Peter Tom

February 06, 2019 | New York Law Journal

By falsely conflating dissents with the appellate record of a candidate for judicial certification, David Saxe has created a non-issue or a red herring to criticize the chief judge.

By Peter Tom

9 minute read

February 15, 2018 | New York Law Journal

We can start by acknowledging that Sheila Abdus-Salaam had a storied career, but it did not come easy. The laurels which she so richly deserved were hard-earned after many challenges and difficulties.

By Peter Tom

8 minute read

December 13, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Norman Lau Kee was one of the pioneers of the legal profession in Chinatown. He was a grandson of Chinese immigrants, a successful academic, a World War II veteran and most significantly, was part of a very small vanguard of Asian lawyers who first provided legal representation for Chinatown residents beginning in the 1950s.

By Justice Peter Tom

9 minute read

May 01, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Peter Tom, Acting Presiding Justice of the Appellate Division, First Department writes: Our country's founding principle of equality, ingeniously crafted in the 14th Amendment, has evolved throughout the past century in many meaningful ways which our founding fathers could not have foreseen.

By Peter Tom

15 minute read

January 23, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Peter Tom, Acting Presiding Justice of the Appellate Division, First Department, discusses the new Rules for Attorney Disciplinary Matters, the goals of which are to streamline and unify the disciplinary rules of the four Departments to better serve the public.

By Peter Tom

12 minute read

January 11, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Justice Tom, in a speech to the New York County Lawyers' Association, said: The cases that came through the Appellate Division in the past century were a reflection of the history of this great city. Today, we decide many of the same kinds of cases, although the circumstances have changed. People still get hurt, even if it's car accidents rather than trolleys. There is always crime, although today we have to address electronic crime, sophisticated financial crimes, Fourth Amendment issues involving social media, and many concerns that were unimaginable only a few decades ago. In sum, almost every kind of litigation that can be imagined for New York law will cross the desks of our staff and will land on our bench.

By Peter Tom

13 minute read

April 29, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Peter Tom, Acting Presiding Justice of the Appellate Division, First Department, writes: The Miranda doctrine has been rightly enshrined as one of the strongest girders binding together the structure of our criminal justice system.

By Peter Tom

14 minute read