Six judges and a private practice lawyer with experience in government are on the short list to succeed the late Judge Sheila Abdus-Salaam on the New York Court of Appeals.

The Commission on Judicial Nomination released the list on Thursday, more than two months earlier than it was required to do so.

The sole non-judge on the list is Eric Corngold, a partner at Friedman Kaplan Seiler & Adelman who previously served in the New York Attorney General's Office.