--- title: "Lawrence S. Knipel | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/lawrence-s-knipel-14844" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-08-02" --- # Lawrence S. Knipel Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · Administrative Law Judge ## Profile - Court: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York - State: New York - Role: Administrative Law Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-06-30 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Administrative Law Judge, Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York, NY, 2013-present - Justice, New York Supreme Court, Kings County, New York, NY, 1999-2026 - Distinguished judge of the New York State Supreme Court, serving in the Second Judicial District (Kings County, Brooklyn) for over three decades before retiring in 2025 - Justice, New York Supreme Court, Kings County, New York, NY, 1999-2012 - Before joining the State Supreme Court, Knipel held the role of a New York City Civil Court judge from 1991 - Law Clerk, New York Supreme Court, NY, 1982-1990 - Law Clerk, Civil Court of the City of New York, New York, NY, 1980-1982 ### Education - New York University — LL.M. (1979) - Seattle University — J.D. (1977) - BA — SUNY College at Cortland — 1974 ### Additional information - Administrative Judge for Civil Matters (2013–2024): Implemented major reforms, including the nation’s largest central pre‐trial discovery complex - Knipel was elected to the New York Supreme Court bench in 1997 and re‐elected in 2011. - Practitioner, Van Ginkel and Benjamin, 1978-1979 - Date of birth: 1952-11-12 - Frequent lecturer on medical malpractice, commercial litigation, and trial practice. - Elected to the ASTAR Science and Technology Fellowship New York State Unified Court System. - Birth place: Kings, 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 ### 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/14844/lawrence-s-knipel/) - [Official roster](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14844/lawrence-s-knipel/) - [Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York current judicial profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14844/lawrence-s-knipel/) - [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/14844/lawrence-s-knipel/) - [HON. LAWRENCE KNIPEL](https://www.nyeb.uscourts.gov/sites/nyeb/files/2_BIOs%20Brown%20Bag%20Feb%204%20All%20Judges%20Bios.pdf) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/lawrence-s-knipel-14844", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/lawrence-s-knipel-14844", "name": "Lawrence S. Knipel | KnowJudges", "description": "Lawrence S. Knipel, Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York. Source-linked judicial identity, courtroom procedures, and presentation guidance.", "dateModified": "2026-08-02", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/lawrence-s-knipel-14844#judge" } }, { "@type": "Person", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/lawrence-s-knipel-14844#judge", "name": "Lawrence S. 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[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.