--- title: "James C. Hudson | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/james-c-hudson-ny-trial-2e4514c5" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-08-02" --- # James C. Hudson Suffolk County Supreme Court · Judicial Officer ## Profile - Court: Suffolk County Supreme Court - 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 - Supervising Judge, Criminal Court, Suffolk County, Appointed by Chief Administrative Judge, 2011 to Present - Supervising Judge, Suffolk County Criminal Court, NY, 2011-present - William Underwood, Suffolk County Supreme Court (1992–2000) Judge, New York County Court, Suffolk County (2001–2010) Teaching role at Dowling College since 1993 - Acting Justice, New York Supreme Court, Suffolk County, NY, 2005-present - Judge on the Suffolk County Supreme Court in New York’s 10th Judicial District, elected in 2000 and serving as Acting Justice since 2005 - Judge, New York County Court, Suffolk County, NY, 2001-2010 - Position: Judge; also serves as Acting Justice and Supervising Judge at Suffolk County Criminal Court ### Education - New York Law School — J.D. (1984) - Albany Law School — B.A. (1981) ### Additional information - Current court assignment: Suffolk County Supreme Court - Hudson’s career spans prosecutorial work, judicial clerkship, and multiple levels of the New York court system, with a focus on criminal and civil matters. ## 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=3Xe4WW/mrWzPVa60fcBN0g%3D%3D) - [Official roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=3Xe4WW/mrWzPVa60fcBN0g%3D%3D) - [New York State Unified Court System official judicial roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=3Xe4WW/mrWzPVa60fcBN0g%3D%3D) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14807/james-c-hudson/) - [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=3Xe4WW/mrWzPVa60fcBN0g%3D%3D) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14807/james-c-hudson/) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/james-c-hudson-ny-trial-2e4514c5", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/james-c-hudson-ny-trial-2e4514c5", "name": "James C. 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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.