--- title: "Diane Kiesel | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/diane-kiesel-14839" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-07" --- # Diane Kiesel New York County Supreme Court · Acting Justice ## Profile - Court: New York County Supreme Court - 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, New York Supreme Court, New York County, New York, NY, 2018-present - Acting Justice, New York Supreme Court, New York County, New York, NY, 2004-present - Judge, Criminal Court of the City of New York, New York, NY, 2009-2018 - Judge, Criminal Court of the City of New York, New York, NY, 1999-2008 - Assistant District Attorney, Office of the New York County District Attorney, New York, NY, 1989-1999 - Before joining the bench, Kiesel was a New York County District Attorney from 1989, starting as an assistant DA and rising to deputy chief of the Child Abuse Unit. - She prosecuted homicides, sex crimes, corrupt police cases, and child abuse matters Her legal career began as an associate at Cahill, Gordon & Reindel (1987–1989) and as a law clerk to Hon - Law Clerk, District Court, D. Maryland, 1985-1987 - Acting Justice, New York County Supreme Court, Criminal Term, Part 31, Room 733 - Distinguished jurist with a long career in New York’s criminal justice system, now serving as an acting justice of the New York County Supreme Court, Criminal Term in the 1st Judicial District ### Education - Catholic University of America — J.D. (1985) - American University — M.A., public affairs journalism, 1978 - Rutgers University — B.A., communications and English, 1975 - Columbus School of Law — J.D. ### Additional information - Practitioner, Cahill Gordon and Reindel, New York, NY, 1987-1999 - Writer/editor, The City Desk, Inc., 1982-1983 - Reporter, Copley Newspapers, New York, NY, 1978-1982 - Reporter, The Woodbridge News Tribune, 1976-1977 - Reporter, The Hunterdon County Democrat, 1976-1976 - Date of birth: 1953 ## 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/14839/diane-kiesel/) - [Official roster](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14839/diane-kiesel/) - [New York Supreme Court, New York County current judicial profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14839/diane-kiesel/) - [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/14839/diane-kiesel/) - [Book Talk: Hon. Diane Kiesel Dives Deep into Law, Celebrity, and Scandal - NYLS News](https://news.nyls.edu/book-talk-hon-diane-kiesel-dives-deep-into-law-celebrity-and-scandal) - [2020 Distinguished Recent Alumni Award Recipient - The Honorable Diane Kiesel '85 | CUA](https://www.law.edu/alumni/alumni-leadership/distinguished-alumni-awards/distinguished-alumni-bios/2020-Distinguished-Alumni-Award-Winners/2020-The-Honorable-Diane-Kiesel-85.html) - [Wikidata: Diane Kiesel](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q50682297) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/diane-kiesel-14839", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/diane-kiesel-14839", "name": "Diane Kiesel | KnowJudges", "description": "Diane Kiesel, New York 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. - [New York County Supreme Court, Civil Branch — Rules of the Justices](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/ny-shared-set-d3c269bb7fe692b08197) — Civil Branch proceedings in New York County Supreme Court only; not criminal proceedings. Preserve source version and check later judge/part instructions. [Official source](https://www.nycourts.gov/LegacyPDFS/courts/1jd/supctmanh/Uniform_Rules.pdf). 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.