[2] As of October 2024, at the age of 82, she was still working as Of Counsel at Greenberg Traurig, and was also Chairperson of the New York Board of Law Examiners.

[3] Judge Ciparick is the daughter of two migrants from Puerto Rico and grew up in Washington Heights.

The Board of Trustees of the City University of New York has authorized Hunter College to award her an honorary Doctor of Laws at commencement exercises scheduled for January 24, 2013.

Judge Ciparick was appointed to the New York Court of Appeals by Governor Mario Cuomo in 1994.

Chief Judge Judith Kaye wrote a strongly worded dissent that Ciparick joined.