--- title: "Saliann Scarpulla | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/saliann-scarpulla-15065" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-08-02" --- # Saliann Scarpulla Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · Associate Justice ## Profile - Court: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York - State: New York - Role: Associate Justice - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-06-30 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Associate Justice, Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, NY, 2020-present - Associate Justice of the New York State Supreme Court’s Appellate Division, First Judicial Department, appointed in July 2020, with a career spanning over two decades in commercial litigation and judicial service - Justice, New York Supreme Court, New York County, New York, NY, 2013-2019 - Judge, Civil Court of the City of New York, New York, NY, 2012-2012 - Acting Justice, New York Supreme Court, New York County, New York, NY, 2009-2012 - Judge, Civil Court of the City of New York, New York, NY, 2002-2011 - Court Attorney for Justice Eileen Bransten, New York State Unified Court System, NY, 1999-2001 - Counsel/Senior Litigator, FDIC New York Legal Services Office, NY, 1993-1997 - Court Attorney to Justice Alvin F. Klein, NYS Unified Court System, NY, 1986-1987 - She subsequently became Senior Counsel at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s New York Legal Services Office, Senior Vice President and Bank Counsel at Hudson United Bank, and Principal Court Attorney to Hon ### Education - cum laude — Brooklyn Law School — 1986 - Boston University — B.A. (1982) ### Additional information - Appellate Division, First Department of the New York State Supreme Court, a position she joined by then-Governor Andrew Cuomo in July 2020. - Senior Vice President and Bank Counsel, Hudson United Bank, 1997-1999 - Practitioner, Proskauer Rose Goetz & Mendelsohn, 1988-1993 - After law school, she clerked for Hon. - Graduate of Boston University and Brooklyn Law School, cum laude. - Known for promoting diversity in commercial litigation, supporting programs that place law students of color in judicial internships, and advocating for rules that give underrepresented attorneys more opportunities to argue cases. - She is a frequent lecturer for the New York City Bar Association, New York County Lawyers Association, Practicing Law Institute, and others. - She also serves on the ABA’s Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain Subcommittee, the NY Commercial Division Advisory Council, and the Chief Judge’s Alternative Dispute Resolution Advisory Committee - She has also been recognized with the Louis J. Capozzoli Gavel Award by the New York County Lawyers Association ## Before you appear - Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed. - Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance. - Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding. ## Courtroom Rules ### recording and photography Scope: statewide New York statewide rules require permission before photographing, filming, videotaping, audiotaping, broadcasting, or telecasting in court facilities, including courtrooms. Evidence excerpt: Taking photographs, films or videotapes, or audiotaping, broadcasting or telecasting, in a courthouse including any courtroom, office or hallway thereof, at any time or on any occasion, whether or not the court is in session, is forbidden, unless permission of the Chief Administrator of the Courts or a designee of the Chief Administrator is first obtained [Part 29: Electronic Recording and Audio-Visual Coverage in Court Facilities and of Court Proceedings](https://www.nycourts.gov/rules/part-29-electronic-recording-and-audio-visual-coverage-court-facilities-and-court-proceedings?from_node=15921&topic=386&wrapped=true) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### evidence presentation control Scope: statewide The official Guide to New York Evidence identifies court control over presentation of evidence as a statewide evidence topic; counsel should expect the assigned judge to control the mode and order of proof. Evidence excerpt: 1.07. COURT CONTROL OVER PRESENTATION OF EVIDENCE [Guide to New York Evidence: Article 1, General Provisions and Court's Role](https://www.nycourts.gov/judges/evidence/1-GENERAL/1-generalprovisions.shtml) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ## Sources - [Official profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/15065/saliann-scarpulla/) - [Official roster](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/15065/saliann-scarpulla/) - [Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York current judicial profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/15065/saliann-scarpulla/) - [Part 29: Electronic Recording and Audio-Visual Coverage in Court Facilities and of Court Proceedings](https://www.nycourts.gov/rules/part-29-electronic-recording-and-audio-visual-coverage-court-facilities-and-court-proceedings?from_node=15921&topic=386&wrapped=true) - [Guide to New York Evidence: Article 1, General Provisions and Court's Role](https://www.nycourts.gov/judges/evidence/1-GENERAL/1-generalprovisions.shtml) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/15065/saliann-scarpulla/) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/saliann-scarpulla-15065", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/saliann-scarpulla-15065", "name": "Saliann Scarpulla | KnowJudges", "description": "Saliann Scarpulla, Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York. 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Preserve the applicable department rules. [Official source](https://www.nycourts.gov/courts/AD1/Practice&Procedures/rules.shtml). Collected 2026-10-27. - [Part 29: Electronic Recording and Audio-Visual Coverage in Court Facilities and of Court Proceedings](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-99a7824bb8e009643f842c03) — Scope is limited to the court class in the source claim. Shared court context only; case-type restrictions, exceptions, later amendments and case orders apply. This is not a personal preference or a complete rules inventory. [Official source](https://www.nycourts.gov/rules/part-29-electronic-recording-and-audio-visual-coverage-court-facilities-and-court-proceedings?from_node=15921&topic=386&wrapped=true). Collected 2026-07-26. - [Part 29: Electronic Recording and Audio-Visual Coverage in Court Facilities and of Court Proceedings](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-34fe480ab82f22fa3c31d257) — Scope is limited to the court class in the source claim. Shared court context only; case-type restrictions, exceptions, later amendments and case orders apply. This is not a personal preference or a complete rules inventory. [Official source](https://www.nycourts.gov/rules/part-29-electronic-recording-and-audio-visual-coverage-court-facilities-and-court-proceedings?from_node=15921&topic=386&wrapped=true). Collected 2026-07-26.