--- title: "Lois Bloom | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/lois-bloom-9414" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-08" --- # Lois Bloom U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York · Magistrate ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York - State: New York - Role: Magistrate - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-06-30 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - During her tenure as a magistrate judge in the Eastern District of New York, Bloom presided over a wide range of civil and criminal matters ### Education ### Additional information - Magistrate, District Court, E.D. New York, 2001-present - Sworn in as a federal magistrate judge on June 1, 2001, after a distinguished career as a senior staff attorney in the Pro Se Office of the Southern District of New York, where she worked for 13 years representing pro se litigants and earning multiple Second Circuit Merit Awards for her service. - She also played a role in training new magistrate judges through the Federal Judicial Center and spoke at numerous conferences on topics including access to justice, civil rights, and federal civil practice A notable moment in her early judicial career was presiding over a naturalization ceremony on September 11, 2001, swearing in 300 new citizens before the courthouse was evacuated. - SUNY Buffalo — J.D., 1985 - SUNY Stony Brook — B.A., 1981 - Began her legal career at the West Side SRO Law Project, advocating for indigent tenants in housing court, before joining the federal Pro Se Office ## 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/9414/lois-bloom/) - [Official roster](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/9414/lois-bloom/) - [U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York current judicial profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/9414/lois-bloom/) - [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/9414/lois-bloom/) - [Lois Bloom - Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Lois_Bloom) - ["Federal Courts, Magistrate Judges, and the Pro Se Plaintiff" by Lois Bloom and Helen Hershkoff](https://gretchen.law.nyu.edu/fac-articles/555) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/lois-bloom-9414", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/lois-bloom-9414", "name": "Lois Bloom | KnowJudges", "description": "Lois Bloom, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. 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Civil and criminal sections have distinct scope and district-specific exceptions. Not Bankruptcy Court rules. [Official source](https://www.nysd.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/local_rules/2026-01-02%20-%20EDNY%20and%20SDNY%20Joint%20Local%20Rules%20As%20Amended.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27. - [Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, December 1, 2025](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-651872d6e45e0d82319ecccc) — Civil actions in United States District Courts; Rule 81 exceptions apply. Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-civil-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27. - [Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, December 1, 2025](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-8721a344fececced2257fe1d) — Criminal proceedings in United States District Courts; this conservative mapping does not distribute appellate-specific provisions to appellate judges. Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27.