--- title: "Fernando M. Camacho | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/fernando-m-camacho" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-08-03" --- # Fernando M. Camacho Suffolk County Court of Claims · Court of Claims Judge ## Profile - Court: Suffolk County Court of Claims - State: New York - Role: Court of Claims Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-26 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Acting Justice, New York Supreme Court, Suffolk County, 2013-present - Acting Justice, Supreme Court, Suffolk County, Appointed by Chief Administrative Judge A. Gail Prudenti, 2013 to Present - Judge, New York Court of Claims, 2014-2022 - The record notes that nYS Court of Claims judge — appointed in 2008 by Governor David Patterson, reappointed in 2014 by Governor Andrew Cuomo - Judge, Court of Claims, Appointed by Governor David Patterson, 2008 to 2013 - Judge, New York Court of Claims, 2008-2013 - Administrative Judge for Criminal Matters, Eleventh Judicial District, Appointed by Chief Administrative Judge Ann Pfau, 2009 to 2012 - Acting Justice, New York Supreme Court, Queens County, 2008-2012 - Acting Justice, Supreme Court, Queens County, Appointed by Chief Administrative Judge Ann Pfau, 2008 to 2012 - Judge, Criminal Court of the City of New York, Queens County, Appointed by Mayor Michael Bloomberg, 2002 to 2008 - Judge, The Criminal Court of the City of New York, Kings, New York, NY, 1997-2008 - Criminal Court Judge: Served in Kings County (1997–2002) and Queens County (2002–2008) - Judge, Criminal Court of the City of New York, Kings County, Appointed by Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, 1997 to 2002 - Assistant District Attorney, Manhattan District Attorney's Office, 1985-1995 - Acting Supreme Court Justice of the Suffolk County Supreme Court (10th Judicial District, New York) and a judge on the New York State Court of Claims - Former Acting Supreme Court Justice in Queens County’s Integrated Domestic Violence Court ### Education - Fordham University School of Law — J.D. (1985) - Columbia College — B.A. (1982) ### Additional information - Re-appointed by Governor Andrew Cuomo, 2014 to 2022 - Acting Supreme Court Justice, Suffolk County — presides over Suffolk County’s CONCEPTS Court (created January 2021), which provides alternatives to residential placement for youth (ages 12–17) charged as juvenile delinquents, many of whom are victims of sex trafficking - Practitioner, Private Practice, 1995-1997 - Private Practice, Attorney, 1995 to 1997 - Birth place: Cuba ## 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 ### courtroom technology Scope: courtwide The New York Court of Claims publishes courtroom evidence-presentation technology, including document/photo/object/video presentation and laptop connections in specified courtrooms. Evidence excerpt: With minimal effort, attorneys can present documents, color photos, objects, videos, and use electronic presentations to bring details to the court. [Court of Claims Courtroom Technology](https://www.nycourts.gov/courts/court-claims/courtroom-technology) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### 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=1ZULB7mXBcQO9ZCliEGh1w%3D%3D) - [Official roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=1ZULB7mXBcQO9ZCliEGh1w%3D%3D) - [New York State Unified Court System Judicial Directory official judicial roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=1ZULB7mXBcQO9ZCliEGh1w%3D%3D) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14614/fernando-camacho/) - [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) - [Court of Claims Courtroom Technology](https://www.nycourts.gov/courts/court-claims/courtroom-technology) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14614/fernando-camacho/) - [Judicial Directory: Hon. Fernando Camacho](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=1ZULB7mXBcQO9ZCliEGh1w%3D%3D) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/fernando-m-camacho", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/fernando-m-camacho", "name": "Fernando M. Camacho | KnowJudges", "description": "Fernando M. Camacho, Suffolk County Court of Claims. Source-linked judicial identity, courtroom procedures, and presentation guidance.", "dateModified": "2026-08-03", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/fernando-m-camacho#judge" } }, { "@type": "Person", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/fernando-m-camacho#judge", "name": "Fernando M. 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[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.