--- title: "Joseph E. Capella | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/joseph-e-capella" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-08-02" --- # Joseph E. Capella Bronx County Supreme Court, Civil Term · Administrative Judge, Bronx County Civil Term, Trial Assignment Part and General IAS Part 23 ## Profile - Court: Bronx County Supreme Court, Civil Term - State: New York - Role: Administrative Judge, Bronx County Civil Term, Trial Assignment Part and General IAS Part 23 - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-28 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Administrative Judge, Supreme County, Bronx County, Civil Term, Appointed by Chief Administrative Judge Joseph Zayas, 2024 to Present - Judge, Criminal Court of the City of New York, Bronx County, Appointed, 2011 to Present - Justice, Supreme County, Bronx County, Civil Term, Elected, 2017 to 2031 - Judge, Civil Court of the City of New York, Bronx County, Elected, 2011 to 2020 - Judge, Housing Court, Civil Court of the City of New York, New York County, Appointed by Chief Administrative Judge Jonathan Lippman, 2004 to 2009 - Bronx Supreme Court, Court Attorney - NYC Housing Court, Court Attorney - Office of Court Administration, Associate Counsel ### Education - Brooklyn Law School — J.D. ### Additional information - Re-appointed by Chief Administrative Judge Ann Pfau, 2009 to 2010 - Legal Aid Society, Staff Attorney ## 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 ### powerpoint and innovative presentations Scope: courtwide In a Bronx County Summary Jury Trial, counsel may use innovative jury presentations, including medical records, reports, and PowerPoint. Evidence excerpt: Counsel are encouraged to use innovative methods of presentation to the jury, including medical records, reports, PowerPoint presentations [Bronx County Summary Jury Trial Rules](https://www.nycourts.gov/courts/12th-judicial-district/bronx-county-supreme-court-civil-term/filing-rules) Source checked: 2026-07-28 ### jury notebooks and exhibit exchange Scope: courtwide Evidence or trial notebooks intended for the jury in a Bronx County Summary Jury Trial must be exchanged 30 days before trial or the material may be precluded. Evidence excerpt: Any evidence or trial notebook intended for the jury must be exchanged thirty (30) days prior to trial or may be precluded [Bronx County Summary Jury Trial Rules](https://www.nycourts.gov/courts/12th-judicial-district/bronx-county-supreme-court-civil-term/filing-rules) Source checked: 2026-07-28 ### video testimony Scope: courtwide Live or prerecorded video testimony is permitted in a Bronx County Summary Jury Trial. Evidence excerpt: Video taped testimony, live or pre-recorded, is permitted [Bronx County Summary Jury Trial Rules](https://www.nycourts.gov/courts/12th-judicial-district/bronx-county-supreme-court-civil-term/filing-rules) Source checked: 2026-07-28 ### 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://www.nycourts.gov/courts/12th-judicial-district/bronx-county-supreme-court-civil-term/part-rules) - [Official roster](https://www.nycourts.gov/courts/12th-judicial-district/bronx-county-supreme-court-civil-term/part-rules) - [Bronx County Supreme Court Civil Term Part Rules, General IAS Part 23](https://www.nycourts.gov/courts/12th-judicial-district/bronx-county-supreme-court-civil-term/part-rules) - [Bronx County Summary Jury Trial Rules](https://www.nycourts.gov/courts/12th-judicial-district/bronx-county-supreme-court-civil-term/filing-rules) - [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. 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Note of Issue shall only be filed once discovery is complete, and only after obtaining a Court Order permitting same. See document heading and cited passage; do not apply outside the issuing part or proceeding. [Official rules document](https://www.nycourts.gov/LegacyPDFS/courts/12jd/bronx/civil/pdfs/IA-23.pdf) · Source page 1 · Collected 2026-10-27 #### Motion practice Motion Procedure Generally ! Hard copies of all motion papers (e.g., notice of motion, order to show cause, affidavits, affirmations and memos of law), excluding exhibits, shall be provided to the Court. (22 NYCRR ' 202.5-b(d)(1)(iii).) There is no need to provide hard copies of the exhibits (e.g., EBT transcripts, hospital and nursing home records). See document heading and cited passage; do not apply outside the issuing part or proceeding. [Official rules document](https://www.nycourts.gov/LegacyPDFS/courts/12jd/bronx/civil/pdfs/IA-23.pdf) · Source page 1 · Collected 2026-10-27 #### Motion practice ! Statements of material facts (22 NYCRR ' 202.8-g) are NOT required. ! Pursuant to CPLR 3212(a), a motion for summary judgment shall be made no later than sixty (60) days after the filing of the Note of Issue, except with leave of court on good cause shown. See document heading and cited passage; do not apply outside the issuing part or proceeding. [Official rules document](https://www.nycourts.gov/LegacyPDFS/courts/12jd/bronx/civil/pdfs/IA-23.pdf) · Source page 1 · Collected 2026-10-27 #### Adjournments ! No sur-replies shall be considered absent leave of Court. ! Parties may contact chambers to resolve all applications seeking an adjournment, but this should only be done upon failure to procure an adjournment on consent of all parties. See document heading and cited passage; do not apply outside the issuing part or proceeding. [Official rules document](https://www.nycourts.gov/LegacyPDFS/courts/12jd/bronx/civil/pdfs/IA-23.pdf) · Source page 1 · Collected 2026-10-27 #### Motion practice ! Unless requested by the Court, there shall be no oral argument and no personal appearance on any notice of motion seeking summary judgment (CPLR 3212). See document heading and cited passage; do not apply outside the issuing part or proceeding. [Official rules document](https://www.nycourts.gov/LegacyPDFS/courts/12jd/bronx/civil/pdfs/IA-23.pdf) · Source page 1 · Collected 2026-10-27 #### Communications with chambers Compromise Orders and Other Ex Parte Applications ! Ex Parte applications are to be submitted to the Orders Department in Room 216. ! Upon receipt of a Compromise Order from the Orders Department, the Court shall review same and counsel will be notified by phone as to when to appear. Counsel shall also be notified of any deficiencies in the papers submitted and when appropriate, be given an opportunity to submit additional information to cure the deficiency. See document heading and cited passage; do not apply outside the issuing part or proceeding. [Official rules document](https://www.nycourts.gov/LegacyPDFS/courts/12jd/bronx/civil/pdfs/IA-23.pdf) · Source page 1 · Collected 2026-10-27 ### Shared court rules - [22 NYCRR Part 202 — Uniform Civil Rules Supreme Court And County Court](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/ny-shared-set-bf1c7eb9020e52eed65d) — Civil actions and proceedings only; section-specific and specialized-part restrictions remain applicable. [Official source](https://www.nycourts.gov/rules/part-202-uniform-civil-rules-supreme-court-and-county-court). Collected 2026-10-27. - [Part 29: Electronic Recording and Audio-Visual Coverage in Court Facilities and of Court Proceedings](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-99a7824bb8e009643f842c03) — 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. - [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.