Governor Kathy Hochul appointed Andrew Amer, the attorney who led the New York State Attorney General’s civil fraud prosecution of Donald Trump in 2023, to the state Court of Claims on June 4. Hochul announced 28 judicial appointments across New York courts.

Amer has spent much of the past decade as special counsel in the Attorney General’s Executive Division, representing state agencies in federal and state court. Before joining the AG’s office, he worked nearly 30 years as a litigator at Simpson Thacher Bartlett.

The state Court of Claims hears civil cases against New York State or its agencies, including personal injury, breach of contract, medical malpractice, unjust imprisonment, and property appropriation.