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Saliann Scarpulla

Saliann Scarpulla

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About

Saliann Scarpulla was elected to New York City Civil Court in 2001 and to New York County Supreme Court in 2012. She was appointed to the Appellate Division, First Department, in 2020 after working in private practice, at the FDIC, and as bank counsel.

  • Associate Justice, Appellate Division, First Department, appointed July 2020.

  • The Manhattan Democratic Party's July 2026 release reported her as most highly qualified by its Independent Screening Panel; this is an attributed screening evaluation, separate from an endorsement.

  • Boston University graduate and Brooklyn Law School graduate, cum laude; clerked for Justice Alvin F. Klein in New York County Supreme Court.

  • Former litigation associate at Proskauer Rose Goetz & Mendelsohn, senior counsel at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and senior vice president and bank counsel at Hudson United Bank.

  • New York County Supreme Court justice, elected 2012; New York City Civil Court judge, elected 2001; previously principal court attorney to Justice Eileen Bransten.

  • Sat in the New York County Commercial Division from 2014 to 2020 and was responsible for international commercial-arbitration matters; has written and lectured on technology and commercial litigation.

  • Member of the Commercial Division Advisory Council and co-chair of its technology subcommittee; serves on the Chief Judge's Alternative Dispute Resolution Advisory Committee.

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