--- title: "Joseph Nocella, Jr | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/joseph-nocella-jr-ny-trial-c6f31b04" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-07" --- # Joseph Nocella, Jr Nassau County Family Court · Judge ## Profile - Court: Nassau County Family Court - State: New York - Role: Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-27 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Joseph Nocella, Jr. is no longer serving as a judge but is currently the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, a role he assumed on September 2, 2025 after a 120‐day interim appointment - Judge, Family Court, Nassau County, Elected, 2025 to 2028 - Nocella was first appointed Interim U.S. Attorney on May 5, 2025, by Attorney General Pamela Bondi and President Donald Trump - From 1991 to 1995, he was an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Eastern District’s Criminal Division, prosecuting narcotics trafficking, organized crime, and fraud cases - Began his public service career as a law clerk to Hon - Lawrence M. McKenna, U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York U.S. Department of Justice - Nocella is the 51st U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, which covers Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, and Nassau and Suffolk counties on Long Island ### Education - B.A. from Fordham University (1986) and J.D. from Columbia University School of Law (1989) ### Additional information - Current court assignment: Family Court, Nassau County - overseeing more than 150 Assistant U.S. Attorneys and 125 professional staff. - Before becoming U.S. Attorney, Nocella held the role of a Nassau County Family Court Judge after several years as a Nassau County District Judge. - As U.S. Attorney, he leads the Office responsible for all federal criminal and civil cases in the district - His tenure as interim lasted 120 days until his permanent appointment. ## 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=VFJ9/BqQWQqwH06_PLUS_og06Qg%3D%3D) - [Official roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=VFJ9/BqQWQqwH06_PLUS_og06Qg%3D%3D) - [New York State Unified Court System official judicial roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=VFJ9/BqQWQqwH06_PLUS_og06Qg%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) - [New York State Unified Court System judicial profile or roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=VFJ9/BqQWQqwH06_PLUS_og06Qg%3D%3D) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/joseph-nocella-jr-ny-trial-c6f31b04", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/joseph-nocella-jr-ny-trial-c6f31b04", "name": "Joseph Nocella, Jr | KnowJudges", "description": "Joseph Nocella, Jr, Nassau County Family Court. 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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.