Paul A. Goetz

Profile data snapshot: February 19, 2026 Details may have changed since.

As of February 19, 2026, Judge Paul A. Goetz presides over civil cases in the Supreme Court of New York County, having served on the bench for 15 years. Judge Goetz was most recently elected to the bench for a term beginning in 2022 and ending in 2031.

Judicial metrics

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Publication Rate: 1.6 decisions per year

Higher than 82.28% of judges in the dataset

21 published decisions over 13 years

Favored Commercial Bonds: 93.5% of bail cases

Higher than 30.08% of judges in the dataset

29 bail cases favoring commercial bonds out of 31 bail cases

Blocked Affordable Bail: 96.8% of bail cases

Higher than 11.42% of judges in the dataset

30 bail cases without PSSB as most affordable out of 31 bail cases

Disproportionate Carcerality: 0 total years

Higher than 0% of judges in the dataset

Public Discipline: 0 determinations

Higher than 0% of judges in the dataset

Suppression Reversal Rate

Not applicable: judge absent from dataset

Excessive Sentence Findings

Not applicable: judge absent from dataset

Excessive Sentence Reductions

Not applicable: judge absent from dataset

Reassigned Reversals

Not applicable: judge absent from dataset

Published Decisions

21 decisions

2025

Picard v. Sage

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2024

InkMango, Inc. v. Warren

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2022

Great Wall Med. P.C. v. Levine

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2016

91 Fifth Ave. Corp. v. Brookhill Prop. Holdings LLC

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2016

Northern Leasing Sys., Inc. v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

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2016

Kesselman v. London Paint & Wallpaper Co., Inc

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2016

Lease Fin. Group LLC v. Ly

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2016

MBF Leasing LLC v. Inci

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2016

Warren Murray Prop. Owner, LLC v. Hexner

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2016

East 10th St. Assoc., LLC v. Ritter Antik, Inc.

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NYSCEF Decisions

526 decisions (not counted in Publication Rate calculations)

2025

Riley v. Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Ctr. (David H. Koch Ctr.)

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2025

Ogbolu v. 125 Prop. Masters, Inc.

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2025

Salazar v. Meloul

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2025

Estate of Alston v. Harlem Ctr. for Nursing & Rehabilitation LLC

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2025

Amoia v. Mandelbaum Barrett, P.C.

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2025

Legal Aid Socy., Inc. v. City of New York Police Dept.

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2025

499 Fashion Tower LLC v. Rodco, Inc.

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2025

Nichols v. Red Hawk Fire & Sec. LLC

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2025

Tower v. Structure Tone, LLC

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2025

Diolosa v. Regency Intl. Bus. Corp.

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