--- title: "Barry Kron | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/barry-kron-14852" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-08" --- # Barry Kron Queens County Supreme Court · Acting Justice ## Profile - Court: Queens 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, Queens County, New York, NY, 2007-present - Judge, The Criminal Court of the City of New York, Queens, New York, NY, 2007-2016 - Acting Justice, New York Supreme Court, Queens County, New York, NY, 1997-2006 - 1997: Appointed Acting Supreme Court Justice by Chief Administrative Judge Jonathan Lippman - Interim Judge, Civil Court of the City of New York, New York, NY, 1988-1991 - 1988: Interim judge, Civil Court of the City of New York (appointed by Mayor Ed Koch) - Law Secretary to Judge William C. Thompson, Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York, NY, 1982-1985 - Law Secretary to Judge Frank O'Connor, Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, NY, 1976-1981 - Position: Acting Justice, Criminal Term, 11th Judicial District - Acting Justice of the Queens County Supreme Court, Criminal Term, Eleventh Judicial District of New York, with a long career in New York’s appellate and trial courts ### Education - Columbia University in the City of New York — J.D. (1975) - CUNY Lehman College — B.A. (1972) ### Additional information - Chief Law Assistant, Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York, NY, 1985-1988 - Practitioner, Fine,Tofel,Saxl, Berelson and Barandes, 1981-1982 - Confidential Law Assistant, Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, 1976-1981 - Kron’s career spans over four decades in New York’s judicial system, moving from appellate support roles to trial court service - He also had a brief stint in private practice before returning to the Appellate Division - His appointments have been made by multiple New York mayors and the Chief Administrative Judge ## 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/14852/barry-kron/) - [Official roster](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14852/barry-kron/) - [New York Supreme Court, Queens County current judicial profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14852/barry-kron/) - [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/14852/barry-kron/) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/barry-kron-14852", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/barry-kron-14852", "name": "Barry Kron | KnowJudges", "description": "Barry Kron, Queens 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.