--- title: "Jerry Garguilo | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/jerry-garguilo-ny-trial-a33b3555" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-07" --- # Jerry Garguilo Suffolk County Supreme Court · Justice ## Profile - Court: Suffolk 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 - Justice, Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York, NY, 2014-present - Justice, Supreme Court, Appellate Term, Second Judicial Department, Appointed by Chief Administrative Judge A. Gail Prudenti 2014-2022 certificated 2022-2023; recertified, 2023 to 2024 - District Attorney, Suffolk County, NY, 2009-2022 - Justice, New York Supreme Court, Suffolk County, NY, 2009-2022 - In 2009, he was elected to the New York State Supreme Court, presiding over commercial and asbestos litigation and serving as Coordinating Justice for New York’s landmark opioid litigation — one of the largest mass tort cases in state history - Jerry began as a law clerk to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, then held the role of Assistant District Attorney in Suffolk County (1977–1979) - Practitioner, Jerry Garguilo, Attorney at Law, ?-present - In memory, Justice Garguilo is remembered not only for his legal achievements but for the lives he touched through his guidance, compassion, and dedication to justice - He also held the role of Associate Justice of the Appellate Term ### Education - Duquesne University — J.D. (1977) - University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne — B.A. (1972) ### Additional information - In 1980, he entered private practice, forming a long partnership with Charles Russo - handling criminal, civil, and administrative cases Ever Loved. - Current court assignment: Supreme Court, Suffolk County - He later practiced in St. James, working from the town’s historic schoolhouse ## 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=8wNzK4mvYRXxoiyLCwRe1g%3D%3D) - [Official roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=8wNzK4mvYRXxoiyLCwRe1g%3D%3D) - [New York State Unified Court System official judicial roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=8wNzK4mvYRXxoiyLCwRe1g%3D%3D) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14744/jerry-garguilo/) - [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=8wNzK4mvYRXxoiyLCwRe1g%3D%3D) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14744/jerry-garguilo/) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/jerry-garguilo-ny-trial-a33b3555", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/jerry-garguilo-ny-trial-a33b3555", "name": "Jerry Garguilo | KnowJudges", "description": "Jerry Garguilo, Suffolk County Supreme Court. 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[Official source](https://www.nycourts.gov/rules/part-200-uniform-rules-courts-exercising-criminal-jurisdiction). Collected 2026-10-27. - [22 NYCRR Part 202 — Uniform Civil Rules Supreme Court And County Court](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/ny-shared-set-bf1c7eb9020e52eed65d) — Civil actions and proceedings only; section-specific and specialized-part restrictions remain applicable. [Official source](https://www.nycourts.gov/rules/part-202-uniform-civil-rules-supreme-court-and-county-court). 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.