Chief Admin. Judge Pfau Appoints Scheinkman to Replace Nicolai

It's official, Chief Administrative Judge Ann Pfau has appointed Supreme Court Justice Alan D. Scheinkman as the new Administrative Judge of the 9th Judicial District. Judge Scheinkman replaces Francis Nicolai (CLICK HERE TO SEE THE TROUBLED HISTORY OF FRANCIS NICOLAI)

Here's some background on Judge Scheinkman:

Hon. Alan D. Scheinkman

Supreme Court, Westchester County
111 Martin Luther King Boulevard
White Plains, NY 10601

Judicial Offices

• Administrative Judge, 9th Judicial District, Appointed by Chief Administrative Judge Ann Pfau, 2009 to Present
• Associate Justice, Appellate Term, 9th and 10th Judicial Districts, Appointed by Chief Administrative Judge Ann Pfau, 2007 to 2009
• Justice, Supreme Court, 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 Cicuit, 1992
• United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia, 2002
• United States District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. 1976, 1977
• United States District Court, Northern District of New York, 1998

Education

• JD, St. John's University School of Law, 1975
  
• BA, George Washington University, 1972

Publications

• New York Law of Domestic Relations, West Publishing Company, 1986
• Practice Commentaries to McKinney's New York Domestic Relations Law
• Reporter, Association of Supreme Court Justices Committee on Pattern Jury Instructions- Civil, 1985-1997
• "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
• Directing Editor, McKinney's MFL (text and Forms for New York Family Law)
• 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
• Contributing Author, Chapter, "The Broker's Duties and Laibilities",, 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
• Co-Author, Practitioner's Handbook to Appeals to the Appellate Division of the State of New York, New York State Bar Association (2d and 3rd Edition), 2005 and 2007

Professional & Civic Activities

• Adjunct Professor of Law, St. John's University School of Law, 1999 to present
• Reporter, New York Pattern Jury Instructions, Civil, 1985 to 1997
• Lecturer, Annual Judicial Seminars, New York States Office of Court Administration, 1986 to 2000
• 2nd Vice President, County Attorneys Association, State of New York, 1999 to 2000
• Executive Director, New York State Bar Association Task Force on Administrative Adjudication, 1987 to 1988
• Member, New York State Bar Association Committee on Courts of Appellate Jurisdiction, 1983 to 2004,, 2008
• Member, Judicial Hearing Officer Selection Committee for Ninth District, 1993 to present
• Member, Board of Trustees, Supreme Court Library at White Plains, 1990-1992, 2005 to present
• 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, Judicial Commission on Interbranch Relations, 2008 to present
• Member, Association of Supreme Court Justices Committee on Pattern Jury Instruction - Civil, 2008 to present

Here's the OCA Press Release:

Communications Office:
David Bookstaver, Director
Kali Holloway, Deputy Director
(212) 428-2500
Date: June 2, 2009
Hon. Ann Pfau, Chief Administrative Judge

Hon. Alan D. Scheinkman Appointed Administrative Judge of Ninth Judicial District

NEW YORK – Chief Administrative Judge Ann Pfau today announced the appointment of Hon. Alan D. Scheinkman as Administrative Judge of the Ninth Judicial District. The appointment was made with the approval of Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman after consultation with Presiding Justice A. Gail Prudenti of the Appellate Division, Second Department. Judge Scheinkman replaces Hon. Francis Nicolai, who has been appointed Presiding Justice of the Appellate Term of the Supreme Court for the Ninth and Tenth Judicial Districts. Judge Pfau said, “Over the last thirty years, Judge Scheinkman has served the legal community in nearly every capacity – as a law clerk to a Court of Appeals judge, an attorney in the public and private sectors, a professor of law and a jurist. He has gained an impeccable reputation for his insight, integrity and hard work. Judge Scheinkman’s keen knowledge of the court system and the legal profession, coupled with his outstanding work as a Justice of the Supreme Court and an Associate Justice of the Appellate Term of the Ninth and Tenth Judicial Districts, make him ideally equipped for the challenges of this critical position. I am pleased that he has accepted this appointment and look forward to working with him in his new role. I also want to express my thanks to Judge Nicolai for his many contributions to the court system over nearly three decades, his leadership of the courts of the Ninth District for the last ten years, and his continued service to the State Judiciary in his new position.”

Hon. Alan D. Scheinkman began his judicial tenure in 2007, when he was elected to the Supreme Court in Westchester County. The same year, he was appointed an Associate Justice of the Appellate Term of the Ninth and Tenth Judicial Districts. A graduate of St. John’s University School of Law, Judge Scheinkman was admitted to the New York State Bar in 1976, the United States Supreme Court in 1990 and the United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, in 1992; he is also admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia and the United States District Court for the Southern, Eastern and Northern Districts of New York. He began his career as a law clerk to Court of Appeals Senior Associate Judge Hon. Matthew J. Jasen and subsequently served as a partner in the firm Scheinkman, Fredman & Kosan; Associate Professor of Law at St. John’s University; Westchester County Attorney; and Associate Minority Counsel of the New York State Senate. He is a member of the Association of Supreme Court Justices Committee on Pattern Jury Instructions and the Judicial Hearing Officer Selection Committee for the Ninth Judicial District, and is a former Vice President of the New York State County Attorneys Association. With his appointment as Administrative Judge of the Ninth Judicial District, Judge Scheinkman will be stepping down from his position as Associate Justice of the Appellate Term of the Ninth and Tenth Judicial Districts. The appointment is effective immediately.