Saliann Scarpulla
Democratic · NY · Associate Justice, New York Supreme Court Appellate Division, First Department
Incumbent Supreme Court justice and First Department associate justice who previously served in New York County's Commercial Division and handled international commercial-arbitration matters.
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Track record
Track record — General
General · 1 record
Won renomination for Supreme Court from the First Judicial District Democratic Judicial Convention.
August 10, 2026
Source: manhattandemocrats.org · researched September 12, 2026
Track record — Legal Competence
Legal Competence · 17 favorable
Dissented in part from a rent-overcharge ruling, concluding factual issues about an alleged fraudulent deregulation scheme required denying tenants summary judgment and returning the matter for further proceedings.
August 13, 2026Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: nycourts.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Was reported out as most highly qualified by the 2026 New York County Supreme Court Independent Screening Panel.
July 23, 2026Favorable on Legal Competence
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Presided on a unanimous panel that dismissed an attempted appeal from an unsigned divorce order to show cause and held that the husband's residency argument was not a subject-matter-jurisdiction defect.
June 30, 2026Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: nycourts.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Joined a unanimous decision affirming dismissal of family-offense petitions because the petitioner failed to prove harassment or assault by a fair preponderance of credible evidence.
June 23, 2026Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: nycourts.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Joined a unanimous decision dismissing an adjacent developer's negligence counterclaim for purely economic losses not tied to personal injury or property damage.
June 18, 2026Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: nycourts.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Joined a unanimous decision affirming a construction worker's Labor Law elevation-safety claim and rejecting defendants' bid to dismiss related workplace-safety claims.
June 11, 2026Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: nycourts.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Presided on a unanimous panel affirming an attempted weapons-possession conviction after finding the defendant's appeal waiver valid.
June 4, 2026Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: nycourts.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Joined a unanimous decision allowing a parking-garage slip-and-fall claim to proceed because evidence raised a factual question about recurring water that defendants knew about.
May 21, 2026Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: nycourts.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Joined a unanimous panel affirming a criminal conviction after independently reviewing the record and finding no nonfrivolous appellate issue.
May 21, 2026Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: nycourts.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Joined a unanimous decision reinstating claims against New York State after finding the Court of Claims had subject-matter jurisdiction.
May 19, 2026Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: nycourts.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Joined a unanimous decision vacating an order that seized property because the defendants' prematurely filed answer and counterclaim were legal nullities.
May 12, 2026Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: nycourts.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Joined a unanimous decision enforcing document subpoenas and requiring privilege logs in an international investment-fund dispute.
March 26, 2026Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: nycourts.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Joined a unanimous decision vacating a family-offense finding because the alleged conduct did not establish harassment under the governing legal standard.
March 26, 2026Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: nycourts.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Presided on a unanimous panel that dismissed workplace assault, battery, emotional-distress, and negligent-supervision claims against a contractor that did not employ or supervise the alleged assailant.
March 19, 2026Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: nycourts.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Joined a unanimous appellate order reinstating two co-guardians, removing a successor guardian, and directing turnover of the incapacitated person's medical, tax, financial, and account records.
March 10, 2026Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: nycourts.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Received the New York State Bar Association Commercial and Federal Litigation Section's Stanley Fuld Award for contributions to commercial law and court technology modernization.
January 14, 2026Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: nysba.org · researched September 12, 2026
Joined a unanimous decision affirming class certification for workers alleging that construction-safety businesses failed to pay required wages and benefits.
September 16, 2025Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: nycourts.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Race Saliann Scarpulla is in:
- New York County Justice of the Supreme Court, 1st Judicial District · November 3, 2026 · New York County, New York · incumbent
Profile last researched September 12, 2026.