Leon Ruchelsman

Judge Leon Ruchelsman currently presides in Supreme Court - Unspecified in Kings County and has served as a New York judge for 34 years.

Judge Ruchelsman was most recently elected to the bench for a term beginning in 2017 and ending in 2025.

To view Judge Ruchelsman’s profile on the New York State Courts website, click here.

Judicial metrics

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Publication Rate: 0.6 decisions per year

Higher than 72.04% of judges in the dataset

Suppression Reversal Rate: 0 percent

Higher than 0% of judges in the dataset

Excessive Sentence Findings: 0 cases

Higher than 0% of judges in the dataset

Excessive Sentence Reductions: 0.0 years

Higher than 0% of judges in the dataset

Reassigned Reversals: 0 cases

Higher than 0% of judges in the dataset

Public Discipline: 0 determinations

Higher than 0% of judges in the dataset

Favored Commercial Bonds

Not applicable: judge absent from dataset

Blocked Affordable Bail

Not applicable: judge absent from dataset

Disproportionate Carcerality

Not applicable: judge absent from dataset

Published Decisions

7 decisions

2022

HK Capital LLC v. Rise Dev. Partners LLC

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2022

Rainbow USA Inc. v. Zurich Am. Ins. Co.

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2021

Inter-Governmental Philatelic Corp. v. Aspen Am. Ins. Co.

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2013

Matter of Schwimmer v. Malinas

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2013

Miller v. Lewis

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2013

Miller v. Lewis

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2013

Miller v. Lewis

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NYSCEF Decisions (Unpublished, E-Filed Decisions)

721 decisions

2024

Barnett v. Horsepower Elec. & Maintenance Corp.

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2024

Borough Constr. Group, LLC. v. Red Hook 160 LLC

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2024

Caputo v. 6901 LLC

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2024

Caputo v. 6901 LLC

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2024

Davidovich v. Shimha LLC

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2024

De-Evoni Fraicheuer Cruises LLC v. JDJ LLC

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2024

Joseph v. Rassi

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2024

Larsen v. Larsen

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2024

BMF Advance LLC v. Unico Commodities LLC

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2024

Jian Rong Zhang v. Jin Huo Mai

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