--- title: "Janette Cortes Gomez | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/janette-cortes-gomez" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-08-02" --- # Janette Cortes Gomez 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 - Janette Cortes-Gomez is a Bronx County Family Court judge appointed by Mayor Eric Adams in 2023 for a term through 2029, specializing in family law cases - Judge, Family Court of the City of New York, Bronx County, Appointed by Mayor Eric Adams, 2023 to 2028 - NYS Unified Court System, Principal Court Attorney to Justice Leticia Ramirez, 2021 to 2023 - Principal Court Attorney to Acting Supreme Court Justice Leticia M. Ramirez in the Bronx County Supreme Court (2021–2023) ### Education - J.D. — University at Buffalo, School of Law — 1999 - Canisius College — B.A. (1996) ### Additional information - Appointed by Mayor Eric L. Adams in March 2023 for a term running from 2023 to 2029 - Assigned Counsel Plan, Solo Practitioner/18B Attorney, 2004 to 2021 - NYC Civilian Complaint Review Board, Commissioner, Mayoral Appointee, 2011 to 2016 - Commissioner of the New York City Civilian Complaint Review Board (2011–2016) - NYC Administration for Children's Services, Staff Attorney, 1999 to 2004 - Judge Cortes-Gomez presides over family cases in the Family Court of the City of New York (Bronx County), Department Part 6. - She is a past president of the Bronx Women’s Bar Association and the Bronx Family Court Bar Association ## 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=19SkfgbTFXBrzuyu_PLUS_dThiQ%3D%3D) - [Official roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=19SkfgbTFXBrzuyu_PLUS_dThiQ%3D%3D) - [New York State Unified Court System Judicial Directory official judicial roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=19SkfgbTFXBrzuyu_PLUS_dThiQ%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. Janette Cortes-Gomez](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=19SkfgbTFXBrzuyu_PLUS_dThiQ%3D%3D) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/janette-cortes-gomez", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/janette-cortes-gomez", "name": "Janette Cortes Gomez | KnowJudges", "description": "Janette Cortes Gomez, Bronx County Family Court. 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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.