--- title: "Christopher C. Brocato | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/christopher-c-brocato" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-08-02" --- # Christopher C. Brocato Suffolk County Family Court · Family Court Judge ## Profile - Court: Suffolk County Family Court - State: New York - Role: Family Court Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-26 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Christopher Charles Brocato is a New York State registered attorney admitted in 2003, completed studies at New York Law School, and currently associated with the Law Office of Chris Brocato in Central Islip. - Judge, Suffolk County Family Court, Elected, 2025 to 2035 - Elected judge of the Suffolk County Family Court in New York, serving a term from 2025 to 2034, and presiding over family cases in Central Islip, NY - Brocato & Byrne, LLP., Partner, 2008 to 2020 - Suffolk County District Attorney's Office, Assistant District Attorney, 2004 to 2008 ### Education - New York Law School — 2002 - Flagler College — B.A. (1993) ### Additional information - Law Office of Chris Brocato, Owner/Founder, 2020 to 2024 - His legal career includes both judicial service and private practice ## 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=XruyxUSyTZlyB0jqFgX9oA%3D%3D) - [Official roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=XruyxUSyTZlyB0jqFgX9oA%3D%3D) - [New York State Unified Court System Judicial Directory official judicial roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=XruyxUSyTZlyB0jqFgX9oA%3D%3D) - [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) - [Judicial Directory: Hon. Christopher C. Brocato](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=XruyxUSyTZlyB0jqFgX9oA%3D%3D) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/christopher-c-brocato", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/christopher-c-brocato", "name": "Christopher C. Brocato | KnowJudges", "description": "Christopher C. Brocato, Suffolk County Family Court. 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/christopher-c-brocato#judge" } }, { "@type": "Person", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/christopher-c-brocato#judge", "name": "Christopher C. 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[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.