--- title: "Fiordaliza A. Rodriguez | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/fiordaliza-a-rodriguez" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-08-02" --- # Fiordaliza A. Rodriguez 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 - Court of Claims — Appointed in 2026 by Governor Kathy Hochul; also acting Justice of the Supreme Court, Bronx Family Court - Judge in the Family Court of the City of New York (Bronx County) and, as of 2026, also serves as a Judge of the New York State Court of Claims - Judge, Family Court of the City of New York, Bronx County, Appointed by Mayor Bill de Blasio, 2015 to 2024 - New York County Family Court, Court Attorney Referee, 2010 to 2014 - Law Office of Rodriguez & Associates, Partner, 2007 to 2010 - Law Office of Rodriguez & Fuentes, Of Counsel, 2005 to 2010 - Law Office of Fiordaliza A. Rodriguez, Solo Practitioner & 18-B Assigned Counsel Plan Attorney, 2003 to 2010 - Private Practice — Sole practitioner and 18‐B Assigned Counsel Plan Attorney; later Law Office of Rodriguez & Fuentes, then Rodriguez & Associates ### Education - City University of New York (C.U.N.Y.) School of Law — J.D. (1999) - B.A. — John Jay College of Criminal Justice — 1993 ### Additional information - Re-Appointed by Mayor Eric Adams 2024 to 2034 - NYC Administration for Children's Services, Special Assistant Corporation Counsel, 1999 to 2003 - M.S. — new School for Social Research, Milano Graduate School of Management and urban policy — 1996 - Born in the Dominican Republic, Rodriguez moved to the U.S. in 1981 and was the first Dominican to sit in the Bronx County Family Court. - Blue‐belt Tae Kwon Do practitioner - Honored by the President of Nicaragua for her humanitarian efforts ## 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=MEfmUZxj856tacLe6dNrDQ%3D%3D) - [Official roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=MEfmUZxj856tacLe6dNrDQ%3D%3D) - [New York State Unified Court System Judicial Directory official judicial roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=MEfmUZxj856tacLe6dNrDQ%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. Fiordaliza A. Rodriguez](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=MEfmUZxj856tacLe6dNrDQ%3D%3D) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/fiordaliza-a-rodriguez", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/fiordaliza-a-rodriguez", "name": "Fiordaliza A. Rodriguez | KnowJudges", "description": "Fiordaliza A. Rodriguez, Bronx 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/fiordaliza-a-rodriguez#judge" } }, { "@type": "Person", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/fiordaliza-a-rodriguez#judge", "name": "Fiordaliza A. 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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.