--- title: "Debra A. Martin | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/debra-a-martin-14904" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-08-02" --- # Debra A. Martin Supreme Court, 7th Judicial Department · Acting Justice ## Profile - Court: Supreme Court, 7th Judicial Department - State: New York - Role: Acting Justice - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-06-30 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Acting Justice, Supreme Court, 7th Judicial Department, NY, 2016-present - 2015–2025: Judge, New York State Court of Claims (Rochester branch) - Judge, New York Court of Claims, NY, 2015-2020 - Retired judge of the New York State Court of Claims, appointed by former Governor Andrew M. Cuomo in 2015 - att-gen-ass, NYS Office of the Attorney General, Rochester Regional Office, Rochester, NY, 2008-2015 - Partner, Martin & Iati, LLP, NY, 1989-2008 - 1989–2008: Partner, Martin & Iati, LLP (insurance defense matters) - Managing Attorney, Staff Counsel Department, AETNA Causualty & Surety Company, 1981-1988 - 1978–1980: Associate Attorney, Downs, Rachlin & Martin - Notable work: Led a restorative justice pilot program in the Seventh Judicial District, aiming to resolve civil lawsuits through cooperative, harm‐repair approaches - She also held the role of an acting justice on the Monroe County Supreme Court ### Education - Catholic University of America — J.D. (1978) - St Lawrence University — B.A. (1975) ### Additional information - Practitioner, Harris, Beach, Wilcox, Rubin & Levey, 1980-1981 - Practitioner, Downs, Rachlin & Martin, NY, 1978-1980 - In a high‐profile University of Rochester case, Martin explored restorative justice to resolve a multi‐year civil dispute, though the pilot was not fully successful. - She has also volunteered as a tutor for Literacy Volunteers of Rochester - She has held the role of president of the Greater Rochester Association for Women Attorneys, the American Board of Trial Advocates, and the Pittsford Community Library. - Martin has been active in the New York State Bar Association, New York State Women’s Bar Association, and Monroe County Bar Association. ## 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/14904/debra-a-martin/) - [Official roster](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14904/debra-a-martin/) - [Supreme Court, 7th Judicial Department current judicial profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14904/debra-a-martin/) - [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/14904/debra-a-martin/) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/debra-a-martin-14904", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/debra-a-martin-14904", "name": "Debra A. 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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.