--- title: "Lawrence E. Kahn | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/lawrence-e-kahn" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-09" --- # Lawrence E. Kahn U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York · Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York - State: New York - Role: Judge - Service status: senior - Last verified: 2026-07-25 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Kahn has been an adjunct professor at Sage College since 1974 and at Albany Law School since 1990, teaching courses on litigation in both state and federal courts - Judge, District Court, N.D. New York, 1996-2007 - In 1980, he became a Justice of the New York Supreme Court, a position he held until his federal appointment in 1996 - Justice, Supreme Court of the State of New York, 1980-1996 - He then transitioned to the judiciary, serving as a Judge on the Albany County Surrogate Court from 1974 to 1980 - Judge, Albany County [New York] Surrogate's Court, 1973-1979 - Began his legal career in private practice with his brother at Kahn & Kahn in Albany, New York, from 1963 to 1974 ### Education - Juris Doctor (J.D.) from Harvard Law School in 1962. - Harvard University — J.D. (1962) - Artium Baccalaureus (A.B.) degree from Union College in 1959 - University of Oxford ### Additional information - Judge Kahn assumed senior status on August 1, 2007 - received his commission on August 1, 1996. - President Bill Clinton nominated Kahn to the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York on April 18, 1996, to fill the seat vacated by Neal Peters McCurn. - Private practice, Albany, NY, 1963-1973 - Private practice, Albany, New York, 1963-1973 - Assistant corporation counsel, Albany, NY, 1963-1968 - Assistant corporation counsel, Albany, New York, 1963-1968 - During this period, he also held the role of Assistant Corporation Counsel for the City of Albany from 1963 to 1968. - Served in the New York National Guard from 1955 to 1965, achieving the rank of Sergeant E-6 before being honorably discharged - Lawrence Edwin Kahn was born on December 8, 1937, in Troy, New York. - Date of birth: 1937-01-01 - His academic contributions have complemented his judicial work, providing guidance to law students and young attorneys - Lawrence E. Kahn’s career spans decades of legal practice, state and federal judicial service, teaching, and authorship. - Birth place: Troy, 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.fjc.gov/node/1383026) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1383026) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1383026) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/1692/lawrence-e-kahn/) - [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/1692/lawrence-e-kahn/) - [Judge Lawrence E. Kahn](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1383026) - [Wikidata: Lawrence E. Kahn](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6504017) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/lawrence-e-kahn", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/lawrence-e-kahn", "name": "Lawrence E. Kahn | KnowJudges", "description": "Lawrence E. Kahn, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York. Source-linked judicial identity, courtroom procedures, and presentation guidance.", "dateModified": "2026-10-09", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/lawrence-e-kahn#judge" } }, { "@type": "Person", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/lawrence-e-kahn#judge", "name": "Lawrence E. 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Collected 2026-10-27. - [Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, December 1, 2025](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-651872d6e45e0d82319ecccc) — Civil actions in United States District Courts; Rule 81 exceptions apply. 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-civil-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27. - [Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, December 1, 2025](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-8721a344fececced2257fe1d) — Criminal proceedings in United States District Courts; this conservative mapping does not distribute appellate-specific provisions to appellate judges. 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.