--- title: "Carol Robinson Edmead | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/carol-robinson-edmead-14700" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-08-02" --- # Carol Robinson Edmead Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · Presiding Justice ## Profile - Court: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York - State: New York - Role: Presiding Justice - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-06-30 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Presiding Justice, Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, NY, 2020-present - She also briefly held the role of Acting Judge of the Kings County Surrogate’s Court in 2021–2022 - Justice, Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, NY, 2018-2020 - Carol R. Edmead is the Presiding Justice of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Judicial Department, appointed in 2018 and elevated to presiding role in 2020 - Justice, New York Supreme Court, New York County, New York, NY, 2003-2018 - 2003–2018: Justice, New York County Supreme Court (Civil Term), First Judicial District - Judge, Civil Court of the City of New York, New York, NY, 1998-2002 - 1998–2002: Judge, Civil Court of the City of New York, New York County - Presiding Justice of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Appellate Term, First Judicial Department ### Education - Brooklyn Law School — J.D. (1985) - Columbia University in the City of New York — M.A. (1974) - CUNY City College — B.A. (1973) ### Additional information - Practitioner, Nixon, Hargrave, Devans & Doyle, NY, 1998-present - Appointed by Chief Administrative Judge Lawrence K. Marks in 2018 and became presiding judge in August 2020 - Practitioner, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, NY, 1992-1998 - Practitioner, Townley & Updike, NY, 1991-1992 - Practitioner, Proskauer Rose, 1988-1990 - Practitioner, N.Y.C. Commercial Litigation Division, NY, 1985-1988 - Lecturer, CUNY Medgar Evers College, New York, NY, 1973-1986 - Edmead has been active in numerous bar associations, including the New York State Bar Association, Association of the Bar of the City of New York, National Association of Women Judges, and American Bar Association ## 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/14700/carol-robinson-edmead/) - [Official roster](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14700/carol-robinson-edmead/) - [Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York current judicial profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14700/carol-robinson-edmead/) - [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/14700/carol-robinson-edmead/) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/carol-robinson-edmead-14700", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/carol-robinson-edmead-14700", "name": "Carol Robinson Edmead | KnowJudges", "description": "Carol Robinson Edmead, Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York. 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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.