--- title: "Christian F. Hummel | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/christian-f-hummel-9433" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-08-02" --- # Christian F. Hummel U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York · Magistrate ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York - State: New York - Role: Magistrate - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-06-30 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Rensselaer County Family Court Judge (1993–2002) - Town Justice, East Greenbush (1986–1993) - The town justice of East Greenbush from 1986 to 1992 - Also held the role of acting city court judge, county court judge, civil court judge in Manhattan, and acting Supreme Court Judge in eight New York counties ### Education ### Additional information - Magistrate, District Court, N.D. New York, 2012-present - U.S. Magistrate Judge, Northern District of New York (2012–2024) Served over 12 years, presiding over civil jury and non‐jury trials and handling extensive pre‐trial matters - Re-appointed to a second term in 2020 - Joined the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York in 2012 - He first joined the court in 2012 - 2011 election Hummel ran successfully for re-election on November 8, 2011, winning 99.81 percent of the vote - In 2002, he joined the Surrogate's Court - Then elected to the Rensselaer County Family Court, where he served from 1993 to 2001 - png) Bench & Bar Bench & Bar Conway, Donovan & Manley, PLLC Welcomes the Honorable Christian F. Hummel As Firm Launches New Mediation Practice Conway, Donovan & Manley, PLLC is pleased to announce that the Honorable Christian F. Hummel, newly-retired United States Magistrate Judge for the Northern District of New York, has joined the firm as Senior Counsel ## 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/9433/christian-f-hummel/) - [Official roster](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/9433/christian-f-hummel/) - [U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York current judicial profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/9433/christian-f-hummel/) - [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/9433/christian-f-hummel/) - [Conway, Donovan & Manley, PLLC Welcomes the Honorable Christian F. Hummel As Firm Launches New Mediation Practice - Bench & Bar](https://albanycountybar.org?pg=Blog&blAction=showEntry&blogEntry=118781) - [Christian F. Hummel - Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Christian_F._Hummel) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/christian-f-hummel-9433", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/christian-f-hummel-9433", "name": "Christian F. Hummel | KnowJudges", "description": "Christian F. Hummel, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York. 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/christian-f-hummel-9433#judge" } }, { "@type": "Person", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/christian-f-hummel-9433#judge", "name": "Christian F. 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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.