--- title: "Lewis Stone | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/lewis-stone-7985" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-08-02" --- # Lewis Stone Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · Judge ## Profile - Court: Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York - State: New York - Role: Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-06-30 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Judge, Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York, 2000-present ### Education ### Additional information - Stone died of a heart attack in Hancock Park, Los Angeles, on September 12, 1953, aged 73. - Stone’s film career spanned 1911–1953, with 29 years as a contract player at Metro‐Goldwyn‐Mayer (MGM). - His most enduring role was Judge James Hardy, the kind, intellectual, and fair father in the Andy Hardy series, which ran from 1937 to 1946. - He appeared in seven films with Greta Garbo, including Grand Hotel (1932), where he played Dr. Otternschlag - He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1929 for The Patriot (1928). - Stone appeared in 15 films in this role, making him a familiar and beloved figure in MGM’s mid‐20th‐century productions - After his military service, he served as a writer and actor, rising to prominence as a leading man in stock theater before moving to film - He was honored with a Hollywood Walk of Fame star at 6524 Hollywood Blvd ## 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/7985/lewis-stone/) - [Official roster](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/7985/lewis-stone/) - [Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York current judicial profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/7985/lewis-stone/) - [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/7985/lewis-stone/) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/lewis-stone-7985", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/lewis-stone-7985", "name": "Lewis Stone | KnowJudges", "description": "Lewis Stone, Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York. 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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.