Esther M. Morgenstern at a glance
- Current role
- Justice
- Current assignment
- Supreme Court, Kings County, Integrated Domestic Violence Court
- Jurisdiction
- New York · State
- Judicial service
- Active
Esther M. Morgenstern
Justice · Supreme Court, Kings County, Integrated Domestic Violence Court
Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge.
Available research
Biography and careerSource-attributed professional, judicial, and education record
Applicable Court Rules & Procedures2 sourced items · labeled by scope
SourcesOfficial and public records supporting this profile
Biography
Professional career
- Law Clerk, NYS Unified Court System, NY, 1990-1995
- Associate Law Assistant to Acting Justice, NYS Unified Court System, NY, 1988-1990
- Senior Law Assistant to Acting Justice, NYS Unified Court System, NY, 1987-1988
- Law Assistant to Acting Justice, NYS Unified Court System, 1986-1987
- Practitioner, Yisraeli and Yerushalmi, 1985-1986
- Law Assistant, Torras Greenberg, 1984-1985
Judicial service
- Judge, Civil Court of the City of New York, New York, NY, 1996-2005
- Judge, Criminal Court of the City of New York, New York, NY, 1996-2002
- Acting Justice, New York Supreme Court, Queens County, New York, NY, 2002-2005
- Acting Justice, Supreme Court, Family Court, Kings County, New York, NY, 2002-2003
- Justice, Supreme Court, Kings County, Integrated Domestic Violence Court, New York, NY, 2004-2006
- Acting Justice, Supreme Court, Queens County Integrated Domestic Violence Court, New York, NY, 2004-2006
- Acting Justice, New York Supreme Court, Queens County, New York, NY, 2004-2006
- Justice, New York Supreme Court, Kings County, New York, NY, 2006-2019
- Justice, Supreme Court, Kings County, Integrated Domestic Violence Court, New York, NY, 2007-present
- Justice, New York Supreme Court, Kings County, New York, NY, 2020-2033
Education
- Yeshiva University · JD, 1984
- Brooklyn Law School · BA, 1980
- Brooklyn College of the City University of New York in 1980 · B.A.
- University of Wisconsin at Whitewater. Hon. Esther M. Morgensternis a New York State Supreme Court Justice, presiding over the Kings County Integrated Domestic Violence Court · B.A.
- Cardozo School of Law in 1984 · J.D.
- University of Wisconsin at Whitewater · B.A.
Applicable Court Rules & Procedures
Recording and broadcasting
Statewide
New York statewide rules require permission before photographing, filming, videotaping, audiotaping, broadcasting, or telecasting in court facilities, including courtrooms.
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 obtainedPart 29: Electronic Recording and Audio-Visual Coverage in Court Facilities and of Court Proceedings ↗
Exhibits
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.
1.07. COURT CONTROL OVER PRESENTATION OF EVIDENCEGuide to New York Evidence: Article 1, General Provisions and Court's Role ↗
Sources
Supreme Court, Kings County, Integrated Domestic Violence Court current judicial profile
Identity source · HTML · checked August 2, 2026
View Supreme Court, Kings County, Integrated Domestic Violence Court current judicial profile ↗Part 29: Electronic Recording and Audio-Visual Coverage in Court Facilities and of Court Proceedings
Statewide source · HTML · checked July 26, 2026
View Part 29: Electronic Recording and Audio-Visual Coverage in Court Facilities and of Court Proceedings ↗Guide to New York Evidence: Article 1, General Provisions and Court's Role
Statewide source · HTML · checked July 26, 2026
View Guide to New York Evidence: Article 1, General Provisions and Court's Role ↗