# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sheila-abdus-salaam
# Generated: 2026-08-15T01:44:10.760Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sheila-abdus-salaam"
name: "Sheila Abdus-Salaam"
slug: "sheila-abdus-salaam"
description: "Sheila Abdus-Salaam was an American lawyer and judge. In 2013, after having served on the New York City Civil Court, the New York Supreme Court, and the Appellate Division, Abdus-Salaam was nominated to the New York Court of Appeals and was unanimously confirmed as an Associate Judge by the New York State Senate. She was the first African-American female judge to serve on the New York Court of Appeals."
tagline: "American judge"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/de/Sheila_Abdus-Salaam.jpg"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1952-03-14"
deathDate: "2017-04-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             16.38957816377171
  historical:           11.14985733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "شيلا ابدوس سالام"
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    title: "Sheila Abdus-Salaam"
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  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheila_Abdus-Salaam"
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  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheila_Abdus-Salaam"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump