--- title: "Lester B. Adler | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/lester-b-adler-14550" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-08-02" --- # Lester B. Adler New York Supreme Court, Bronx County · Justice ## Profile - Court: New York Supreme Court, Bronx County - State: New York - Role: Justice - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-06-30 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Justice, New York Supreme Court, Bronx County, 2019-present - Retired justice of the Bronx County Supreme Court in New York’s 12th Judicial District, serving from 2017 until his retirement in 2020 - Justice, New York Supreme Court, Bronx County, 2005-2018 - Westchester County Supreme Court – Elected in 2005; previously held the role of Acting Justice for the 9th Judicial District in 2001 - Administrative Law Judge, New York Supreme Court, Westchester County, 2001-2004 - Adler's judicial career began in 2001, when he became a judge of the Westchester County Court - Westchester County Court – Elected in 2001; also held the role of Acting Supreme Court Justice that year - Criminal Defense Litigator – Partner at Adler, Cohen & Timko, 1978–2001 - Began his career in 1973 as an Assistant District Attorney in the Homicide Bureau - He also became an Acting Supreme Court Justice that year ### Education - Brooklyn Law School in — J.D. (1973) - George Washington University in — B.A. (1969) ### Additional information - Then elected to the Westchester County Supreme Court, taking office in 2005. - Worked there until 2001 and was a Greenburgh Councilman and Deputy Supervisor from 1983 to 2000. - He then joined the law firm of Adler, Cohen & Timko in 1978 as a criminal defense litigator. - Adler was active in the Westchester County Bar Association, New York State Bar Association, and the Screening Committee of Criminal Counsel, and held the role of Chairman of the Criminal Justice Section ## 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/14550/lester-b-adler/) - [Official roster](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14550/lester-b-adler/) - [New York Supreme Court, Bronx County current judicial profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14550/lester-b-adler/) - [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/14550/lester-b-adler/) - [Lester Adler - Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Lester_Adler) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/lester-b-adler-14550", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/lester-b-adler-14550", "name": "Lester B. 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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.