--- title: "Erik Pinsonnault | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/erik-pinsonnault" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-08-02" --- # Erik Pinsonnault Bronx County Family Court · Family Court Judge ## Profile - Court: Bronx 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 - Judicial Offices Judge, Family Court of the City of New York, Bronx County, Appointed, 2025 to 2030 - Bronx County Family Court judge appointed by NYC Mayor Eric Adams in 2025 for a term running through 2030, presiding over family cases in the Bronx - As of February 2026, Judge Pinsonnault has been serving on the Family Court of Bronx County for two years. - NYS Unified Court System, Appellate Division, Second Department Senior Principal Law Clerk to Justice, 2022 to 2025 - NYS Office of the Attorney General Assistant Attorney General (Litigation Bureau), 2017 to 2022 - NYS Unified Court System, Appellate Division, Second Department Principal Law Clerk to Justice, 2014 to 2017 - NYS Unified Court System, Appellate Division, Second Department (Senior) Appellate Court Attorney, 2010 to 2014 - Public records list Erik Boule Pinsonnault as a New York State registered attorney, admitted in 2010, with a law degree from the University of the District of Columbia, David A. Clarke School of Law. - He has been associated with the Unified Court System – Appellate Division, Second Department and previously worked in the Office of the Attorney General, Litigation Bureau ### Education - University of the District of Columbia, David A. Clarke School of Law — J.D. (2009) - B.A. — State University of New York at Plattsburgh — 2004 ### Additional information - Most recently appointed by Mayor Eric Adams in June 2025 for a five‐year term (2025–2030). ## 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/JudicialDirectory) - [Official roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/JudicialDirectory) - [New York State Unified Court System Judicial Directory official judicial roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/JudicialDirectory) - [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. Erik Pinsonnault](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=3U8/DKrCcQMn1/HRnlJ2SQ%3D%3D) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/erik-pinsonnault", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/erik-pinsonnault", "name": "Erik Pinsonnault | KnowJudges", "description": "Erik Pinsonnault, Bronx County Family Court. 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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.