The Commission on Judicial Nominations has released the names of seven nominees for the vacancy on the Court of Appeals created by the retirement of Associate Judge Susan Phillips Read on Aug. 24.
The nominees are Michael Garcia, a partner at Kirkland & Ellis; Judith Gische, a justice on the Appellate Division, First Department; Caitlin Halligan, a partner at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher; Erin Peradotto, a justice on the Appellate Division, Fourth Department; Benjamin Rosenberg, general counsel of the New York County District Attorney’s office; Rowan Wilson, a partner at Cravath Swaine & Moore; and Stephen Younger, a partner at Patterson Belknapp Webb & Tyler.
