--- title: "Craig Hannah | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/craig-hannah-ny-trial-da6fe994" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-07" --- # Craig Hannah Erie County Supreme Court · Justice ## Profile - Court: Erie County Supreme Court - State: New York - Role: Justice - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-27 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Justice, Supreme Court, Erie County, Elected, 2023 to 2036 - Also a justice of the New York Supreme Court, 8th Judicial District, elected in November 2022 for a full 14-year term ending 2036 - 2006–2019: Buffalo City Court Judge, later Chief Judge (2019–2022) - 2016–2019: Supervising Judge of 11 city courts in Western New York’s 8th Judicial District — the first Supervising Judge of Color in the region - 2017: Presiding judge of the first Opioid Intervention Court in the U.S., established in Buffalo - 2008: Acting Erie County Court Judge (juvenile matters) - Justice Hannah is widely recognized for his leadership in treatment courts and addiction recovery initiatives ### Education ### Additional information - Craig D. Hannah joined the Appellate Division, Fourth Department by Governor Kathy Hochul on March 28, 2024, and serves until 2026. - Current court assignment: Supreme Court, Erie County - Craig D. Hannah is an Associate Justice of the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Fourth Department, and former Chief Judge of Buffalo City Court, known for pioneering the first Opioid Intervention Court in the U.S - He has lectured nationally and internationally on treatment courts, stigma reduction, and recovery, and is a personal example of long-term sobriety (over 20 years clean) ## 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=C4m6/S53NoroZ69GjW4vMA%3D%3D) - [Official roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=C4m6/S53NoroZ69GjW4vMA%3D%3D) - [New York State Unified Court System official judicial roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=C4m6/S53NoroZ69GjW4vMA%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) - [New York State Unified Court System judicial profile or roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=C4m6/S53NoroZ69GjW4vMA%3D%3D) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/craig-hannah-ny-trial-da6fe994", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/craig-hannah-ny-trial-da6fe994", "name": "Craig Hannah | KnowJudges", "description": "Craig Hannah, Erie County Supreme Court. 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[Official source](https://www.nycourts.gov/rules/part-200-uniform-rules-courts-exercising-criminal-jurisdiction). Collected 2026-10-27. - [22 NYCRR Part 202 — Uniform Civil Rules Supreme Court And County Court](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/ny-shared-set-bf1c7eb9020e52eed65d) — Civil actions and proceedings only; section-specific and specialized-part restrictions remain applicable. [Official source](https://www.nycourts.gov/rules/part-202-uniform-civil-rules-supreme-court-and-county-court). Collected 2026-10-27. - [Practice Rules of the Appellate Division — 22 NYCRR Part 1250](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/ny-shared-set-f25158f78380e6ddc10f) — Appellate Division matters only; not Appellate Terms or the Court of Appeals. 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.