--- title: "Jaimee L. Nelsen | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/jaimee-l-nelsen" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-08-02" --- # Jaimee L. Nelsen New York County Family Court · Family Court Judge ## Profile - Court: New York 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 - Judge, Family Court of the City of New York, New York County, Appointed by Mayor Eric Adams, 2025 to 2035 - Court Attorney Referee, Queens County Family Court, 2022-2024 - NYS Unified Court System, Family Court of the City of New York, New York County, Associate Court Attorney, 2015-2017 & 2018-2022 - NYS Unified Court System, Criminal Court of the City of New York, New York County, Associate Court Attorney, 2018 ### Education - City University of New York School of Law — J.D. (2005) - Harvard University — 2000 ### Additional information - New York Legal Assistance Group, Senior Staff Attorney, 2017-2018 - Law Office of Jaimee L. Nelsen, Ed.M., Esq, 2010-2015 - The Fortune Society, Family Services Counsel 2008-2010 - NYC Administration for Children's Services, Special Assistant Corporation Counsel, 2006-2007 - She has also served on the NYC Courts Advisory Committee on Custody, Visitation, and Orders of Protection, and the Queens County Gender Fairness Committee ## 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=sOxOPvGMVoZfrT6tL29_PLUS_8A%3D%3D) - [Official roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=sOxOPvGMVoZfrT6tL29_PLUS_8A%3D%3D) - [New York State Unified Court System Judicial Directory official judicial roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=sOxOPvGMVoZfrT6tL29_PLUS_8A%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. Jaimee L. Nelsen](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=sOxOPvGMVoZfrT6tL29_PLUS_8A%3D%3D) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/jaimee-l-nelsen", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/jaimee-l-nelsen", "name": "Jaimee L. Nelsen | KnowJudges", "description": "Jaimee L. Nelsen, New York 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/jaimee-l-nelsen#judge" } }, { "@type": "Person", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/jaimee-l-nelsen#judge", "name": "Jaimee L. 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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.