Judith J. Gische Obituary, NEW YORK, N.Y. — Reports circulating about the death of former New York appellate justice Judith J. Gische could not be independently confirmed through reliable public sources reviewed.
Gische is a longtime New York jurist and attorney whose career spans more than three decades in the New York State court system. She served at several levels of the judiciary before becoming an Associate Justice of the Appellate Division, First Department.
Gische began her legal career after earning her law degree from the University at Buffalo School of Law in 1980. She first worked as a judicial clerk with the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court, Third Department, before entering private legal practice in New York City.
She joined the New York City court system in 1990 as a Housing Court Judge of the Civil Court of the City of New York. She later served on the Civil Court and was appointed an Acting Justice of the New York State Supreme Court before being elected to the Supreme Court in 2008.
In October 2012, Gische was designated an Associate Justice of the Appellate Division, First Department. Her judicial work included civil and criminal appeals, and professional biographies describe her as having participated in thousands of appellate matters during her judicial career.
After her judicial service, Gische continued her legal career with Blank Rome, where the firm currently lists her as Senior Counsel in its Business Litigation practice in New York. The firm’s current profile describes her work as including alternative dispute resolution, commercial litigation, real estate and matrimonial matters.
Recent public records also show her name in connection with legal proceedings in 2026. A New York appellate decision dated April 2, 2026, lists Judith J. Gische and another Blank Rome attorney as counsel in Efran v. Efran.
As of the latest information reviewed, no reliable public obituary, funeral announcement, or official statement confirming Gische’s death was located. Any report announcing her death should therefore be independently verified with her family, Blank Rome, court authorities, or another authoritative source before being published as confirmed news.
