--- title: "Crystal R. Villasenor | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/crystal-r-villasenor" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-08-02" --- # Crystal R. Villasenor New York County Family Court · Family Court Judge ## Profile - Court: New York 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 - Judge, Family Court of the City of New York, New York County, Designated by Chief Administrative Judge Joseph A. Zayas, 2025 to Present - Judge, Civil Court of the City of New York, New York County, Elected, 2025 to 2034 - Crystal R. Villaseñor is a Democratic Party judge elected in 2024 to New York County Civil Court, serving as an Acting Justice in Manhattan Family Court, and is among the first Mexican Americans to serve on NYC’s Civil Court - NYS Unified Court System, Associate Court Attorney, Bronx Criminal Court, 2023 to 2024 - The Law Office of Jack L. Glasser, P.C. Of Counsel, 2016 - The Law Office of Glasser & McGuire, PLLC, Associate 2011 to 2015 ### Education - Florida Coastal School of Law — J.D. (2010) - Johnson & Wales University — B.S. (2006) ### Additional information - NYS Unified Court System, Special Master, Supreme Court New York County, 2022 - The Law Office of Crystal R. Villasenor, PLLC, Principal, 2017 to 2022 - Graduate of the Florida Coastal School of Law - Assigned as an Acting Justice in Manhattan Family Court, presiding over Child Protection, Custody, Visitation, and Family Offense cases - Before her judicial appointment, Villaseñor held the role of an Associate Court Attorney in Bronx County Criminal Court under Hon. - She has also served on the Diversity Committee for the Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York. - Villaseñor is Vice President of the New York Women’s Bar Association and co-chair of its Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Civil Courts, and Summer Program committees. ## 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=Z3/mKGwiBP1Q9uK_PLUS_N3idaQ%3D%3D) - [Official roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=Z3/mKGwiBP1Q9uK_PLUS_N3idaQ%3D%3D) - [New York State Unified Court System Judicial Directory official judicial roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=Z3/mKGwiBP1Q9uK_PLUS_N3idaQ%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. Crystal R. Villasenor](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=Z3/mKGwiBP1Q9uK_PLUS_N3idaQ%3D%3D) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/crystal-r-villasenor", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/crystal-r-villasenor", "name": "Crystal R. Villasenor | KnowJudges", "description": "Crystal R. Villasenor, New York 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/crystal-r-villasenor#judge" } }, { "@type": "Person", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/crystal-r-villasenor#judge", "name": "Crystal R. 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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.