Thomas D. Buchanan

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

As of February 19, 2026, Judge Thomas D. Buchanan presides in the Supreme Court of Schenectady County, having served on the bench for 14 years. Judge Buchanan was most recently elected to the bench for a term beginning in 2013 and ending in 2026.

Judicial metrics

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Publication Rate: 3.3 decisions per year

Higher than 90.54% of judges in the dataset

43 published decisions over 13 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

Public Discipline: 0 determinations

Higher than 0% of judges in the dataset

Suppression Reversal Rate

Not applicable: judge absent from 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

43 decisions

2025

Engel v. Smith

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2025

Scott v. City of Schenectady

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2025

Scott v. City of Schenectady

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2025

Roslund v. Fulton Operations Assoc., LLC

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2025

Portfolio Recovery Assoc., LLC v. Klimek

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2025

Portfolio Recovery Assoc., LLC v. Klimek

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2024

Fiorentino v. Spina

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2024

Rosenheck v. Cousins Restoration, Inc.

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2024

J.C. v. Maripohl

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2024

Board of Mgrs. of Vly Pointe Condominium v. MBN Mgt. Co., LLC

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NYSCEF Decisions

6 decisions (not counted in Publication Rate calculations)

2022

Lloyd v. 797 Broadway Group, LLC

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2018

Matter of Micklas v. Town of Halfmoon Planning Bd.

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2018

Ball v. Town of Ballston

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2017

Michaels v. MVP Health Care, Inc.

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2017

City of Saratoga Springs v. Saratoga Real Estate, LLC

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2017

Pinnacle Prop. Mgt. Corp. v. Haylor Freyer & Coon, Inc.

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