--- title: "James A. Murphy III | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/james-a-murphy-iii-ny-trial-d160a396" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-08-02" --- # James A. Murphy III Supreme Court, Saratoga County · Judicial Officer ## Profile - Court: Supreme Court, Saratoga County - State: New York - Role: Judicial Officer - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-27 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Acting Justice, Supreme Court, Saratoga County, Designated by Chief Administrative Judge Lawrence Marks, 2017 to Present - Acting Justice, New York Supreme Court, Saratoga County, Saratoga Springs, NY, 2017-present - Judge, New York County Court, Saratoga County, Ballston Spa, NY, 2015-2024 - Retired New York State jurist who held the role of Saratoga County Court Judge and Acting Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York from 2014 until the end of 2024 - District Attorney, Saratoga County District Attorney's Office, Saratoga, NY, 1988-2014 - 1st Assistant District Attorney, Saratoga County District Attorney's Office, Saratoga, NY, 1996-1997 - Murphy joined the Saratoga County District Attorney’s Office in 1988 as an assistant DA, became First Assistant DA in 1996, and was elected District Attorney in 1997 - Assistant District Attorney, Saratoga County District Attorney's Office, Saratoga, NY, 1988-1997 - Murphy is a graduate of the FBI Citizen’s Academy and has taught Criminal Trial Practice at Albany Law School ### Education - Leadership — Harvard University — 2011 - Pace University-New York — J.D. (1987) - Bachelor’s degree from Bates College (1983), his J.D. from Pace University School of Law (1986), and later completed executive education at Harvard’s Kennedy School - University College London — J.D. (1985) - Bates College — B.A. (1983) ### Additional information - Elected Saratoga County Court Judge in 2014, Murphy presided over serious felony jury trials and complex civil litigation. - He was re‐elected in 2001, 2005, 2009, and 2013, serving nearly 30 years as a prosecutor As DA, he - adj-prof, Albany Law School, NY, 2000-2008 - Practitioner, Kane Dalsimer Levy Eisele and Richard, New York, NY, 1986-1988 - Murphy was born in Saratoga Springs, NY, in 1961, the grandson of former U.S. Congressman Carleton J. King. - Date of birth: 1961-10-13 - Current court assignment: Supreme Court, Saratoga County - He also served on statewide boards, including the Commission for the Prevention of Domestic Violence and the Forensic Science Commission - Birth place: Saratoga Springs, 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=gP0eFxMathDdam4p59PtHA%3D%3D) - [Official roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=gP0eFxMathDdam4p59PtHA%3D%3D) - [New York State Unified Court System official judicial roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=gP0eFxMathDdam4p59PtHA%3D%3D) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14971/james-a-murphy-iii/) - [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=gP0eFxMathDdam4p59PtHA%3D%3D) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14971/james-a-murphy-iii/) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/james-a-murphy-iii-ny-trial-d160a396", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/james-a-murphy-iii-ny-trial-d160a396", "name": "James A. 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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.