Judge Who Handled Crane Collapse Litigation Appointed to Appellate Term, First Department

Justice Carol Edmead.

State Supreme Court Justice Carol Edmead has been appointed associate justice to the Appellate Term, First Department, by Chief Administrative Justice Lawrence Marks. She will take the place of Justice Martin Shulman who was recently named presiding justice of the appellate term.

In addition to taking on criminal, housing and civil cases as part of her responsibilities on the appellate term, Edmead will continue to hear civil cases as a Supreme Court justice.

“I have no intention of reducing my caseload and I have approximately 650 to 700 cases now,” said Edmead, 71.