--- title: "Andrew G. Ceresia | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/andrew-g-ceresia-ny-trial-bcf0269e" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-08-02" --- # Andrew G. Ceresia Rensselaer County Court · Justice ## Profile - Court: Rensselaer County Court - State: New York - Role: Justice - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-27 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Justice, New York Supreme Court, Rensselaer County, NY, 2017-2030 - Associate Justice of the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Third Department, appointed in 2022, with a long career in local and state judicial service - Elected Justice of the New York Supreme Court, 3rd Judicial District in 2016; re-elected in 2022 - Judge, New York County Court, Rensselaer County, NY, 2010-2019 - held the role of acting justice in the 3rd Judicial District from 2011–2016 - Judge, New York County Court, Rensselaer County, NY, 2010-2016 - Appointed Rensselaer County Court Judge in 2009; elected in 2009, served until 2016 - Judge, New York County Court, Rensselaer County, 2009-2009 - Judge, New York Justice Court, NY, 2008-2009 - Judge, New York Justice Court, NY, 2004-2007 - George Ceresia, is a retired justice of the New York Supreme Court ### Education - Albany Law School — J.D. (1992) ### Additional information - Justice, Supreme Court, Third JD, Elected, 2017 to 2030 - Practitioner, Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, NY, 2005-2009 - Elected Town Judge of North Greenbush (2004–2009) - held the role of acting City Judge for Albany, Rensselaer, and Hudson (2005) - Current court assignment: Rensselaer County Court - BA — SUNY Oneonta ## 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://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=XKrkAc5OCnEaOvhccheNMA%3D%3D) - [Official roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=XKrkAc5OCnEaOvhccheNMA%3D%3D) - [New York State Unified Court System official judicial roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=XKrkAc5OCnEaOvhccheNMA%3D%3D) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14630/andrew-g-ceresia/) - [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) - [New York State Unified Court System judicial profile or roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=XKrkAc5OCnEaOvhccheNMA%3D%3D) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14630/andrew-g-ceresia/) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/andrew-g-ceresia-ny-trial-bcf0269e", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/andrew-g-ceresia-ny-trial-bcf0269e", "name": "Andrew G. 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Collected 2026-10-27. - [Practice Rules of the Appellate Division — 22 NYCRR Part 1250](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/ny-shared-set-f25158f78380e6ddc10f) — Appellate Division matters only; not Appellate Terms or the Court of Appeals. Preserve the applicable department rules. [Official source](https://www.nycourts.gov/courts/AD1/Practice&Procedures/rules.shtml). 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.