Rosemarie Montalbano

Judge Rosemarie Montalbano currently presides in Surrogate's Court in Kings County and has served as a New York judge for 11 years.

Judge Montalbano was most recently elected to the bench for a term beginning in 2022 and ending in 2035.

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

Judicial metrics

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Publication Rate: 0.2 decisions per year

Higher than 57.42% of judges in the dataset

Suppression Reversal Rate: 0.0%

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

2 decisions

2022

Matter of Grunwald

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2017

People v. Brothers

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NYSCEF Decisions (Unpublished, E-Filed Decisions)

12 decisions

2023

Matter of Kevelson

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2021

Kornfeld v. Pfeiffer

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2020

Mikolajczyk v. City of New York

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2020

Jackson v. City of New York

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2020

Pioli v. New York City Fire Dept.

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2020

McDonald v. City of New York

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2020

Mcewan v. City of New York

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2020

Norwood v. City of New York

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2020

Hygrade Glove & Safety Co. v. City of New York

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2020

Hygrade Glove & Safety Co. v. City of New York

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Last updated Aug. 14, 2025. Produced by Marc Lajoie and Oded Oren.
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