--- title: "Jeffrey A. Tait | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/jeffrey-a-tait-ny-trial-b6f43a89" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-07" --- # Jeffrey A. Tait Broome County Supreme Court · Justice ## Profile - Court: Broome 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 - Since 2024, Tait has been Of Counsel at Coughlin & Gerhart, LLP, collaborating in litigation, matrimonial, business, and other practice groups, and offering mediation services in divorce, personal injury, contractual disputes, and Child Victims Act cases - Supreme Court Justice (2003–2023): Elected in 2003 to the New York State Supreme Court for the Sixth Judicial District, re‐elected in 2017, and serving until retirement on December 31, 2023 - Justice, Supreme Court, Broome County, Elected, 2004 to 2017 - Other Judicial/Administrative Roles: Broome County Election Commissioner - Later Practice: Partner at O’Connor, Gacioch & Pope (later O’Connor, Gacioch, Pope & Tait) - Retired New York State Supreme Court Justice for the Sixth Judicial District, now serving as Of Counsel at Coughlin & Gerhart, LLP in Binghamton, NY ### Education ### Additional information - In March 2023, Judge Tait ordered back pay for a suspended Binghamton police lieutenant, Lieutenant Alan Quinones, in a case involving allegations of lying under oath and covering up misconduct by another officer - Specialized Role (2022–2023): Assigned judge handling all pretrial motions, hearings, and discovery issues for Child Victims Act cases in the Fifth and Sixth Judicial Districts - Reelected, 2018 to 2023 - Current court assignment: Supreme Court, Broome County - Town Attorney for Town of Union and Town of Binghamton ## 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=PvgYp1jpXQHtUEnsl03aWg%3D%3D) - [Official roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=PvgYp1jpXQHtUEnsl03aWg%3D%3D) - [New York State Unified Court System official judicial roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=PvgYp1jpXQHtUEnsl03aWg%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) - [New York State Unified Court System judicial profile or roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=PvgYp1jpXQHtUEnsl03aWg%3D%3D) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/jeffrey-a-tait-ny-trial-b6f43a89", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/jeffrey-a-tait-ny-trial-b6f43a89", "name": "Jeffrey 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.