--- title: "Charles Sherman Haight Jr. | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/charles-sherman-haight-jr" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-09" --- # Charles Sherman Haight Jr. U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York · Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York - State: New York - Role: Judge - Service status: senior - Last verified: 2026-07-25 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - American lawyer and judge who held the role of a Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and, since 1995, also sat by designation on the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut - Judge, District Court, S.D. New York, 1976-1995 - He left the DOJ in 1957 to work at his father’s firm, Haight, Gardner, Poor & Havens, becoming a partner in 1968 - Trial attorney, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1955-1957 ### Education - Haight graduated from Yale University in 1952 with a Bachelor of Arts (member of Skull and Bones) and from Yale Law School in 1955 with a Bachelor of Laws. ### Additional information - Private practice, New York City, 1957-1976 - He was admitted to the New York State bar in 1955 and joined the Admiralty and Shipping Department of the U.S. Department of Justice as a trial attorney. - Born September 23, 1930, New York City. - Date of birth: 1930-01-01 - Birth place: New York, NY ## 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 ### civil remote testimony Scope: courtwide In federal district-court civil proceedings, testimony is ordinarily taken in open court; remote contemporaneous testimony requires good cause in compelling circumstances and appropriate safeguards. Evidence excerpt: For good cause in compelling circumstances and with appropriate safeguards, the court may permit testimony in open court by contemporaneous transmission from a different location. [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### criminal recording and broadcasting Scope: courtwide Federal district courts may not permit courtroom photography or broadcasting during criminal judicial proceedings unless a statute or another federal rule provides an exception. Evidence excerpt: Except as otherwise provided by a statute or these rules, the court must not permit the taking of photographs in the courtroom during judicial proceedings or the broadcasting of judicial proceedings from the courtroom. [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ## Sources - [Official profile](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1381631) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1381631) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1381631) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/1319/charles-sherman-haight-jr/) - [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) - [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/1319/charles-sherman-haight-jr/) - [Wikidata: Charles S. Haight, Jr.](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5082264) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/charles-sherman-haight-jr", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/charles-sherman-haight-jr", "name": "Charles Sherman Haight Jr. | KnowJudges", "description": "Charles Sherman Haight Jr., U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. 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Civil and criminal sections have distinct scope and district-specific exceptions. Not Bankruptcy Court rules. [Official source](https://www.nysd.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/local_rules/2026-01-02%20-%20EDNY%20and%20SDNY%20Joint%20Local%20Rules%20As%20Amended.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27. - [Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, December 1, 2025](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-651872d6e45e0d82319ecccc) — Civil actions in United States District Courts; Rule 81 exceptions apply. Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-civil-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27. - [Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, December 1, 2025](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-8721a344fececced2257fe1d) — Criminal proceedings in United States District Courts; this conservative mapping does not distribute appellate-specific provisions to appellate judges. Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27.