--- title: "Kathleen B. Hogan | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/kathleen-b-hogan" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-08-02" --- # Kathleen B. Hogan Albany County Court of Claims · Court of Claims Judge ## Profile - Court: Albany County Court of Claims - State: New York - Role: Court of Claims Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-26 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Acting Justice, New York Supreme Court, Schenectady County, NY, 2017-present - Judge, New York Court of Claims, NY, 2017-2022 - Justice, New York Supreme Court, Schenectady County, New York, NY, 2017-2022 - She also held the role of an acting justice for the Schenectady County Supreme Court in 2017 and was supervising judge for the county courts of the 4th Judicial District from 2019 to 2021 - Judge on the New York State Court of Claims in Saratoga Springs, appointed by former Governor Andrew Cuomo in 2017 - District Attorney, Warren County District Attorney's Office, NY, 2000-2017 - Assistant District Attorney, Warren County District Attorney's Office, NY, 2000-2001 - Joined the Warren County DA’s Office in 2000 as an assistant prosecutor, later leading the Warren-Washington Child Advocacy Center and launching the Warren County Drug Treatment Court - Assistant District Attorney, Kings County District Attorney's Office, New York, NY, 1988-1993 ### Education - Washington and Lee University — J.D. (1988) - St Lawrence University — B.A. (1985) ### Additional information - Practitioner, New York Prosecutors Training Institute, NY, 1997-2000 - Practitioner, FitzGerald Morris Baker Firth, NY, 1993-1997 - Before joining the judiciary, Hogan was District Attorney for Warren County for 16 years, becoming the first female DA in the county. - Hogan has been active in the Schenectady County Bar Association, Adirondack Women’s Bar Association, New York District Attorneys Association, and Warren County Bar Association. - She has also been active in judicial policy, serving on the Chief Administrative Judge’s Criminal Justice Legislation Committee and co-chairing the Equal Justice in the Courts Initiative ## 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 ### courtroom technology Scope: courtwide The New York Court of Claims publishes courtroom evidence-presentation technology, including document/photo/object/video presentation and laptop connections in specified courtrooms. Evidence excerpt: With minimal effort, attorneys can present documents, color photos, objects, videos, and use electronic presentations to bring details to the court. [Court of Claims Courtroom Technology](https://www.nycourts.gov/courts/court-claims/courtroom-technology) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### 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=2Ohk1b5hWp7BQrjSrW1JjA%3D%3D) - [Official roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=2Ohk1b5hWp7BQrjSrW1JjA%3D%3D) - [New York State Unified Court System Judicial Directory official judicial roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=2Ohk1b5hWp7BQrjSrW1JjA%3D%3D) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14798/kathleen-b-hogan/) - [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) - [Court of Claims Courtroom Technology](https://www.nycourts.gov/courts/court-claims/courtroom-technology) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14798/kathleen-b-hogan/) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/kathleen-b-hogan", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/kathleen-b-hogan", "name": "Kathleen B. 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[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.