--- title: "Barbara Irolla Panepinto | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/barbara-irolla-panepinto-ny-trial-b3815bf2" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-07" --- # Barbara Irolla Panepinto Richmond County Supreme Court · Judicial Officer ## Profile - Court: Richmond County Supreme Court - State: New York - Role: Judicial Officer - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-27 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Acting Justice, Supreme Court, Richmond County, Appointed by Chief Administrative Judge Jonathan Lippman, 2000 to Present - Acting Justice, New York, NY, 2000-present - Judge, Civil Court of the City of New York, New York, NY, 2017-2026 - Judge, Civil Court of the City of New York, New York, NY, 2007-2016 - Judge, Civil Court of the City of New York, New York, NY, 1997-2006 - Supervising Judge, Civil Court of the City of New York, New York, NY, 2002-2004 - 1997–2000 – Judge, Civil Court of the City of New York, Richmond County - Court Attorney, New York Family Court, NY, 1986-1990 - Assistant Corporation Counsel, NYC Office of the Corporation Counsel, Family Court Division, New York, NY, 1984-1986 - Probation Officer, NYC Department of Probation, Family Court Division, New York, NY, 1977-1983 - Post-Graduate Criminal Justice Studies — CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice — 1975 ### Education - Brooklyn Law School — J.D. (1984) - Nursing — CUNY New York City College of Technology — 1977 - College of Staten Island CUNY — M.A. (1976) - History, Psychology — Saint Josephs College — 1973 ### Additional information - Hearing Examiner, NYS Unified Court System, Family Court, Richmond, New York, and Kings County, New York, NY, 1990-1996 - Mental Health Worker Court Liaison, NYC Family Court, Bureau Mental Health Services, New York, NY, 1974-1977 - 1974–1977 – Mental health worker court liaison, NYC Family Court, Bureau of Mental Health Services She also held the role of a hearing examiner in Richmond, New York, and Kings counties - Current court assignment: Supreme Court, Richmond County - Acting Justice of the Richmond County Supreme Court in New York’s Thirteenth Judicial District, specializing in matrimonial and family law matters - Panepinto has been active in the National Association of Women Judges, Judges and Lawyers Breast Cancer Alert, and the Acting Supreme Court Judges Association. - She has also served on the boards of Amethyst House and Geller House ## 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=LvRotjs79bBbnqhgpfZmGQ%3D%3D) - [Official roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=LvRotjs79bBbnqhgpfZmGQ%3D%3D) - [New York State Unified Court System official judicial roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=LvRotjs79bBbnqhgpfZmGQ%3D%3D) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14998/barbara-irolla-panepinto/) - [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=LvRotjs79bBbnqhgpfZmGQ%3D%3D) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14998/barbara-irolla-panepinto/) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/barbara-irolla-panepinto-ny-trial-b3815bf2", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/barbara-irolla-panepinto-ny-trial-b3815bf2", "name": "Barbara Irolla Panepinto | KnowJudges", "description": "Barbara Irolla Panepinto, Richmond 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. - [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.