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title="Incumbent">Incumbent</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>Assumed office</b></span> <br />January 12, 2022</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Appointed by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kathy_Hochul" title="Kathy Hochul">Kathy Hochul</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Eugene_M._Fahey" title="Eugene M. Fahey">Eugene M. Fahey</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data">1959 or 1960 (age 64–65)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/University_at_Buffalo" title="University at Buffalo">State University of New York, Buffalo</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Science" title="Bachelor of Science">BS</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/Union_University_(New_York)" title="Union University (New York)">Union University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Juris_Doctor" title="Juris Doctor">JD</a>)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Shirley Troutman</b> (born 1959 or 1960)<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is an American lawyer and jurist who has served as an <a href="/wiki/List_of_associate_judges_of_the_New_York_Court_of_Appeals" title="List of associate judges of the New York Court of Appeals">associate judge</a> of the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Court_of_Appeals" title="New York Court of Appeals">New York Court of Appeals</a> since 2022. She served as an associate justice of the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Supreme_Court,_Appellate_Division" title="New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division">New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division</a> from 2016 to 2022. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shirley_Troutman&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Troutman received her <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Science" title="Bachelor of Science">Bachelor of Science</a> from <a href="/wiki/University_at_Buffalo" title="University at Buffalo">State University of New York at Buffalo</a> in 1982 and her <a href="/wiki/Juris_Doctor" title="Juris Doctor">Juris Doctor</a> from <a href="/wiki/Albany_Law_School" title="Albany Law School">Albany Law School</a> of <a href="/wiki/Union_University_(New_York)" title="Union University (New York)">Union University</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shirley_Troutman&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During her legal career, Troutman served as an <a href="/wiki/Assistant_United_States_Attorney" title="Assistant United States Attorney">Assistant United States Attorney</a> for the <a href="/wiki/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Western_District_of_New_York" title="United States District Court for the Western District of New York">Western District of New York</a>, as an assistant attorney general for the State of New York and an assistant district attorney for <a href="/wiki/Erie_County,_New_York" title="Erie County, New York">Erie County</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Cuomo_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cuomo-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She has served as an <a href="/wiki/Adjunct_professor" title="Adjunct professor">adjunct professor</a> at <a href="/wiki/University_at_Buffalo_Law_School" title="University at Buffalo Law School">University at Buffalo Law School</a><sup id="cite_ref-CourtBio_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CourtBio-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/Buffalo_State_College" class="mw-redirect" title="Buffalo State College">Buffalo State College</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Stein_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stein-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Judicial_service">Judicial service</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shirley_Troutman&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Judicial service"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Troutman was elected to the Buffalo City Court in 1994. She then served as a judge of the <a href="/wiki/New_York_County_Court" class="mw-redirect" title="New York County Court">Erie County Court</a> from 2003 to 2009. She later served as a justice of the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Supreme_Court" title="New York Supreme Court">Supreme Court, 8th Judicial District</a> from 2010 to 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-Nomination_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nomination-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In February 2016, Governor <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Cuomo" title="Andrew Cuomo">Andrew Cuomo</a> appointed Troutman to the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Supreme_Court,_Appellate_Division" title="New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division">New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Fourth Department</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Cuomo_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cuomo-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CourtBio_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CourtBio-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="New_York_Court_of_Appeals_service">New York Court of Appeals service</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shirley_Troutman&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: New York Court of Appeals service"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In April 2021, Troutman was one of seven nominees recommended to Governor <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Cuomo" title="Andrew Cuomo">Andrew Cuomo</a> to fill the vacancy left by the retirement of Judge <a href="/wiki/Leslie_Stein" title="Leslie Stein">Leslie Stein</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-Stein_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stein-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> that seat was eventually filled by <a href="/wiki/Madeline_Singas" title="Madeline Singas">Madeline Singas</a>. On November 24, 2021, Governor <a href="/wiki/Kathy_Hochul" title="Kathy Hochul">Kathy Hochul</a> nominated Troutman to the seat on the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Court_of_Appeals" title="New York Court of Appeals">New York Court of Appeals</a> vacated by Judge <a href="/wiki/Eugene_M._Fahey" title="Eugene M. Fahey">Eugene M. Fahey</a> when he retired on December 31, 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-Nomination_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nomination-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Senate confirmed her on January 12, 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her formal <a href="/wiki/Investiture" title="Investiture">investiture ceremony</a> took place on April 5, 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Troutman is the second <a href="/wiki/African-American" class="mw-redirect" title="African-American">African-American</a> woman to serve on the state court of appeals.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On March 24, 2023, Troutman was selected as a finalist under consideration for appointment to the New York Court of Appeals, this time for the position of chief judge following the retirement of Chief Judge <a href="/wiki/Janet_DiFiore" title="Janet DiFiore">Janet DiFiore</a> and the subsequent rejection of Justice <a href="/wiki/Hector_LaSalle" title="Hector LaSalle">Hector LaSalle</a>'s nomination to that seat by the New York State Senate.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shirley_Troutman&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span 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