--- title: "Henry J. Nowak | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/henry-j-nowak-ny-trial-0dccc6a4" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-07" --- # Henry J. Nowak Erie County Supreme Court · Justice ## Profile - Court: Erie County Supreme Court - State: New York - Role: Justice - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-27 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - He also continues to serve as a justice of the Erie County Supreme Court, 8th Judicial District, elected in 2010, with his term ending in 2038 - Justice, Supreme Court, Erie County, Elected, 2011 to 2024 - Justice, New York Supreme Court, Erie County, NY, 2011-2024 - Associate Justice of the New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Fourth Department, appointed by Governor Kathy Hochul on July 28, 2023 - Judge, Buffalo City Court, Buffalo, NY, 2003-2010 - Buffalo City Court Judge (2003–2010): Assigned to the Buffalo Housing Court - Associate, Partner, Lipsitz, Green, Fahringer,Roll, Salisbury & Cambria, L.L.P., 1994-1999 ### Education - JD — University at Buffalo — 1993 - magna cum laude — University at Buffalo — 1990 ### Additional information - He has served on the Buffalo History Museum Board (2005–2013), the Erie County Lead Paint Task Force, and the University at Buffalo Law Alumni Association - Vice President, Board of Managers, Buffalo & Erie County Historical Society, 2009-2011 - Practitioner, Connors & Vilardo, LLP, 1998-2002 - Date of birth: 1968-05-17 - Current court assignment: Supreme Court, Erie County - overseeing housing violations and evictions - He has also taught at the University at Buffalo School of Law, the New York State Judicial Institute, and led community legal clinics - Birth place: Buffalo, NY ## 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=NpAUuDREqoTJpWJstzODaA%3D%3D) - [Official roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=NpAUuDREqoTJpWJstzODaA%3D%3D) - [New York State Unified Court System official judicial roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=NpAUuDREqoTJpWJstzODaA%3D%3D) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14982/henry-j-nowak-jr/) - [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) - [New York State Unified Court System judicial profile or roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=NpAUuDREqoTJpWJstzODaA%3D%3D) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14982/henry-j-nowak-jr/) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/henry-j-nowak-ny-trial-0dccc6a4", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/henry-j-nowak-ny-trial-0dccc6a4", "name": "Henry J. 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Collected 2026-10-27. - [Practice Rules of the Appellate Division — 22 NYCRR Part 1250](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/ny-shared-set-f25158f78380e6ddc10f) — Appellate Division matters only; not Appellate Terms or the Court of Appeals. Preserve the applicable department rules. [Official source](https://www.nycourts.gov/courts/AD1/Practice&Procedures/rules.shtml). 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.