New York State's Commission on Judicial Nomination gave Governor David Paterson seven candidates for the position of Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals. Two of the candidates are current Judges on the Court of Appeals:
Judge Theodore Jones and Judge Eugene Pigott. The other candidates are:
Justice Jonathan Lippman, Justice Steven Fisher, George Carpinello, Evan Davis, Esq., and Peter L. Zimroth.
The New York Times has this article on the candidates and the New York Law Journal has this article.
New York Civil Law 