Associate Justice, Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department;
1994 to present

Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Judicial District, elected, 1993 to 1994

Acting Supreme Court Justice, 1981 to 1992

Acting Criminal Court Judge of the City of New York, 1980 to 1981

Judge of The Civil Court of the City of New York, 1979 to 1980

Partner at Goldstein & Goldstein, P.C., from 1956 to ascending the bench. Engaged in Civil and Criminal trials.

New York State Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department, 1956

Southern and Eastern Federal District Courts of New York, 1962.

Brooklyn Law School, 1956; Magna Cum Laude; Placed 1st in graduating class; Editor of the Law Review.

Kitson v City of Yonkers (10 AD3d 21 [executions and levies]).

Bower Associates v Town of Pleasant Valley (304 AD2d 259, affd 2 NY3d 617 [relation between 42 USC 1983 and land use disputes with a municipality]).

People v Myers (303 AD2d 139[search and seizure - expectation of privacy]).

Pierre v Providence Washington Ins. Co. (286 AD2d 139, affd 99 NY2d 222[insurance of interstate motor carriers]).

Matter of O'Connor v Curcio (281 AD2d 100[limitations to waivers of child support]).

People v Hale (242 AD2d 112, affd 93 NY2d 454[search and seizure of probationers]).

Takayama v Schaefer (240 AD2d 21[duties of escrow agents]).

Kenneth R. v Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn (229 AD2d 159, cert denied 522 US 967 [liability of religious employer for sexual abuse by a member of the clergy]).

Matter of Vanda Hodge Pub v New York State Liq. Auth, 215 AD2d 35 [validity of 9 NYCRR 53.1(s) known as the “six-foot rule”])

Currently a Member of the:
Brooklyn Bar Association;
Supreme Court Justices Association
New York State Bar Association