--- title: "Louis L. Nock | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/louis-l-nock-ny-trial-b0068f54" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-08-02" --- # Louis L. Nock Supreme Court, New York County, Civil Term · Judicial Officer ## Profile - Court: Supreme Court, New York County, 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 - Acting Justice, Supreme Court, New York County, Civil Term, Appointed by Chief Administrative Judge Lawrence K. Marks, 2018 to Present - Acting Justice, New York Supreme Court, New York County, New York, NY, 2018-present - Louis L. Nock was a New York State judge with a long career in the New York City Civil Court and later the New York County Supreme Court, but he resigned in September 2025 after disciplinary complaints and agreed never to return to the bench - Judge, Civil Court of the City of New York, New York County, New York, NY, 2015-2024 - In 2018, Chief Administrative Judge Lawrence K. Marks appointed him to the New York County Supreme Court (Civil Term) - Judge, Civil Court of the City of New York, Kings County, New York, NY, 2017-2018 - Judge, The Criminal Court of the City of New York, New York, New York, NY, 2015-2017 - Senior Attorney, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP, 2009-2014 - Arbitrator, Civil Court of the City of New York, New York County, Small Claims Part, New York, NY, 2003-2014 - Partner, Kucker & Bruh LLP, 2006-2009 - Law Clerk, Hon. Herman Cahn, Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York County, Commercial Division, NY, 2002-2006 - Senior Attorney, Snitow & Pauley, 1994-2002 - Student Law Clerk to Hon. Nina Gershon, U.S.M.J., District Court, S.D. New York, 1989-1989 - His legal career began as a law clerk to Judge Nina Gershon (S.D.N.Y.) in 1989, followed by litigation work at Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, senior roles at Snitow & Pauley, and partnership at Kucker & Bruh - He later joined Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, while also serving as a small claims arbitrator ### Education - cum laude — Yeshiva University — 1990 - B.T.L. in Talmudic law from Ner Israel Rabbinical College (1982) and a J.D. from Yeshiva University’s Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law (1990). - Business — Johns Hopkins University — 1980 ### Additional information - National Director for International Affairs, United States Coast Guard Auxiliary, 2018-present - Major, Judge Advocate, New York State Guard, NY, 2010-present - He had been elected in 2024 for a term ending December 31, 2034 - He later obtained postgraduate certificates from Harvard Business School (2018) and Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Advanced Governmental Studies (2017) - First elected to the Civil Court of the City of New York (New York County) in 2014, later serving in the Criminal Court and Kings County Civil Court. - Commander, Assistant National Chief Counsel, United States Coast Guard Auxiliary, 2009-2014 - Practitioner, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, 1990-1994 - Current court assignment: Supreme Court, New York 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=gDawLMIrtszyogsorbU/hA%3D%3D) - [Official roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=gDawLMIrtszyogsorbU/hA%3D%3D) - [New York State Unified Court System official judicial roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=gDawLMIrtszyogsorbU/hA%3D%3D) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14979/louis-l-nock/) - [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=gDawLMIrtszyogsorbU/hA%3D%3D) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14979/louis-l-nock/) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/louis-l-nock-ny-trial-b0068f54", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/louis-l-nock-ny-trial-b0068f54", "name": "Louis L. 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Collected 2026-10-27. - [New York County Supreme Court, Civil Branch — Rules of the Justices](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/ny-shared-set-d3c269bb7fe692b08197) — Civil Branch proceedings in New York County Supreme Court only; not criminal proceedings. Preserve source version and check later judge/part instructions. [Official source](https://www.nycourts.gov/LegacyPDFS/courts/1jd/supctmanh/Uniform_Rules.pdf). 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.