David Friedman is an associate justice of the New York Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, First Judicial Department.
[1] In 1971, he graduated from Brooklyn College Magna Cum Laude with a degree in mathematics.
Prior to joining the bench, he worked as a Law Clerk to Justice Henry Martuscello on the Appellate Division and Justice Nicholas A. Clemente (See: Nicholas Clemente) of the New York Supreme Court, Kings County.
He subsequently served on the New York City Civil Court from 1990 to 1993.
He was designated a Justice for the Appellate Division, First Judicial Department in 1999 by Governor George Pataki.