--- title: "Carol S. Klein | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/carol-s-klein-14842" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-08-02" --- # Carol S. Klein New York Supreme Court, Orange County · Acting Justice ## Profile - Court: New York Supreme Court, Orange County - 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 - Judge, Orange County Juvenile Drug Court, NY, 2008-present - Acting Justice, New York Supreme Court, Orange County, NY, 2002-present - She has also been a judge of the Orange County Treatment Court since 2001 and an acting justice of the Supreme Court since 2002 - Judge, Orange County Treatment Court, NY, 2001-present - Long‐time judge of the Orange County Family Court in New York’s Ninth Judicial District, serving from 2000 until her retirement at the end of 2025 - Judge, New York Family Court, NY, 2011-2020 - Judge, New York Family Court, 2001-2010 - Justice, New York Justice Court, 1988-2000 - She also served as a Mediator for a Mediation Pilot Program from 1997 to 2000 and as a Chester Town Court Justice from 1988 to 2000 - Earlier in her career, she held the role of Chester Town Court Justice (1988–2000), law guardian with the Family Court (1989–2000), and mediator in the Mediation Pilot Program (1997–2000) ### Education - Widener University-Main Campus — J.D. (1980) - Widener University School of Law in — J.D. (1980) - Case Western Reserve University in — B.A. (1976) ### Additional information - Retired in December 2025 at age 70, as required by New York state law. - Worked in that capacity until 2000. - Appointed to the Orange County Family Court and the Orange County Juvenile Drug Court in 2000. - First appointed to the Family Court in 2000 and was elected to a full term soon after. - Law Guardian, New York Family Court, NY, 1989-2000 - In 1989, she became a law guardian with the Family Court. - Date of birth: 1955-02-20 - Began her career as a self-employed private practice lawyer and an Assistant County Attorney for the Orange County Family Court. - Practitioner, New York Family Court, ?-present - Birth place: Chester, PA ## 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 ### 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/14842/carol-s-klein/) - [Official roster](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14842/carol-s-klein/) - [New York Supreme Court, Orange County current judicial profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14842/carol-s-klein/) - [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/14842/carol-s-klein/) - [Carol S. Klein - Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Carol_S._Klein) - [Carol S. Klein (New York Town and Village Courts, New York Supreme Court, Orange County, New York Family Court) – CourtListener.com](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14842/carol-s-klein) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/carol-s-klein-14842", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/carol-s-klein-14842", "name": "Carol S. Klein | KnowJudges", "description": "Carol S. Klein, New York Supreme Court, Orange County. Source-linked judicial identity, courtroom procedures, and presentation guidance.", "dateModified": "2026-08-02", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/carol-s-klein-14842#judge" } }, { "@type": "Person", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/carol-s-klein-14842#judge", "name": "Carol S. 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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.