--- title: "Doris Ling-Cohan | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/doris-ling-cohan-14875" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-08-02" --- # Doris Ling-Cohan Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · Justice ## Profile - Court: Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York - State: New York - Role: Justice - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-06-30 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Justice, Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York, NY, 2014-present - Justice, New York Supreme Court, New York County, NY, 2017-2030 - Justice, New York Supreme Court, New York County, New York, NY, 2003-2016 - Judge, Civil Court of the City of New York, New York, NY, 1996-2002 - Elected judge of the New York City Civil Court in 1996 - att-gen-ass, New York State Attorney General's Office, NY, 1986-1991 - She then worked as an assistant attorney general for New York State from 1986 to 1991 - Began as an attorney with MFY Legal Services and Bedford-Stuyvesant Legal Services, then joined the New York State Attorney General’s Consumer Fraud Protection Unit - She later held the role of associate counsel at the NYC Department for the Aging and taught law and Asian American studies at multiple institutions - Retired New York State Supreme Court justice, the first woman of Asian descent elected to that court and the first woman of Asian descent appointed to a New York State appellate panel ### Education - New York University School of Law in — J.D. (1979) - B.A. in psychology summa cum laude from Brooklyn College (CUNY) in 1976 - Brooklyn College (City University of New York) — B.A. ### Additional information - Robles (2005), she was the first New York trial judge to rule that banning same-sex marriage was unconstitutional, ten years before the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision. - Then elected to the supreme court in 2003. - Practitioner, N.Y.C. Department for the Aging, 1993-1994 - Senior Staff Attorney, Managing Attorney, MFY Legal Services, Bedford Stuyvesant Legal Services, 1979-1986 - prof, CUNY Queens College, New York, NY, ?-present - She also founded the Safe Horizon Mediation Program in the Civil Court and was a founding member of the Asian American Bar Association of New York - Ling-Cohan served on the Franklin H. Williams Judicial Commission for over a decade, advancing diversity and inclusion initiatives. - She has been recognized by the National Law Journal, New York Post, and the National Asian Pacific Bar Association for her leadership and service - Birth place: New York, NY ## 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/14875/doris-ling-cohan/) - [Official roster](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14875/doris-ling-cohan/) - [Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York current judicial profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14875/doris-ling-cohan/) - [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/14875/doris-ling-cohan/) - [Doris Ling-Cohan - Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Doris_Ling-Cohan) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/doris-ling-cohan-14875", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/doris-ling-cohan-14875", "name": "Doris Ling-Cohan | KnowJudges", "description": "Doris Ling-Cohan, Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York. 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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.