 In the U.S. state of New York, the judge that presides over the state's highest court, the New York Court of Appeals, is titled the "chief judge".Similarly, their fellow jurists on that court are titled "judges", while jurists who sit on lower courts are titled "justices".This is the reverse of usage in other states, where jurists who sit on the state's highest court(s) are titled "justices" and those in lower courts are titled "judges".