--- title: "Adrian N. Armstrong | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/adrian-n-armstrong-14564" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-08-02" --- # Adrian N. Armstrong New York Supreme Court, Bronx County · Acting Justice ## Profile - Court: New York Supreme Court, Bronx County - 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 - Retired New York State court judge and, since August 2023, an immigration judge at the Elizabeth Immigration Court in New Jersey - Acting Justice, New York Supreme Court, Bronx County, 2020-present - Justice, New York Court of Claims, 2020-present - Judge, Mount Vernon City Court, 2015-present - Appointed by the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) under Attorney General Merrick Garland, Armstrong began hearing cases in August 2023 - 2020–2023: Judge, New York State Court of Claims; acting Supreme Court justice in Bronx County - Also a former principal law clerk for the New York State Office of Court Administration (1993-2015) and a former assistant district attorney for the Office of the Bronx District Attorney (1990-1993) ### Education - Pace University-New York — J.D. (1990) - Elisabeth Haub School of Law, Pace University — J.D. (1990) - Psychology — Longwood University — 1984 ### Additional information - Judge, Mount Vernon City Court; acting Family Court judge in Westchester County (2015–2020). - Prior to his role as a New York Court of Claims judge, Armstrong served as a Mount Vernon City Court judge from 2015 to 2020. - Prior to his role as an adjunct professor at Monroe College, Armstrong held teaching positions at Pace University (2001-2018) and Mercy College (1998-2009). - Practitioner, New York State Unified Court System, 1993-2015 - He is a member of the New York State Bar and has been recognized for a relatively high asylum grant rate compared to national averages - Before judicial service, Armstrong was a principal court attorney for the New York State Office of Court Administration and held the role of an assistant district attorney in the Bronx. - He also held teaching roles at Monroe College, Pace University, Mercy College, and the College of New Rochelle ## 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/14564/adrian-n-armstrong/) - [Official roster](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14564/adrian-n-armstrong/) - [New York Supreme Court, Bronx County current judicial profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14564/adrian-n-armstrong/) - [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/14564/adrian-n-armstrong/) - [Staff Directory • Honorable Adrian N. Armstrong](https://www.mountvernonny.gov/directory.aspx?EID=58) - [Adrian Armstrong](https://ballotpedia.org/Adrian_Armstrong) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/adrian-n-armstrong-14564", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/adrian-n-armstrong-14564", "name": "Adrian N. Armstrong | KnowJudges", "description": "Adrian N. Armstrong, New York Supreme Court, Bronx County. Source-linked judicial identity, courtroom procedures, and presentation guidance.", "dateModified": "2026-08-02", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/adrian-n-armstrong-14564#judge" } }, { "@type": "Person", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/adrian-n-armstrong-14564#judge", "name": "Adrian N. 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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.