--- title: "Kim Dollard | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/kim-dollard-14689" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-07" --- # Kim Dollard Richmond County Supreme Court · Acting Justice ## Profile - Court: Richmond County Supreme Court - State: New York - Role: Acting Justice - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-06-30 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Acting Justice, New York Supreme Court, Richmond County, 2010-present - Retired New York State Supreme Court Justice, serving on the Richmond County Supreme Court in the Thirteenth Judicial District since 2010, and previously on the Richmond County Civil Court since 2007 - Appointed Acting Justice of the Richmond County Supreme Court in 2010 by then-Chief Administrative Judge Ann Pfau, after having held the role of a judge in the Richmond County Civil Court since her 2007 election. - Justice Dollard died on January 30, 2025, at age 75, from a sudden cardiac event while vacationing in the Dominican Republic - Judge, Civil Court of the City of New York, New York, NY, 2007-2016 - Principal law clerk to Judge Aliotta from 2002–2006 - Law Clerk, New York Supreme Court, 2002-2006 - Early career as a court attorney for Richmond County (1994) and senior court attorney for Civil Court Judge Thomas P. Aliotta (1996–2001) ### Education - Brooklyn Law School — J.D. (1993) - Le Moyne College — B.A. (1971) ### Additional information - She was a registered Democrat and had been re‐elected in 2016 - Practitioner, Civil Court of the City of New York, New York, NY, 1996-2001 - Practitioner, Richmond County Law Department, NY, 1994-1995 - First‐generation working mother, raising two sons while working for the Social Security Administration before pursuing law school. - She presided over a variety of cases, including insurance disputes, special proceedings, and probate matters - Dollard grew up on Todt Hill, attended St. Joseph Hill Academy, and was a standout academic and cheer team captain. ## 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://www.courtlistener.com/person/14689/kim-dollard/) - [Official roster](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14689/kim-dollard/) - [New York Supreme Court, Richmond County current judicial profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14689/kim-dollard/) - [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/14689/kim-dollard/) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/kim-dollard-14689", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/kim-dollard-14689", "name": "Kim Dollard | KnowJudges", "description": "Kim Dollard, Richmond 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.