--- title: "Lenora B. Foote-Beavers | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/lenora-b-foote-beavers-ny-trial-f72c970c" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-07" --- # Lenora B. Foote-Beavers Erie County Family Court · Judicial Officer ## Profile - Court: Erie County Family Court - State: New York - Role: Judicial Officer - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-27 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Foote‐Beavers has been Judge of the Buffalo City Court since December 12, 2019, serving a term through December 31, 2029 - Acting Family Court Judge, Family Court, Erie County, Appointed, 2021 to Present - In addition, she has held the role of acting Erie County Family Court Judge since September 2021 - In March 2025, she announced she was leaving her City Court judgeship to become Chief Health Equity Officer for Evergreen Health, while continuing to teach at Erie Community College and Canisius University ### Education - Foote‐Beavers earned her Juris Doctor from the University at Buffalo School of Law and a Bachelor’s in Political Science with Pre‐Law from Canisius University, where she was a Martin Luther King Jr. ### Additional information - Current court assignment: Family Court, Erie County - handling custody, visitation, and family offense cases. - She also holds certificates in Family Law (UB) and Diversity & Inclusion (Cornell) - She subsequently became a support magistrate in Family Court, then acting judge, before her current elected role - Foote‐Beavers is active in diversity and inclusion initiatives, serving on the Diversity Committee for the Western New York Women’s Bar Association and the Eighth Judicial District. ## 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=XqdPOT_PLUS_Aj8i2YOuvGrc/Kw%3D%3D) - [Official roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=XqdPOT_PLUS_Aj8i2YOuvGrc/Kw%3D%3D) - [New York State Unified Court System official judicial roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=XqdPOT_PLUS_Aj8i2YOuvGrc/Kw%3D%3D) - [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) - [New York State Unified Court System judicial profile or roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=XqdPOT_PLUS_Aj8i2YOuvGrc/Kw%3D%3D) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/lenora-b-foote-beavers-ny-trial-f72c970c", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/lenora-b-foote-beavers-ny-trial-f72c970c", "name": "Lenora B. 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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.