Joan Marie Azrack at a glance
- Current role
- Senior Judge
- Jurisdiction
- New York · Federal
- Judicial service
- Active
Senior Judge · U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
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Judge Azrack directs parties with voluminous or non-text exhibits that are impracticable to file electronically to contact Chambers before filing; courtesy-copy exhibits and appendices must be clearly labeled and tabbed.
Parties filing voluminous or non-text exhibits that are impracticable to file electronically should contact Chambers prior to filing. ... Any exhibits or appendices should be clearly labeled and tabbed in the courtesy copy.Individual Rules of District Judge Joan M. Azrack ↗
In federal district-court civil proceedings, testimony is ordinarily taken in open court; remote contemporaneous testimony requires good cause in compelling circumstances and appropriate safeguards.
For good cause in compelling circumstances and with appropriate safeguards, the court may permit testimony in open court by contemporaneous transmission from a different location.Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court ↗
Federal district courts may not permit courtroom photography or broadcasting during criminal judicial proceedings unless a statute or another federal rule provides an exception.
Except as otherwise provided by a statute or these rules, the court must not permit the taking of photographs in the courtroom during judicial proceedings or the broadcasting of judicial proceedings from the courtroom.Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited ↗
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
Federal district-court proceedings only. Civil and criminal sections have distinct scope and district-specific exceptions. Not Bankruptcy Court rules.
Official source ↗ · Collected 2026-10-27U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
Civil actions in United States District Courts; Rule 81 exceptions apply. Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule.
Official source ↗ · Collected 2026-10-27U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
Criminal proceedings in United States District Courts; this conservative mapping does not distribute appellate-specific provisions to appellate judges. Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule.
Official source ↗ · Collected 2026-10-27Identity source checked July 25, 2026.
Biography sources checked August 2, 2026.
Identity source · HTML · Federal Judicial Center Biographical Directory · effective December 19, 2014 · Source checked July 25, 2026
View Federal Judicial Center biography ↗Identity source · HTML · CourtListener / Free Law Project · Source checked August 2, 2026
View CourtListener judicial biographical directory ↗Judge Specific source · PDF · U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York · effective November 1, 2025 · Source checked July 26, 2026
View Individual Rules of District Judge Joan M. Azrack ↗Courtwide source · HTML · Supreme Court of the United States and Judicial Conference of the United States · Source checked July 26, 2026
View Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court ↗Courtwide source · HTML · Supreme Court of the United States and Judicial Conference of the United States · Source checked July 26, 2026
View Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited ↗