Randall T. Eng

Justice Randall T. Eng (Ret.) is Of Counsel to Meyer, Suozzi, English & Klein, P.C., and a member of the Litigation Department, including the Appellate Practice and Criminal Defense groups.  Immediately prior to joining Meyer Suozzi, Justice Eng served as the Presiding Justice of the Appellate Division, Second Department from 2012 - 2017.  Born in Guangzhou, China, Justice Eng was raised in New York City. He earned his undergraduate degree from State University of New York at Buffalo and his juris doctor degree from St. John's University School of Law in 1972.  Following law school, Justice Eng began his legal career in public service as an assistant district attorney in Queens County. At the time, he became the first Asian American appointed as an assistant prosecutor in New York State history, and then served as the Deputy Inspector General of the New York City Correction Department and later Inspector General.  In 1983, Justice Eng became the first Asian American to become a judge in New York State, when he was appointed to the Criminal Court of the City of New York. In 1990 and 2004, Justice Eng was elected and reelected to terms on the New York State Supreme Court.  In 2008 he was designated as an associate justice of the Appellate Division, Second Department.  Justice Eng served as President of the Association of Supreme Court Justices of the City of New York and as a member of the Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics.  He is currently a member of the New York State Judicial Institute on Professionalism in the Law.  He has also served as an adjunct professor at St. John's University School of Law.  Justice Eng proudly served his country as a member of the New York Army National Guard and retired as State Judge Advocate holding the rank of Colonel. Mr. Eng is an appointee of the Chief Judge.