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# Elenor C. Reid

Queens County Family Court · Family Court Judge

## Profile

- Court: Queens County Family Court
- State: New York
- Role: Family Court Judge
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-07-26

## Summary

Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge.

## Biography

### Professional career

- Elenor C. Reid Cherry is a judge in the Family Court of the City of New York, Queens County, serving since 2020 and currently appointed for a term through 2031
- Judge, Family Court of the City of New York, Queens County, Designated by Chief Adminstrative Judge Lawrence K. Marks, 2020 to Present
- Judge, Civil Court of the City of New York, Queens County, Elected, 2017 to 2027
- Judge, Family Court of the City of New York, Bronx County, Appointed by Mayor Bill de Blasio, 2017 to 2021
- 2017–2020: Judge in the Family Court of the City of New York, Bronx County
- Judge, Family Court of the City of New York, Designated by Chief Administrative Lawrence K. Marks, 2017 to 2018
- 2017: held the role of interim judge in the Civil Court of the City of New York; elected to the Civil Court in Queens County later that year
- NYS Unified Court System, Principal Law Secretary to Justice, 2002 to 2017
- Judge Reid Cherry’s career spans both judicial and administrative roles in New York’s court system

### Education

- New York Law School — J.D. (1998)

### Additional information

- Appointment: Designated to the seat by former Chief Administrative Judge Lawrence Marks in 2020; reappointed by former Mayor Bill de Blasio in 2021
- She has handled a variety of family law matters in Queens and Bronx counties, and her prior leadership role as Principal Law Secretary involved overseeing court operations

## 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=S3Li91zNrP4xn/StOFVi0Q%3D%3D)
- [Official roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=S3Li91zNrP4xn/StOFVi0Q%3D%3D)
- [New York State Unified Court System Judicial Directory official judicial roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=S3Li91zNrP4xn/StOFVi0Q%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)
- [Judicial Directory: Hon. Elenor C. Reid](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=S3Li91zNrP4xn/StOFVi0Q%3D%3D)

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## Published courtroom rules

### Shared court rules

- [22 NYCRR Part 205 — Uniform Rules Family Court](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/ny-shared-set-df42937f9fd0e92b8072) — Family Court proceedings [Official source](https://www.nycourts.gov/rules/part-205-uniform-rules-family-court). 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.
