--- title: "Leon Ruchelsman | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/leon-ruchelsman-ny-trial-dbfe93c0" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-07" --- # Leon Ruchelsman Kings County Supreme Court, Civil Term · Judicial Officer ## Profile - Court: Kings County Supreme Court, Civil Term - 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 - Justice, New York Supreme Court, Kings County, New York, NY, 2003-2026 - Supreme Court Justice, Kings County, Elected, 2003 to 2025 - Acting Justice, New York Supreme Court, Kings County, New York, NY, 1996-2002 - Judge, New York Court of Claims, New York, NY, 1996-2002 - Judge, Civil Court of the City of New York, New York, NY, 1992-1996 - George Pataki) Acting Justice, Kings County Supreme Court (1996) Judge, Civil Court of the City of New York (1992–1996) - Associate Court Attorney, NYS Unified Court System, NY, 1990-1991 - Associate Law Assistant, NYS Unified Court System, NY, ?-present - Justice of the New York Supreme Court, 2nd Judicial District (Kings County), serving on the Civil Term and presiding over various tort and civil cases ### Education - Yeshiva University — J.D. ### Additional information - Current court assignment: Supreme Court, Kings County, Civil Term ## 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=Mnp_PLUS_HoH7YgSDavbZQnBTSQ%3D%3D) - [Official roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=Mnp_PLUS_HoH7YgSDavbZQnBTSQ%3D%3D) - [New York State Unified Court System official judicial roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=Mnp_PLUS_HoH7YgSDavbZQnBTSQ%3D%3D) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/15055/leon-ruchelsman/) - [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=Mnp_PLUS_HoH7YgSDavbZQnBTSQ%3D%3D) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/15055/leon-ruchelsman/) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/leon-ruchelsman-ny-trial-dbfe93c0", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/leon-ruchelsman-ny-trial-dbfe93c0", "name": "Leon Ruchelsman | KnowJudges", "description": "Leon Ruchelsman, Kings County Supreme Court, Civil Term. 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[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.