--- title: "Elizabeth A. Burns | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/elizabeth-a-burns" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-08-02" --- # Elizabeth A. Burns Cortland County Court of Claims · Court of Claims Judge ## Profile - Court: Cortland County Court of Claims - State: New York - Role: Court of Claims Judge - 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, 6th Judicial District, County Court, Cortland County, Designated by Chief Administrative Judge Lawrence K. Marks, 2021 to Present - Judge, County Court, Cortland County, Designated by Chief Administrative Judge Lawrence K. Marks, 2020 to Present - Judge, NYS Court of Clams Cortland County Governor Kathy Hochul, 2024 to 2028 - Judge on the New York State Court of Claims for Cortland County, appointed by Governor Kathy Hochul in 2024 for a term running through 2027 - Acting Supreme Court Justice, Cortland County Chief Administrative Judge Joseph Zayas 2024 - 2020–2024: Judge of Cortland County Court; supervising judge for County, Town, and Village Courts - Judge, City Court, Cortland, Elected, 2014 to 2023 - 1998–2014: Part-time Cortland City Court judge; elected full-time in 2014 - Judge (Part-Time), City Court, Cortland, Appointed, 1998 to 2001, Reappointed, 2002 to 2011 - Assistant County Attorney, Cortland County - Court Attorney Referee, Special Counsel to Administrative Judge for Town and Village Courts of the 6th Judicial District - She also serves as Acting Supreme Court Justice for the 6th Judicial District, which includes Cortland, Broome, Chemung, Chenango, Delaware, Madison, Otsego, Schuyler, Tioga, and Tompkins counties ### Education - Syracuse University — B.A. (1988) - A.S. — Tompkins Cortland Community College — 1986 - J.D. — SUNY at Buffalo Law School ### Additional information - Law Office of Elizabeth A. Burns - At her swearing-in, Judge Burns said she strives to “have a positive influence on the parties before me... ensuring everyone is heard and is treated with respect without prejudice or bias” ## 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 ### courtroom technology Scope: courtwide The New York Court of Claims publishes courtroom evidence-presentation technology, including document/photo/object/video presentation and laptop connections in specified courtrooms. Evidence excerpt: With minimal effort, attorneys can present documents, color photos, objects, videos, and use electronic presentations to bring details to the court. [Court of Claims Courtroom Technology](https://www.nycourts.gov/courts/court-claims/courtroom-technology) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### 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=0Uhi56SEyMuF2tMeVAyY1g%3D%3D) - [Official roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=0Uhi56SEyMuF2tMeVAyY1g%3D%3D) - [New York State Unified Court System Judicial Directory official judicial roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=0Uhi56SEyMuF2tMeVAyY1g%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) - [Court of Claims Courtroom Technology](https://www.nycourts.gov/courts/court-claims/courtroom-technology) - [Judicial Directory: Hon. 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[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.