 — 10 counties · AD3 — 27 counties · AD4 — 22 counties
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