--- title: "E. Danielle Jose Decker | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/e-danielle-jose-decker" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-08-02" --- # E. Danielle Jose Decker Sullivan County Supreme Court · Supreme Court Justice ## Profile - Court: Sullivan County Supreme Court - State: New York - Role: Supreme Court Justice - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-26 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Supervising Judge, Town and Village Courts for the Third Judicial District, 2024-present - Supervising Judge: Since October 2024, she has overseen the district’s Town and Village Courts and led initiatives such as Centralized Arraignment Parts in Albany and Sullivan counties - County, Surrogate's, Family), Designated by Acting Chief Administrative Judge Tamiko Amaker, 2023 to Present - Announced in March 2026 by Chief Administrative Judge Joseph A. Zayas, Judge Jose‐Decker succeeds Justice Christina L. Ryba, who was elevated to the Appellate Division, Third Department - Elected 2020: Sullivan County’s first woman County Court Judge - Ricciani & Jose, LLP, Partner, 2004 to 2020 - Greenwald Law Offices, Senior Associate, 2002 to 2004 - Sullivan County District Attorney's Office, Assistant District Attorney, 2000 to 2002 - E. Danielle Jose‐Decker is the newly appointed Administrative Judge for New York’s Capital Region’s Third Judicial District ### Education - Albany Law School of Union University — J.D. (2000) ### Additional information - County, Surrogate's, Family), Elected, 2021 to 2030 - Town of Tusten, Attorney for the Town, 2020 to 2020 - Town of Fallsburg, Special Counsel, 2019 to 2020 - Village of Wurtsboro, Village Attorney, 2019 to 2020 - Town of Forestburgh, Attorney for the Town, 2016 to 2020 - NYS Unified Court System, Sullivan County Liaison for the NYS Appellate Division, Third Department Office of Attorneys for Children, 2016 to 2020 - Town of Lumberland, Attorney for the Town, 2011 to 2020 - SUNY Sullivan, Adjunct Professor, 2011 to 2012 - Village of Monticello, Village Attorney, 2004 to 2008 - As Administrative Judge, she will lead trial court operations across the district, including supervision of 118 Town and Village Courts. - overseeing trial court operations in Albany, Columbia, Greene, Rensselaer, Schoharie, Sullivan, and Ulster counties - Other judicial roles: Surrogate, Acting Family Court Judge, Acting Supreme Court Justice - She also continues to serve as Surrogate, Acting Family Court Judge, and Acting Supreme Court Justice in Sullivan County - Judge Jose‐Decker is active in professional organizations, including the Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York, the Capital District Women’s Bar Association, and the New York State County Court Judges’ 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 ### trial exhibit books Scope: statewide In New York Supreme Court and County Court civil cases, the court may require indexed trial exhibit binders, notebooks, or electronic equivalents for the court, counsel, and witnesses. Evidence excerpt: The court may direct that on the first day of trial or at such other time as the court may set, counsel shall submit an indexed binder or notebook, or the electronic equivalent, of trial exhibits for the court's use. [Part 202: Uniform Civil Rules for the Supreme Court and the County Court](https://www.nycourts.gov/rules/part-202-uniform-civil-rules-supreme-court-and-county-court) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### exhibit marking Scope: statewide Civil trial counsel in New York Supreme Court and County Court must confer before trial and attempt to agree on exhibits to be offered without objection, unless the court directs otherwise. Evidence excerpt: Counsel for the parties shall consult prior to trial and shall in good faith attempt to agree upon the exhibits that will be offered into evidence without objection. [Part 202: Uniform Civil Rules for the Supreme Court and the County Court](https://www.nycourts.gov/rules/part-202-uniform-civil-rules-supreme-court-and-county-court) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### virtual evidence courtroom Scope: statewide For Commercial Division matters, New York rules encourage Virtual Evidence Courtrooms for managing and presenting trial evidence after authorization by request or court direction. Evidence excerpt: Virtual Evidence Courtrooms (VECs) may be used to facilitate real-time access to trial exhibits and other relevant documents. [Part 202.70 Commercial Division Rules: Virtual Evidence Courtrooms and Trial Exhibits](https://www.nycourts.gov/rules/part-202-uniform-civil-rules-supreme-court-and-county-court) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### electronic appearances Scope: statewide For New York criminal proceedings, virtual and hybrid appearances are governed by Part 200 consent, objection, public-access, and calendar-update requirements. Evidence excerpt: For all hybrid proceedings, all electronic appearances shall be projected in the physical courtroom in which the in-person portion of the proceeding is taking place in such a manner as to provide a reasonable opportunity for members of the public to view and hear the participants appearing electronically. [Part 200: Uniform Rules for Courts Exercising Criminal Jurisdiction](https://www.nycourts.gov/rules/part-200-uniform-rules-courts-exercising-criminal-jurisdiction) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ## Sources - [Official profile](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=CN/xd8fs1p/bE25369VOSg%3D%3D) - [Official roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=CN/xd8fs1p/bE25369VOSg%3D%3D) - [New York State Unified Court System Judicial Directory official judicial roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=CN/xd8fs1p/bE25369VOSg%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) - [Part 202: Uniform Civil Rules for the Supreme Court and the County Court](https://www.nycourts.gov/rules/part-202-uniform-civil-rules-supreme-court-and-county-court) - [Part 202.70 Commercial Division Rules: Virtual Evidence Courtrooms and Trial Exhibits](https://www.nycourts.gov/rules/part-202-uniform-civil-rules-supreme-court-and-county-court) - [Part 200: Uniform Rules for Courts Exercising Criminal Jurisdiction](https://www.nycourts.gov/rules/part-200-uniform-rules-courts-exercising-criminal-jurisdiction) - [Judicial Directory: Hon. E. Danielle Jose-Decker](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=CN/xd8fs1p/bE25369VOSg%3D%3D) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/e-danielle-jose-decker", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/e-danielle-jose-decker", "name": "E. Danielle Jose Decker | KnowJudges", "description": "E. Danielle Jose Decker, Sullivan County Supreme 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/e-danielle-jose-decker#judge" } }, { "@type": "Person", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/e-danielle-jose-decker#judge", "name": "E. 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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.