--- title: "Evan M. Zuckerman | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/evan-m-zuckerman" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-08-02" --- # Evan M. Zuckerman Suffolk County District Court · District Court Judge ## Profile - Court: Suffolk County District Court - State: New York - Role: District 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, District Court, Suffolk County, Elected, 2023 to 2028 - Judge on the Suffolk County District Court in New York’s 10th Judicial District, elected in 2022 and serving a term through 2028 - Associate Village Justice, Village Court, Lindenhurst, Appointed by the Village Board of Lindenhurst, 2019 to 2022 - NYS Unified Court System, Principal Law Clerk, Supreme Court, Suffolk County, 2006 to 2022 - NYS Unified Court System, Court Attorney, District Court, Suffolk County, 2004 to 2005 - Schlissel Ostrow Karabatos, PLLC, Law Clerk/Associate Attorney, 2000 to 2004 - Before joining the judiciary, Zuckerman held the role of Principal Law Clerk to the Hon ### Education - Joseph Farneti of the Suffolk County Supreme Court from 2006, and was also Associate Village Justice at the Lindenhurst Village Court (2019–2022) He obtained a B.A. in Politics, Philosophy, and Law from Binghamton University (1994) - Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center — J.D. (2003) - a J.D. from Touro University Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center (2003), where he was managing editor of the Touro Law Review ### Additional information - Zuckerman was admitted to the New York State Bar in 2004 and began his legal career as an associate at Schlissel Ostrow Karabatos in Garden City, NY, before becoming a court attorney for the Suffolk County District Court - He is a member of the New York State Bar Association and the Suffolk County Bar Association ## 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=S9_PLUS_LKbwsz/om/FdkrSCfEg%3D%3D) - [Official roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=S9_PLUS_LKbwsz/om/FdkrSCfEg%3D%3D) - [New York State Unified Court System Judicial Directory official judicial roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=S9_PLUS_LKbwsz/om/FdkrSCfEg%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. Evan M. Zuckerman](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=S9_PLUS_LKbwsz/om/FdkrSCfEg%3D%3D) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/evan-m-zuckerman", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/evan-m-zuckerman", "name": "Evan M. Zuckerman | KnowJudges", "description": "Evan M. Zuckerman, Suffolk County District 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/evan-m-zuckerman#judge" } }, { "@type": "Person", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/evan-m-zuckerman#judge", "name": "Evan M. 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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.