Manuel J. Mendez

Won renomination for Supreme Court from the First Judicial District Democratic Judicial Convention.

August 10, 2026

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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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Joined a unanimous decision affirming a construction worker's Labor Law elevation-safety claim after an unsecured extension ladder slid and collapsed.

June 11, 2026Favorable on Legal Competence

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Joined a unanimous decision allowing a parking-garage slip-and-fall claim to proceed because the evidence raised a factual question about a recurring water condition known to defendants.

May 21, 2026Favorable on Legal Competence

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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

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Joined a unanimous decision vacating a property-seizure order because a prematurely filed answer and counterclaim were legal nullities.

May 12, 2026Favorable on Legal Competence

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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

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Dissented from dismissal of an automobile-injury suit, concluding that the plaintiff's medical evidence raised factual issues about serious injuries and causation.

January 29, 2026Favorable on Legal Competence

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Authored a divided appellate opinion affirming attempted-murder and assault convictions after analyzing the trial court's handling of jury notes and other evidentiary claims.

January 13, 2026Favorable on Legal Competence

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Authored a dissent concluding that a housing-development fund's years of active merits litigation with the city housing agency showed sufficient cause not to dismiss its third-party claims as abandoned.

September 23, 2025Favorable on Legal Competence

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Authored a unanimous appellate opinion affirming class certification for workers alleging that construction-safety businesses underpaid prevailing wages and benefits by misclassifying nonunion flaggers.

September 11, 2025Favorable on Legal Competence

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Authored a unanimous opinion suppressing a weapon, vacating a conviction, and dismissing the indictment because officers pursued and stopped the defendant without reasonable suspicion of criminality.

March 4, 2025Favorable on Legal Competence

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Authored a unanimous medical-malpractice opinion dismissing claims against a physician and his practice while allowing the wrongful-death and malpractice claims against the hospital to proceed.

August 1, 2024Favorable on Legal Competence

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Authored a divided appellate opinion vacating a weapons-possession conviction after concluding the verdict was against the weight of evidence showing temporary and lawful possession.

January 30, 2024Favorable on Legal Competence

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Authored the appellate majority reversing dismissal of an injured road worker's Labor Law claims because the city had not established the absence of a nexus to the work and factual issues remained.

July 13, 2023Favorable on Legal Competence

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