--- title: "Elizabeth Donoghue | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/elizabeth-donoghue" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-07" --- # Elizabeth Donoghue New York City Civil Court, Bronx County, Housing Part · Housing Court Judge ## Profile - Court: New York City Civil Court, Bronx County, Housing Part - State: New York - Role: Housing 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 - Judge, Housing Court, Civil Court of the City of New York, Appointed by Chief Administrative Judge Lawrence K. Marks, 2022 to 2026 - New York State judge presiding over civil cases in the Bronx County Housing Court, appointed in 2022 for a term ending in 2026 - Himmelstein, McConnell, Gribben, Donoghue & Joseph, LLP, Partner, 1997 to 2021 - Himmelstein, McConnell & Gribben, Associate, 1993 to 1997 ### Education - Georgetown University Law Center — LL.M. (1990) - Antioch School of Law — J.D. (1983) ### Additional information ## 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=pkkag47aMXSYgQACPLKJGw%3D%3D) - [Official roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=pkkag47aMXSYgQACPLKJGw%3D%3D) - [New York State Unified Court System Judicial Directory official judicial roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=pkkag47aMXSYgQACPLKJGw%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. Elizabeth Donoghue](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=pkkag47aMXSYgQACPLKJGw%3D%3D) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/elizabeth-donoghue", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/elizabeth-donoghue", "name": "Elizabeth Donoghue | KnowJudges", "description": "Elizabeth Donoghue, New York City Civil Court, Bronx County, Housing Part. 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An attorney or party who prefers to be addressed by name or pronoun other than that listed on the court file, shall promptly inform court personnel. See document heading and cited passage; do not apply outside the issuing part or proceeding. [Official rules document](https://www.nycourts.gov/legacyPDFs/COURTS/nyc/housing/Judge/partrules/EDonoghu.pdf) · Source page 1 · Collected 2026-10-27 #### Conferences and appearances a. Counsel and litigants must appear in person unless the Court approves a virtual appearance in advance. See document heading and cited passage; do not apply outside the issuing part or proceeding. [Official rules document](https://www.nycourts.gov/legacyPDFs/COURTS/nyc/housing/Judge/partrules/EDonoghu.pdf) · Source page 2 · Collected 2026-10-27 #### Filing and working copies a. Uploading exhibits for hearings on NYSCEF is for identification purposes only; no document shall be deemed an exhibit until introduced and accepted into evidence by the Court at a hearing. See document heading and cited passage; do not apply outside the issuing part or proceeding. [Official rules document](https://www.nycourts.gov/legacyPDFs/COURTS/nyc/housing/Judge/partrules/EDonoghu.pdf) · Source page 2 · Collected 2026-10-27 #### Motion practice b. The Court takes argument on all motions unless otherwise advised. The parties and counsel may not stipulate to submit motion(s) without prior Court approval. See document heading and cited passage; do not apply outside the issuing part or proceeding. [Official rules document](https://www.nycourts.gov/legacyPDFs/COURTS/nyc/housing/Judge/partrules/EDonoghu.pdf) · Source page 3 · Collected 2026-10-27 #### Adjournments b. The Court will not adjourn matters by email unless confirmed in writing in advance of a court date. See document heading and cited passage; do not apply outside the issuing part or proceeding. [Official rules document](https://www.nycourts.gov/legacyPDFs/COURTS/nyc/housing/Judge/partrules/EDonoghu.pdf) · Source page 3 · Collected 2026-10-27 #### Adjournments Where a respondent fails to appear at the time a nonpayment proceeding is scheduled to be heard, no default judgment will be entered unless and until a “zero balance” rent ledger is provided to the Court on NYSCEF and to Part E at: KI- HOUSING-504@nycourts.gov. In the event a rent ledger is not provided within seven days of the court date, the judgment may be denied, the proceeding may be dismissed, or the case may be adjourned at the Court’s discretion. See document heading and cited passage; do not apply outside the issuing part or proceeding. [Official rules document](https://www.nycourts.gov/legacyPDFs/COURTS/nyc/housing/Judge/partrules/EDonoghu.pdf) · Source page 3 · Collected 2026-10-27 ### Shared court rules - [22 NYCRR Part 208 — Uniform Civil Rules New York City Civil Court](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/ny-shared-set-00f2d08e4f52c6cb4937) — Civil actions and proceedings only; section-specific and specialized-part restrictions remain applicable. [Official source](https://www.nycourts.gov/rules/part-208-uniform-civil-rules-new-york-city-civil-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.