--- title: "Kevin M. Carter | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/kevin-m-carter" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-08-02" --- # Kevin M. Carter Erie County Family Court · Family Court Judge ## Profile - Court: Erie County Family Court - State: New York - Role: Family Court Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-26 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Administrative Law Judge, NYS Unified Court System, 8th Judicial District, NY, 2021-present - Supervising Judge, NYS Unified Court System, Eighth Judicial District, NY, 2019-present - Presiding Judge, Erie County Youth Part, Buffalo, NY, 2018-present - Acting Justice, New York Supreme Court, Erie County, NY, 2008-present - In 2021–2025, Carter held the role of Administrative Judge of the 8th Judicial District - Judge, New York Family Court, NY, 2013-2022 - Judge, New York Family Court, NY, 2003-2012 - Also an associate and law guardian at Sullivan, Oliverio & Gioia from 1999 ### Education - JD — University at Buffalo — 1989 - Philosophy — Canisius College — 1986 ### Additional information - In March 2025, he was removed from that role and returned to the Family Court trial bench - Democratic Party–affiliated judge (also advanced in Republican and Conservative primaries in 2022). - Appointed by former Governor George Pataki in 2002 to fill a vacancy, later elected in 2002, 2012, and 2022. - overseeing court operations in the region. - Before joining the bench, Carter worked in private practice (domestic relations, personal injury, criminal, real estate) and founded the Kevin M. Carter Attorney Internship Program for African American students. - He has been recognized for over two decades of service in the family court system - Judge Carter presides over family cases in the Erie County Family Court, 8th Judicial District, which covers Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans, and Wyoming counties. ## 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=oSix1HsvCEk7_PLUS_ddbA2s2xw%3D%3D) - [Official roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=oSix1HsvCEk7_PLUS_ddbA2s2xw%3D%3D) - [New York State Unified Court System Judicial Directory official judicial roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=oSix1HsvCEk7_PLUS_ddbA2s2xw%3D%3D) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14621/kevin-m-carter/) - [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) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14621/kevin-m-carter/) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/kevin-m-carter", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/kevin-m-carter", "name": "Kevin M. 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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.