--- title: "Kelly O'Neill Levy | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/kelly-o-neill-levy-ny-trial-89fbd5f2" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-07" --- # Kelly O'Neill Levy New York County Supreme Court · Justice ## Profile - Court: New York 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 - Justice, Supreme Court, New York County, Elected, 2017 to 2030 - Justice, New York Supreme Court, New York County, New York, NY, 2017-2030 - Kelly O’Neill Levy is an Associate Justice of the New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Judicial Department, appointed by Governor Kathy Hochul in July 2023 - 2015–2023: Elected Justice of the New York County Supreme Court (Civil Branch), presiding over a broad range of civil cases - Judge, Civil Court of the City of New York, New York County, New York, NY, 2011-2016 - Judge, Family Court of the City of New York, Bronx County, New York, NY, 2011-2016 - 2013–2015: held the role of Acting Justice of the New York County Supreme Court and Administrative Judge of the Harlem Community Justice Center - Judge, New York Supreme Court, New York County, New York, NY, 2013-2916 - 2011–2013: Elected to the Civil Court of the City of New York; later designated as a child protective judge in Bronx Family Court - Law Clerk, Hon. Sherry Klein Heitler, NYS Supreme Court, New York County, Civil Term, New York, NY, 1994-2010 - Law Clerk, Hon. Sherry Klein Heitler, NYS Supreme Court, New York County, Civil Term, New York, NY, 1993-1994 ### Education - Fordham University — J.D. (1993) - Boston College — B.A. (1990) ### Additional information - Joined the bench on July 28, 2023 - Current court assignment: Supreme Court, New York County - Appellate Division, First Department, a court that hears appeals from New York County (Manhattan) Supreme Court trials. ## 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=6l8DejaYBAo1_PLUS_Ve5Up/esg%3D%3D) - [Official roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=6l8DejaYBAo1_PLUS_Ve5Up/esg%3D%3D) - [New York State Unified Court System official judicial roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=6l8DejaYBAo1_PLUS_Ve5Up/esg%3D%3D) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14987/kelly-oneill-levy/) - [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=6l8DejaYBAo1_PLUS_Ve5Up/esg%3D%3D) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14987/kelly-oneill-levy/) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/kelly-o-neill-levy-ny-trial-89fbd5f2", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/kelly-o-neill-levy-ny-trial-89fbd5f2", "name": "Kelly O'Neill Levy | KnowJudges", "description": "Kelly O'Neill Levy, New York 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. - [New York County Supreme Court, Civil Branch — Rules of the Justices](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/ny-shared-set-d3c269bb7fe692b08197) — Civil Branch proceedings in New York County Supreme Court only; not criminal proceedings. Preserve source version and check later judge/part instructions. [Official source](https://www.nycourts.gov/LegacyPDFS/courts/1jd/supctmanh/Uniform_Rules.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27. - [Practice Rules of the Appellate Division — 22 NYCRR Part 1250](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/ny-shared-set-f25158f78380e6ddc10f) — Appellate Division matters only; not Appellate Terms or the Court of Appeals. Preserve the applicable department rules. [Official source](https://www.nycourts.gov/courts/AD1/Practice&Procedures/rules.shtml). 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.