--- title: "Jillian E. Faison | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/jillian-e-faison" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-08-02" --- # Jillian E. Faison Albany County Family Court · Family Court Judge ## Profile - Court: Albany 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 - Law Offices of Jillian Faison, Solo Practitioner and Attorney for the Child, 2023 to 2025 - Candidate for Albany County Family Court Judge in the 2024 New York General and Primary elections. - New York State Governor's Office, Assistant Counsel for Human Services, Mental Hygiene and Non-Profits, 2018 to 2021 ### Education - Penn State Dickinson School of Law — J.D. (2008) - B.A. — State University of New York at Albany — 2005 ### Additional information - Judge Faison has been on the bench for two years and was most recently elected to a term beginning in 2025 and ending in 2034. - New York State Division of Human Rights, Deputy Commissioner for Policy and External Relations, 2021 to 2023 - Deputy Commissioner for Policy and External Relations at the NYS Division of Human Rights (2021–2023) - Also a graduate of Penn State Law - Judge, Albany County Family Court, Elected ## 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=pjPFGOLpyPCcetxe3TsGpQ%3D%3D) - [Official roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=pjPFGOLpyPCcetxe3TsGpQ%3D%3D) - [New York State Unified Court System Judicial Directory official judicial roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=pjPFGOLpyPCcetxe3TsGpQ%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. Jillian E. Faison](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=pjPFGOLpyPCcetxe3TsGpQ%3D%3D) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/jillian-e-faison", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/jillian-e-faison", "name": "Jillian E. Faison | KnowJudges", "description": "Jillian E. Faison, Albany County Family Court. Source-linked judicial identity, courtroom procedures, and presentation guidance.", "dateModified": "2026-08-02", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/jillian-e-faison#judge" } }, { "@type": "Person", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/jillian-e-faison#judge", "name": "Jillian E. 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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.