--- title: "Joseph E. Gubbay | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/joseph-e-gubbay-ny-trial-55ac1312" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-08-02" --- # Joseph E. Gubbay Supreme Court, Kings County, Criminal Term · Judicial Officer ## Profile - Court: Supreme Court, Kings County, Criminal Term - State: New York - Role: Judicial Officer - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-27 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Common Justice program (2016–present) — restorative justice initiative for adolescents charged with violent crimes - Acting Justice, Supreme Court, Kings County, Criminal Term, Appointed by Chief Administrative Judge Jonathan Lippman, 2004 to Present - Acting Justice, New York Supreme Court, Kings County, New York, NY, 2004-present - Judge, The Criminal Court of the City of New York, Kings, New York, NY, 2019-2028 - Judge, Kings County Criminal Court — appointed in 1999 by Mayor Rudy Giuliani, reappointed in 2009 by Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and in 2019 by Mayor Bill de Blasio - Judge, The Criminal Court of the City of New York, Kings, New York, NY, 2009-2018 - Judge, The Criminal Court of the City of New York, New York, New York, NY, 1998-2008 - Acting Justice, Kings County Supreme Court (Second Judicial District, New York) — appointed in 2004 by former Chief Administrative Judge Jonathan Lippman - Acting Justice of the Kings County Supreme Court and a judge on the Kings County Criminal Court, with a career spanning public service, law enforcement oversight, and innovative court programs ### Education - New York University — J.D. (1980) - Tufts University — B.A. (1977) ### Additional information - Executive Director, Mayor's Commission To Combat Police Corruption, New York, NY, 1996-1999 - Inspector General, New York City Department of Investigation, New York, NY, 1984-1996 - Current court assignment: Supreme Court, Kings County, Criminal Term - Misdemeanor Brooklyn Treatment Court — established under his leadership ## 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=2sSA5Q6EeJgs0Ay3ybUtcA%3D%3D) - [Official roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=2sSA5Q6EeJgs0Ay3ybUtcA%3D%3D) - [New York State Unified Court System official judicial roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=2sSA5Q6EeJgs0Ay3ybUtcA%3D%3D) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14779/joseph-e-gubbay/) - [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) - [New York State Unified Court System judicial profile or roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=2sSA5Q6EeJgs0Ay3ybUtcA%3D%3D) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14779/joseph-e-gubbay/) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/joseph-e-gubbay-ny-trial-55ac1312", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/joseph-e-gubbay-ny-trial-55ac1312", "name": "Joseph E. 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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.