--- title: "John Peter Cronan | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/john-peter-cronan" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-08" --- # John Peter Cronan U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York · Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York - State: New York - Role: Judge - Service status: active - 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, S.D. New York, NY, 2020-present - American federal judge serving on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, appointed on August 10, 2020 by President Donald Trump and confirmed by the Senate - Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division, Washington, DC, 2017-2020 - U.S. Department of Justice: Acting Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division (2017–2018) Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division (2017–2020) - Acting Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division, Washington, DC, 2017-2018 - Chief/Co-Chief, Terrorism and International Narcotics Unit, U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, Criminal Division, New York, NY, 2016-2017 - Deputy Chief, Terrorism and International Narcotics Unit, U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, Criminal Division, New York, NY, 2014-2016 - Assistant United States Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, Criminal Division, New York, NY, 2007-2014 - Clerk to the Hon. Robert A. Katzmann, Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, New York, NY, 2002-2003 - Clerk to the Hon. Barrington D. Parker, Jr., Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, NY, 2001-2002 - Clerk to the Hon. Barrington D. Parker, Jr., District Court, S.D. New York, NY, 2001-2001 - Research Assistant in Criminal Law to Professor Kate Stith, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 2000-2001 ### Education - Yale University — J.D. (2001) - magna cum laude — Georgetown University — 1998 ### Additional information - adj-prof, New York University, New York, NY, 2015-2017 - Teaching Assistant in Contracts/Coker Fellow, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 2000-2001 - Research Assistant in Criminal Law to Steven Duke, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 1999-2001 - Date of birth: 1976-09-01 - Birth place: Teaneck, 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 ### electronic exhibits Scope: judge specific Judge Cronan directs parties to submit a flash drive with electronic copies of documentary exhibits three days before trial unless otherwise ordered. Evidence excerpt: Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, in both jury and non-jury trials, three days prior to trial, each party shall submit to Chambers a flash drive containing electronic copies of all documentary exhibits organized by exhibit number. [Judge Cronan's Individual Rules and Practices in Civil Cases](https://www.nysd.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/practice_documents/JPC%20Cronan%20Individual%20Rules%20and%20Practices%20in%20Civil%20Cases%20-%20January%202%2C%202025.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/8695161) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/8695161) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/8695161) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/15332/john-peter-cronan/) - [Judge Cronan's Individual Rules and Practices in Civil Cases](https://www.nysd.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/practice_documents/JPC%20Cronan%20Individual%20Rules%20and%20Practices%20in%20Civil%20Cases%20-%20January%202%2C%202025.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/15332/john-peter-cronan/) - [Wikidata: John P. 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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.