--- title: "Abraham Clott | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/abraham-clott-14645" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-07" --- # Abraham Clott New York County Supreme Court · Acting Justice ## Profile - Court: New York County Supreme Court - State: New York - Role: Acting Justice - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-06-30 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Acting Justice, New York Supreme Court, New York County, NY, 2011-present - Judge, Criminal Court of the City of New York, New York, NY, 2009-2018 - Judge, Criminal Court of the City of New York, New York, NY, 2007-2008 - 2007: Appointed full‐time Criminal Court judge by Mayor Michael Bloomberg - Acting Judge, Criminal Court of the City of New York, New York, NY, 2004-2006 - 2004: Interim Criminal Court judge, New York County - Practitioner, Federal Defender Division, Eastern District of New York, 1992-2003 - Law Clerk, Hon. M. Joseph Blumenfeld, Sr. - United States District Judge, D. Conn, 1980-1981 - Abraham L. Clott is an Acting Justice of the New York County Supreme Court, Criminal Term in the First Judicial District of New York, assigned to Department 61, Room 948 - Judge Clott has a long record of service in New York’s criminal justice system, combining legal advocacy in public defense with judicial leadership ### Education - New York University — J.D. (1980) - University of Chicago — B.A. (1977) ### Additional information - Appointed by: Former Chief Administrative Judge Ann Pfau (2011) - Federal Defender Division, Appeals Bureau, NY, 1987-1992 - Practitioner, Criminal Appeals Bureau, NY, 1983-1987 - Practitioner, Sonnenschein, Carlin, Nath & Rosenthal, 1981-1983 - Practitioner, The Legal Aid Society, NY, ?-present - His career spans both the Criminal Court and the Supreme Court, and he continues to serve in the First Judicial District ## Before you appear - Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed. - Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance. - Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding. ## Courtroom Rules ### recording and photography Scope: statewide New York statewide rules require permission before photographing, filming, videotaping, audiotaping, broadcasting, or telecasting in court facilities, including courtrooms. Evidence excerpt: Taking photographs, films or videotapes, or audiotaping, broadcasting or telecasting, in a courthouse including any courtroom, office or hallway thereof, at any time or on any occasion, whether or not the court is in session, is forbidden, unless permission of the Chief Administrator of the Courts or a designee of the Chief Administrator is first obtained [Part 29: Electronic Recording and Audio-Visual Coverage in Court Facilities and of Court Proceedings](https://www.nycourts.gov/rules/part-29-electronic-recording-and-audio-visual-coverage-court-facilities-and-court-proceedings?from_node=15921&topic=386&wrapped=true) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### evidence presentation control Scope: statewide The official Guide to New York Evidence identifies court control over presentation of evidence as a statewide evidence topic; counsel should expect the assigned judge to control the mode and order of proof. Evidence excerpt: 1.07. COURT CONTROL OVER PRESENTATION OF EVIDENCE [Guide to New York Evidence: Article 1, General Provisions and Court's Role](https://www.nycourts.gov/judges/evidence/1-GENERAL/1-generalprovisions.shtml) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ## Sources - [Official profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14645/abraham-clott/) - [Official roster](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14645/abraham-clott/) - [New York Supreme Court, New York County current judicial profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14645/abraham-clott/) - [Part 29: Electronic Recording and Audio-Visual Coverage in Court Facilities and of Court Proceedings](https://www.nycourts.gov/rules/part-29-electronic-recording-and-audio-visual-coverage-court-facilities-and-court-proceedings?from_node=15921&topic=386&wrapped=true) - [Guide to New York Evidence: Article 1, General Provisions and Court's Role](https://www.nycourts.gov/judges/evidence/1-GENERAL/1-generalprovisions.shtml) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14645/abraham-clott/) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/abraham-clott-14645", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/abraham-clott-14645", "name": "Abraham Clott | KnowJudges", "description": "Abraham Clott, New York County Supreme Court. 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[Official source](https://www.nycourts.gov/rules/part-200-uniform-rules-courts-exercising-criminal-jurisdiction). Collected 2026-10-27. - [22 NYCRR Part 202 — Uniform Civil Rules Supreme Court And County Court](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/ny-shared-set-bf1c7eb9020e52eed65d) — Civil actions and proceedings only; section-specific and specialized-part restrictions remain applicable. [Official source](https://www.nycourts.gov/rules/part-202-uniform-civil-rules-supreme-court-and-county-court). Collected 2026-10-27. - [New York County Supreme Court, Civil Branch — Rules of the Justices](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/ny-shared-set-d3c269bb7fe692b08197) — Civil Branch proceedings in New York County Supreme Court only; not criminal proceedings. Preserve source version and check later judge/part instructions. [Official source](https://www.nycourts.gov/LegacyPDFS/courts/1jd/supctmanh/Uniform_Rules.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27. - [Part 29: Electronic Recording and Audio-Visual Coverage in Court Facilities and of Court Proceedings](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-99a7824bb8e009643f842c03) — Scope is limited to the court class in the source claim. Shared court context only; case-type restrictions, exceptions, later amendments and case orders apply. This is not a personal preference or a complete rules inventory. [Official source](https://www.nycourts.gov/rules/part-29-electronic-recording-and-audio-visual-coverage-court-facilities-and-court-proceedings?from_node=15921&topic=386&wrapped=true). Collected 2026-07-26. - [Part 29: Electronic Recording and Audio-Visual Coverage in Court Facilities and of Court Proceedings](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-34fe480ab82f22fa3c31d257) — Scope is limited to the court class in the source claim. Shared court context only; case-type restrictions, exceptions, later amendments and case orders apply. This is not a personal preference or a complete rules inventory. [Official source](https://www.nycourts.gov/rules/part-29-electronic-recording-and-audio-visual-coverage-court-facilities-and-court-proceedings?from_node=15921&topic=386&wrapped=true). Collected 2026-07-26.