--- title: "John B. Zollo | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/john-b-zollo" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-08-02" --- # John B. Zollo Suffolk County Family Court · Family Court Judge ## Profile - Court: Suffolk 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 - Judge, District Court, Suffolk County, Criminal Term, Elected, 2025 to 2031 - Judge in the Family Court of Suffolk County, New York, serving a term from 2025 to 2029. - In April 2025, Judge Zollo was cited in a Suffolk County DA press release for releasing two defendants without bail in separate felony cases — one involving illegal firearms and another involving sexual abuse allegations - Law Offices of John B. Zollo, P.C. Principal General Practice Law Firm 2009 to 2024 - Law Office of Vincent J. Trimarco Of Counsel 2006 to 2008 - Meyer, Suozzi, English and Klein, P.C. Of Counsel 2002 to 2005 ### Education - New York Law School — J.D. (1984) - Fordham University — B.A. (1981) ### Additional information - Town of Smithtown Town Attorney 2012 to 2013 - Town of Smithtown Town Attorney 1992 to 2002 - John Bernard Zollo is a New York State registered attorney (Registration #2369437) admitted in 1985 to the New York State Bar - Law firm: Law Offices of John B. Zollo, P.C., Smithtown, NY - He presides over family cases and has been on the bench for two years as of the latest data snapshot ## 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=3IG_PLUS_S4M36qDz_PLUS_TJcp8IPyg%3D%3D) - [Official roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=3IG_PLUS_S4M36qDz_PLUS_TJcp8IPyg%3D%3D) - [New York State Unified Court System Judicial Directory official judicial roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=3IG_PLUS_S4M36qDz_PLUS_TJcp8IPyg%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. John B. Zollo](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=3IG_PLUS_S4M36qDz_PLUS_TJcp8IPyg%3D%3D) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/john-b-zollo", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/john-b-zollo", "name": "John B. Zollo | KnowJudges", "description": "John B. Zollo, Suffolk 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/john-b-zollo#judge" } }, { "@type": "Person", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/john-b-zollo#judge", "name": "John B. 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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.