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Martin Shulman
Martin Shulman is a judge for the 1st Department of the New York Supreme Court Appellate Division. He assumed office on July 13, 2020. His current term ends on December 31, 2025.
Shulman (Democratic Party) ran for re-election for judge of the New York Supreme Court 1st Judicial District. He won in the general election on November 5, 2019.
Shulman was the supervising judge of the New York City Civil Court. He served on the Civil Court from 1995 to 2014. He became an acting New York County Supreme Court justice in 1999. In 2006, he was elected to a full term on the court that ended in 2019. He was appointed to the Appellate Term of the Supreme Court in 2009.[1][2]
Education
Shulman received his A.A. and B.A. degrees from Yeshiva University in 1977 and 1978, respectively. In 1981, he received his J.D. degree from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law.[1]
Career
Shulman began his career in 1981 as a court attorney for the Hon. Eugene Nardelli. The following year, he joined the New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal[3], where he worked as a staff attorney, supervising attorney and Deputy Chief of the Administrative Review Bureau. He left this office in 1987 to join the law firm of Shaw & Binder as an associate (1987-92) and then partner (1993-94). In 1995, he was appointed to the New York City Civil Court. Beginning in 2000, he was the supervising judge of this court. He was reappointed in 2005 to a term ending in 2014. However, in 1999, he became an acting justice of the Supreme Court. He was elected a Supreme Court Justice in 2006 and then joined the Appellate Term (1st Dept.) in 2009.[1]
Elections
2019
See also: City elections in New York, New York (2019)
General election
General election for New York Supreme Court 1st Judicial District (3 seats)
Incumbent Jennifer Schecter, incumbent Martin Shulman, and incumbent Shawn T. Kelly won election in the general election for New York Supreme Court 1st Judicial District on November 5, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Jennifer Schecter (D) | 34.8 | 139,424 | |
| ✔ | Martin Shulman (D) | 32.4 | 129,921 | |
| ✔ | Shawn T. Kelly (D) | 31.9 | 127,775 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.0 | 3,946 | ||
| Total votes: 401,066 | |||
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Campaign themes
2019
Ballotpedia survey responses
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See also
2019 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 New York Courts, "Official biography of the Hon. Martin Shulman"
- ↑ New York County Supreme Court judicial directory, Civil Term
- ↑ Formerly known as the "New York City Conciliation and Appeals Board
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