--- title: "Lenora Gerald | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/lenora-gerald-14749" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-08" --- # Lenora Gerald Queens County Supreme Court · Acting Justice ## Profile - Court: Queens 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, Queens County, New York, NY, 2010-present - Judge, The Criminal Court of the City of New York, New York, New York, NY, 2009-2018 - Appointment: held the role of Acting Justice in 2010, appointed by former Chief Administrative Judge Ann Pfau - Judge, The Criminal Court of the City of New York, New York, New York, NY, 2008-2008 - Judge, New York Supreme Court, NY, 2007-2007 - 2007: Briefly Justice of Queens County Supreme Court under Governor Eliot Spitzer - Judge, Criminal Court of the City of New York, New York, NY, 2004-2007 - Acting Judge, New York City Family Court, New York, NY, 2006-2006 - Judge, Civil Court of the City of New York, New York, NY, 2002-2003 - Judge, Civil Court of the City of New York, NY, 2001-2001 - Also principal law clerk to Hon - Alfred Lerner, Justice of the New York State Supreme Court Appellate Division, First Department - Position: Acting Justice, Queens County Supreme Court, Criminal Term, Eleventh Judicial District - Acting Justice of the Queens County Supreme Court (Criminal Term, 11th Judicial District) and a long‐time judge in New York’s Criminal and Civil Courts, with a career spanning over two decades in the New York State Unified Court System ### Education - Saint Johns University — J.D. (1989) - Saint Johns University — B.A. (1986) ### Additional information - Before joining the bench, Gerald worked in various roles within the New York State Unified Court System, including as a court attorney and court attorney referee. - Born and raised in Queens, New York, Gerald has been active in the community and has been recognized for her service on the bench ## 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/14749/lenora-gerald/) - [Official roster](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14749/lenora-gerald/) - [New York Supreme Court, Queens County current judicial profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14749/lenora-gerald/) - [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/14749/lenora-gerald/) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/lenora-gerald-14749", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/lenora-gerald-14749", "name": "Lenora Gerald | KnowJudges", "description": "Lenora Gerald, Queens 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.