--- title: "Kenneth P. Neiman | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/kenneth-p-neiman-massachusetts-us-magistrate" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-08" --- # Kenneth P. Neiman U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts · U.S. Magistrate Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts - State: Massachusetts - Role: U.S. Magistrate Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-29 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Adjunct Professor, Western New England College - School of Law, from 1998-01 - Appointed as a United States Magistrate Judge for the District of Massachusetts on January 5, 1995 - Following this, he became a partner at the law firm Fierst & Neiman in Northampton, Massachusetts, from 1981 to 1994 - Adjunct Professor, Western New England College - School of Law, 1985-01–1985-06 - Adjunct Professor, Marymount Manhattan College, 1973–1973 - Began his legal career as a staff attorney for the Mental Health Information Service and the Center on Social Welfare Policy and Law in New York City (1971–1973) ### Education - Harvard Law School in — J.D. (1971) - Tufts University in — B.A. (1967) ### Additional information - Magistrate, District Court, D. Massachusetts, 1995-present - He held the role of Chief Magistrate Judge from 2006 to 2009 and retired on January 5, 2015. - Practitioner, Fierst & Nieman, 1981–1994 - He then held the role of managing attorney for Western Massachusetts Legal Services in Holyoke from 1973 to 1981. - He was admitted to the New York Bar in 1972 and the Massachusetts Bar in 1974, later gaining admission to practice before the United States District Court for Massachusetts (1974), the First Circuit Court of Appeals (1981), and the Supreme Court of the United States (1978) - In 1978, he was also a research fellow at the Legal Services Corporation Research Institute in Washington, D.C - Practitioner, Center on Social Welfare Policy and Law, 1971–1973 - J.D. — Harvard Univ. — 1971 - B.A. — Tufts Univ. — 1967 - Kenneth Paul Neiman was born on July 4, 1945, in New York City to Julius and Gertrude Neiman. - Date of birth: 1945 - Judge Neiman is a member of the American Bar Association, Massachusetts Bar Association, and Hampshire County Bar Association. - He has been recognized for his contributions to the legal field and listed as a reputable judge by Marquis Who's Who - Birth place: New York, NY ## 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 ### civil remote testimony Scope: courtwide In federal district-court civil proceedings, testimony is ordinarily taken in open court; remote contemporaneous testimony requires good cause in compelling circumstances and appropriate safeguards. Evidence excerpt: For good cause in compelling circumstances and with appropriate safeguards, the court may permit testimony in open court by contemporaneous transmission from a different location. [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### criminal recording and broadcasting Scope: courtwide Federal district courts may not permit courtroom photography or broadcasting during criminal judicial proceedings unless a statute or another federal rule provides an exception. Evidence excerpt: Except as otherwise provided by a statute or these rules, the court must not permit the taking of photographs in the courtroom during judicial proceedings or the broadcasting of judicial proceedings from the courtroom. [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ## Sources - [Official profile](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/cjra_na_0331.2026.pdf#page=5) - [Official roster](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/cjra_na_0331.2026.pdf#page=5) - [U.S. Courts judicial profile or roster](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/cjra_na_0331.2026.pdf#page=5) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/9289/kenneth-p-neiman/) - [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) - [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/9289/kenneth-p-neiman/) - [BR/MAG Judge Database: Kenneth P. Neiman](https://legaldatalab.law.virginia.edu/brmag-judges/brmag-judges.json) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/9289/kenneth-p-neiman/) - [BR/MAG Judge Database: Kenneth P. Neiman](https://legaldatalab.law.virginia.edu/brmag-judges/brmag-judges.json) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/kenneth-p-neiman-massachusetts-us-magistrate", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/kenneth-p-neiman-massachusetts-us-magistrate", "name": "Kenneth P. Neiman | KnowJudges", "description": "Kenneth P. Neiman, U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. 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Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27.