--- title: "Jenny Rivera | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/jenny-rivera-5250" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-08-22" --- # Jenny Rivera New York Court of Appeals · Associate Judge ## Profile - Court: New York Court of Appeals - State: New York - Role: Associate Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-08-22 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Judge, New York Court of Appeals, 2013-present - Rivera clerked for Sonia Sotomayor, then a judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York ### Education - Polytechnic Institute of New York University — J.D. - Columbia University School of Law — LL.M. ### Additional information - A Democrat, Rivera joined the court by Andrew Cuomo in 2013 for a 14-year term. - legis, 2012-2012 - Born December 1960. - Date of birth: 1960-01-01 - Professional career in public service ## 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://www.nycourts.gov/ctapps/news/annrpt/AnnRpt2025.pdf) - [Official roster](https://www.nycourts.gov/ctapps/news/annrpt/AnnRpt2025.pdf) - [New York Court of Appeals current judicial profile](https://www.nycourts.gov/ctapps/news/annrpt/AnnRpt2025.pdf) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/5250/jenny-rivera/) - [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) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/5250/jenny-rivera/) - [Jenny Rivera - Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Jenny_Rivera) - [Honorable Jenny Rivera](https://www.nycourts.gov/ctapps/jrivera.htm) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/jenny-rivera-5250", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/jenny-rivera-5250", "name": "Jenny Rivera | KnowJudges", "description": "Jenny Rivera, New York Court of Appeals. 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[Official source](https://www.nycourts.gov/ctapps/500rules10.htm). 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.