--- title: "Efrain L. Alvarado | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/efrain-l-alvarado-14555" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-08-02" --- # Efrain L. Alvarado New York Supreme Court, Bronx County · Acting Justice ## Profile - Court: New York Supreme Court, Bronx County - 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, Bronx County, 1994-present - Retired acting justice of the Bronx County Supreme Court in New York’s 12th Judicial District, appointed in 1994 and retired in 2024 - Acting Justice, Bronx County Supreme Court (1994–2024) — Appointed by the Chief Administrative Judge of New York State; served in the Criminal Term of the 12th Judicial District - New York City Criminal Court Judge — Appointed in 1988 by Mayor Ed Koch; reappointed by Mayors David Dinkins (1991), Rudy Giuliani (2001), Michael Bloomberg (2011), and Bill de Blasio (2021) - Judge, Criminal Court of the City of New York, 2011-2020 - Administrative Law Judge, New York Supreme Court, 2009-2013 - Administrative Judge for Criminal Matters, 12th Judicial District — Served 2009–2013 - Judge, Criminal Court of the City of New York, 2001-2010 - Judge, Criminal Court of the City of New York, 1988-1990 - Chief Assistant District Attorney, Bronx County District Attorney's Office, New York City, NY, 1987-1988 - Chief of the Narcotics Bureau, Bronx County District Attorney's Office, New York City, NY, 1985-1987 - Various administrative and trial positions, Bronx County District Attorney's Office, New York City, NY, 1976-1985 - Also recognized for his long service on the New York City Criminal Court and as an administrative judge in the 12th Judicial District ### Education - New York University — J.D. (1976) - New York University — B.A. (1973) ### Additional information - Faculty Member, National Judicial College, Reno, NV, 1998-present ## 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/14555/efrain-l-alvarado/) - [Official roster](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14555/efrain-l-alvarado/) - [New York Supreme Court, Bronx County current judicial profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14555/efrain-l-alvarado/) - [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/14555/efrain-l-alvarado/) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/efrain-l-alvarado-14555", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/efrain-l-alvarado-14555", "name": "Efrain L. 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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.