Richard M. Wallace

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

As of February 19, 2026, Judge Richard M. Wallace presides in the City Court of Tompkins County, having served on the bench for 12 years. Judge Wallace was most recently elected to the bench for a term beginning in 2025 and ending in 2027.

Judicial metrics

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Publication Rate: 0.3 decisions per year

Higher than 59.58% of judges in the dataset

3 published decisions over 11 years

Excessive Sentence Findings: 0 cases

Higher than 0% of judges in the dataset

Excessive Sentence Reductions: 0 years

Higher than 0% of judges in the dataset

Reassigned Reversals: 0 cases

Higher than 0% of judges in the dataset

Favored Commercial Bonds: 91.5% of bail cases

Higher than 21.45% of judges in the dataset

54 bail cases favoring commercial bonds out of 59 bail cases

Blocked Affordable Bail: 100.0% of bail cases

Higher than 56.55% of judges in the dataset

59 bail cases without PSSB as most affordable out of 59 bail cases

Public Discipline: 0 determinations

Higher than 0% of judges in the dataset

Suppression Reversal Rate

Not applicable: judge absent from dataset

Disproportionate Carcerality

Not applicable: judge absent from dataset

Published Decisions

3 decisions

2025

People v. Adamo

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2024

Sherin v. BVK HSRE Reit I LLC

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2023

Discover Bank v. Brown

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NYSCEF Decisions

1 decision (not counted in Publication Rate calculations)

2022

Rosetree Props., LLC v. Headlam

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