--- title: "Elizabeth J. Newton | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/elizabeth-j-newton" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-08-02" --- # Elizabeth J. Newton 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 - Judge, Family Corut, Queens County, Elected, 2025 to 2035 - New York State judge serving in the Queens County Family Court and Queens 4th Municipal Court District, elected in 2024 for a term through 2035 ### Education - CUNY School of Law — J.D. (1998) - University of Bridgeport — 1989 ### Additional information - Queens County Family Court Judge (since January 2025) — presides over custody, visitation, family offense, adoption, special immigration juvenile status, and related proceedings Duties include conducting trials and hearings, applying family law, issuing protective orders, and resolving disputes between parents and guardians - Legal Aid Society- Criminal Practice-Queens, Supervising Attorney, 2013 to 2024 - Legal Aid Society-Queens, Staff Attorney - Criminal Defense, 2004 to 2013 - Legal Aid Society-Queens, Staff Attorney - Civil Practice, 2001 to 2004 - Administration for Children Services, Staff Atty- Family Court, 1998 to 2001 - Newton has held leadership roles in the Queens County Women’s Bar Association and the Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York ## 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=xGze8Q6AGT00JPslUPJ61w%3D%3D) - [Official roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=xGze8Q6AGT00JPslUPJ61w%3D%3D) - [New York State Unified Court System Judicial Directory official judicial roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=xGze8Q6AGT00JPslUPJ61w%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 J. Newton](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=xGze8Q6AGT00JPslUPJ61w%3D%3D) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/elizabeth-j-newton", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/elizabeth-j-newton", "name": "Elizabeth J. Newton | KnowJudges", "description": "Elizabeth J. Newton, Queens County Family 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/elizabeth-j-newton#judge" } }, { "@type": "Person", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/elizabeth-j-newton#judge", "name": "Elizabeth J. 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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.