--- title: "Donna-Marie E. Golia | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/donna-marie-e-golia-ny-trial-3a26ad4b" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-08-02" --- # Donna-Marie E. Golia Supreme Court, Queens County, Criminal Term · Judicial Officer ## Profile - Court: Supreme Court, Queens County, Criminal Term - State: New York - Role: Judicial Officer - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-27 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Her 2024 elevation to the Appellate Division followed her tenure as Queens’ top criminal court judge, a role she held since 2022 - Administrative Judge, Supreme Court, Queens County, Criminal Term, Appointed by Chief Administrative Judge Lawrence K. Marks, 2022 to Present - previously Justice, Supreme Court, Queens County (elected 2020–2033) - Donna‐Marie E. Golia is Associate Justice of the New York State Appellate Division, Second Department, appointed by Governor Kathy Hochul on August 14, 2024, with a term ending December 31, 2029 - Administrative Judge, Supreme Court, Queens County, Criminal Term — 2022 to August 2024 - Supervising Judge, Civil Court of the City of New York, Queens County — 2018–2019 - Acting Justice, Supreme Court, Queens County — 2016–2019 - Judge, Civil Court of the City of New York, Queens County — elected 2013–2019 - Designated Judge, Criminal Court of the City of New York, Queens County — 2013–2015 ### Education - JD — CUNY School of Law at Queens College — 1996 - Villanova University — B.A. (1992) ### Additional information - Current court assignment: Supreme Court, Queens County, Criminal Term ## 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=/p9M7iR4ZDdMrWqDoc1RlA%3D%3D) - [Official roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=/p9M7iR4ZDdMrWqDoc1RlA%3D%3D) - [New York State Unified Court System official judicial roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=/p9M7iR4ZDdMrWqDoc1RlA%3D%3D) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14761/donna-marie-e-golia/) - [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=/p9M7iR4ZDdMrWqDoc1RlA%3D%3D) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14761/donna-marie-e-golia/) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/donna-marie-e-golia-ny-trial-3a26ad4b", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/donna-marie-e-golia-ny-trial-3a26ad4b", "name": "Donna-Marie E. 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Collected 2026-10-27. - [Appellate Division, Second Department — 22 NYCRR Part 670](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/ny-shared-set-5535b895773568694ec6) — Second Judicial Department Appellate Division proceedings only. [Official source](https://www.nycourts.gov/courts/AD2/pdf/Local_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.