--- title: "Carol Feinman | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/carol-feinman-ny-trial-2ab02711" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-08-02" --- # Carol Feinman Supreme Court, New York County, Civil Term · Judicial Officer ## Profile - Court: Supreme Court, New York County, Civil Term - 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 Supreme Court Justice, Supreme Court, New York County, Civil Term, Designated by Chief Administrative Judge Lawrence K. Marks, 2016 to Present - Acting Justice, New York Supreme Court, New York County, New York, NY, 2016-present - Judge, Civil Court of the City of New York, New York, NY, 2016-present - Judge, Civil Court of the City of New York, New York, NY, 2010-present - New York County Civil Court Judge — Elected in 2010, serving until 2024 - Carol R. Feinman is an Acting Justice of the New York County Supreme Court in New York’s First Judicial District, appointed in 2016, with a long career in state judicial and legal roles - Joined the Supreme Court bench in 2016 by Chief Administrative Judge Lawrence K. Marks, after previously serving as a judge in the New York County Civil Court - Judge, Civil Court of the City of New York, New York, NY, 2015-2016 - Kings County Civil Court Judge — Appointed 2011–2016 by former Chief Administrative Judge Ann Pfau - Administrative Law Judge, New York State Office of Temporary Disability and Assistance, New York, NY, 1985-2010 - Carol R. Feinman serves as Acting Justice of the New York County Supreme Court, Department 28, Room 1127A, in the First Judicial District of New York ### Education - New York University — M.A. (1979) - Brooklyn Law School — J.D. (1977) - New York University — B.A. (1974) ### Additional information - Practitioner, State of New York Mortgage Agency (SONYMA), NY, 1984-1985 - Practitioner, New York State Insurance Fund, NY, 1980-1984 - Current court assignment: Supreme Court, New York County, Civil Term - Feinman has been active in professional organizations, including the American Bar Association, Association of the Bar of the City of New York, New York State Bar Association, New York Women’s Bar Association, and National Association of Women Judges ## 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=Gyqsu0rJ70DfUuCH0KyOKQ%3D%3D) - [Official roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=Gyqsu0rJ70DfUuCH0KyOKQ%3D%3D) - [New York State Unified Court System official judicial roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=Gyqsu0rJ70DfUuCH0KyOKQ%3D%3D) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14717/carol-feinman/) - [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=Gyqsu0rJ70DfUuCH0KyOKQ%3D%3D) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14717/carol-feinman/) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/carol-feinman-ny-trial-2ab02711", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/carol-feinman-ny-trial-2ab02711", "name": "Carol Feinman | KnowJudges", "description": "Carol Feinman, Supreme Court, New York County, Civil Term. 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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.