--- title: "Joan Marie Azrack | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/joan-marie-azrack" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-09" --- # Joan Marie Azrack U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York · Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York - State: New York - Role: Judge - Service status: senior - Last verified: 2026-07-25 ## Summary Official judge-specific and circuitwide procedural guidance has been located for this profile. ## Biography ### Professional career - Judge, District Court, E.D. New York, 2014-present - U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York, 1990-2014 - Assistant U.S. attorney, Eastern District of New York, 1982-1990 - Trial attorney, Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1979-1981 - American judge who serves as a Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York - Official court page: US Courts – District Judge Joan M. Azrack Eastern District of New York - As a Senior Judge, Azrack continues to hear cases in the Eastern District of New York, though with reduced caseload compared to active service ### Education - B.S., Rutgers University (1974) J.D., New York Law School (1979) (Education). - Rutgers University-New Brunswick — B.S. (1974) ### Additional information - 2000–2005: Chief U.S. Magistrate Judge - chief, Business and Securities Fraud Section, 1987-1990 - deputy chief, Criminal Division, 1987-1990 - deputy chief, Narcotics Section, 1985-1986 - Born 1951 in Neptune Township, New Jersey. - Date of birth: 1951-01-01 - Birth place: Neptune, NJ ## 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 ### digital evidence Scope: judge specific 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. Evidence excerpt: 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](https://www.nyed.uscourts.gov/pub/rules/JMA-MLR.pdf) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### civil remote testimony Scope: courtwide 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. Evidence excerpt: 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](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### criminal recording and broadcasting Scope: courtwide Federal district courts may not permit courtroom photography or broadcasting during criminal judicial proceedings unless a statute or another federal rule provides an exception. Evidence excerpt: 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](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ## Sources - [Official profile](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1394716) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1394716) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1394716) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/144/joan-marie-azrack/) - [Individual Rules of District Judge Joan M. Azrack](https://www.nyed.uscourts.gov/pub/rules/JMA-MLR.pdf) - [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) - [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/144/joan-marie-azrack/) - [Wikidata: Joan Azrack](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13560920) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/joan-marie-azrack", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/joan-marie-azrack", "name": "Joan Marie Azrack | KnowJudges", "description": "Joan Marie Azrack, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. 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Civil and criminal sections have distinct scope and district-specific exceptions. Not Bankruptcy Court rules. [Official source](https://www.nysd.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/local_rules/2026-01-02%20-%20EDNY%20and%20SDNY%20Joint%20Local%20Rules%20As%20Amended.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27. - [Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, December 1, 2025](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-651872d6e45e0d82319ecccc) — 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](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-civil-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27. - [Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, December 1, 2025](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-8721a344fececced2257fe1d) — 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](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27.