NYCOA: Who's on the List for the Jones' Vacancy? (Part 3: Abdus-Salaam & Renwick)

Let's now look at 2 others on the list.

We're considering the 3 African-Americans. We looked at Rowan Wilson in the last post. We'll now go to Sheila Abdus-Salaam and Dianne Renwick. Two Appellate Division Justices who are certainly credible candidates for the appointment.

Sheila Abdus-Salaam

She has been a Justice on New York State's intermediate appellate court for 4 years. (Specifically, the Appellate Division, First Department, which sits in Manhattan.)
Before then, she was a Justice on the state's highest trial court (in New York, entitled "Supreme Court") for 15 years.
Prior to that, she had served as a NYC Civil Court judge, an assistant in the state attorney general's office, and a staff attorney with Brooklyn Legal Services.

So, she has plenty of judicial experience--both at the trial and appellate level.
She also has plenty of experience as a public service attorney.