About Hon. Elizabeth Emerson

Elizabeth H. Emerson was first elected as a New York State Supreme Court Justice in 1996 and served for 28 years, including four years as an Associate Justice of the Appellate Term of the 9^th and 10^th Judicial Districts. In 2002, she leveraged her extensive corporate law experience to establish the Suffolk County Commercial Division and presided for 21 years, making her one of the longest serving commercial division justice in New York State. During her judicial career, Justice Emerson presided over numerous complex commercial cases and was instrumental in helping craft the policies, procedures, and rules of the Commercial Division as an appointee to the Commercial Division Advisory Council. She previously served on the Chief Judge’s Task Force on commercial litigation in the 21st century.

Justice Emerson served as a member at large on the Executive Committee of the Commercial and Federal Litigation Section of the New York State Bar Association and co-chairs the Suffolk County commercial division committee. Justice Emerson has recently served as the American Bar Association’s business court representative and was recently selected to represent the State of New York in a program entitled “Judicial Leaders in Climate Science.” Justice Emerson also lectures frequently on topics related to complex litigation and has authored the chapter on secured transactions in the multi-volume treatise, Commercial Litigation in the New York State Courts.