Judith S. Kaye, 1993-2008, 15 years, 10 months*
Frank H. Hiscock, 1917-26, 10 years
Sanford E. Church, 1870-80, 9 years, 11 months
Edgar M. Cullen, 1904-13, 9 years, 3 months
William C. Ruger, 1883-92, 9 years, 1 month
Sol Wachtler, 1985-92, 7 years, 11 months
John T. Loughran, 1945-53, 7 years, 6 months
Stanley H. Fuld, 1967-73, 7 years
Charles S. Desmond, 1960-66, 7 years
Lawrence H. Cooke, 1979-84, 5 years, 9 months
Irving Lehman, 1940-45, 5 years, 9 months



Longest-Serving Court of Appeals Judges


Stanley H. Fuld, 1946-73, 27 years, 8 months
Charles S. Desmond, 1941-66, 26 years
Judith S. Kaye, 1983-2008, 25 years, 4 months*
Irving Lehman, 1924-45, 21 years, 9 months
Frank H. Hiscock, 1906-1926, 21 years
Albert Conway, 1941-60, 20 years
Sol Wachtler, 1973-92, 19 years, 11 months
Cuthbert W. Pound, 1915-1934, 19 years, 5 months
John T. Loughran, 1934-53, 18 years, 11 months
Benjamin N. Cardozo, 1914-32, 18 years, 3 months

*as of Dec. 31, 2008
SOURCE: Court of Appeals