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Jenny Rivera
Judge, New York Court of Appeals
Background: Rivera clerked for Sonia Sotomayor, then a judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
At a glance
- Court
- New York Court of Appeals
- Position / seat
- Not listed
- Chief justice
- No
- How they joined the court
- Appointed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) (January 15, 2013)
- Appointed by
- Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D)
- Appointment date
- January 15, 2013
- Took office
- February 11, 2013
- Current term ends
- February 10, 2027
- Next election or retention vote
- Not listed
- Last election
- Not listed
- Party (as listed by Ballotpedia)
- Nonpartisan
- Ballotpedia partisanship estimate
- Mild Democrat (2020 study of justices' pre-court partisan activity)
- Education
- Bachelor's: Princeton University
- Law: New York University School of Law, 1985
- Graduate: Columbia University School of Law
- Prior offices
- Not listed
- Profession
- Not listed
- How this court's justices are chosen
- Assisted appointment (Hybrid)A nominating commission screens candidates and sends a shortlist; the governor appoints from it. In many such states, justices later face yes/no retention elections.
Summary of facts listed on Jenny Rivera’s Ballotpedia page (retrieved Oct 26, 2026) · Photo: Ballotpedia. “Not listed” means Ballotpedia didn’t list it in a form this site could read; check Ballotpedia for the latest.
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