--- title: "Joseph Santorelli | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/joseph-santorelli-ny-trial-4260acd5" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-07" --- # Joseph Santorelli Suffolk County Supreme Court · Justice ## Profile - Court: Suffolk County Supreme Court - State: New York - Role: Justice - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-27 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Acting Judge, Suffolk County District Court, NY, 2001-present - Justice, Supreme Court, Suffolk County, Elected, 2012 to 2025 - Justice, New York Supreme Court, Suffolk County, Riverhead, NY, 2012-2025 - Judge, Suffolk County District Court, NY, 2011-2011 - Joseph A. Santorelli is a justice of the New York Supreme Court, 10th Judicial District (Suffolk County), elected in 2011, with a career that includes prior service on the Suffolk County District Court and a legal education from St. John’s University - Suffolk County District Court Judge: Elected in 1997; served from 1998 until 2011 - Judge, Suffolk County District Court, NY, 2004-2010 - Judge, Suffolk County District Court, NY, 1998-2003 - Law Secretary to Justice, ?-present ### Education - Saint Johns University — J.D. (1987) - Saint Johns University — B.A. (1984) ### Additional information - Current court assignment: Supreme Court, Suffolk County - adj-prof, Touro College, ?-present - Santorelli’s career spans over three decades in New York’s judicial system, beginning with district court service and culminating in his current Supreme Court role ## 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=j5kSnunL7h6aRsj4OkYw0Q%3D%3D) - [Official roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=j5kSnunL7h6aRsj4OkYw0Q%3D%3D) - [New York State Unified Court System official judicial roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=j5kSnunL7h6aRsj4OkYw0Q%3D%3D) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/15062/joseph-a-santorelli/) - [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=j5kSnunL7h6aRsj4OkYw0Q%3D%3D) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/15062/joseph-a-santorelli/) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/joseph-santorelli-ny-trial-4260acd5", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/joseph-santorelli-ny-trial-4260acd5", "name": "Joseph Santorelli | KnowJudges", "description": "Joseph Santorelli, Suffolk County Supreme Court. 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[Official source](https://www.nycourts.gov/rules/part-200-uniform-rules-courts-exercising-criminal-jurisdiction). Collected 2026-10-27. - [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.