--- title: "Lisa J. Friederwitzer | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/lisa-j-friederwitzer" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-08-02" --- # Lisa J. Friederwitzer Queens County Family Court · Family Court Judge ## Profile - Court: Queens County Family Court - State: New York - Role: Family Court Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-26 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Judge, Family Court of the City of New York, Queens County, Appointed by Mayor Eric Adams, 2023 to 2029 - Queens County Family Court judge appointed in 2023 by Mayor Eric Adams, presiding over a wide range of family law cases in New York City - Judge, Family Court of the City of New York, Kings County, Appointed by Mayor Bill de Blasio, 2018 to 2020, Re-appointed, 2020 to 2023 - Judge, Family Court of the City of New York, Bronx, Appointed by Mayor Bill de Blasio, 2018 to 2018 - Earlier, she was a court attorney in Queens County Family Court (1998–2000) ### Education - Touro Law School — J.D. (1991) - Queens College — B.A. (1988) ### Additional information - Most recently appointed by Mayor Eric Adams in 2023, following prior service in Kings County Family Court under Mayor Bill de Blasio - Family Court of the City of New York, Queens County, where she handles cases such as adoptions, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS), child custody and visitation, family offense, paternity, willfulness, and juvenile delinquency. - Friederwitzer has co-chaired the Adoption Day Committee and the Kings County Family Court Threshold Committee on case management. ## 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=rN5_PLUS_7W/1K5zovh71NTOi1Q%3D%3D) - [Official roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=rN5_PLUS_7W/1K5zovh71NTOi1Q%3D%3D) - [New York State Unified Court System Judicial Directory official judicial roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=rN5_PLUS_7W/1K5zovh71NTOi1Q%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) - [Judicial Directory: Hon. Lisa J. Friederwitzer](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=rN5_PLUS_7W/1K5zovh71NTOi1Q%3D%3D) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/lisa-j-friederwitzer", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/lisa-j-friederwitzer", "name": "Lisa J. Friederwitzer | KnowJudges", "description": "Lisa J. Friederwitzer, Queens County Family Court. Source-linked judicial identity, courtroom procedures, and presentation guidance.", "dateModified": "2026-08-02", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/lisa-j-friederwitzer#judge" } }, { "@type": "Person", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/lisa-j-friederwitzer#judge", "name": "Lisa J. 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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.