--- title: "Madeleine C. Petrara Perrin | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/madeleine-c-petrara-perrin" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-08-02" --- # Madeleine C. Petrara Perrin Nassau County District Court · District Court Judge ## Profile - Court: Nassau County District Court - State: New York - Role: District 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 - Since 2021: Principal Law Clerk to the Administrative Judge for the Courts of Nassau County - Judge, District Court, Nassau County, Elected, 2024 to 2029 - Madeleine C. Petrara‐Perrin is a judge of the District Court of Nassau County, New York, serving a term from 2024 to 2029, with a long background in appellate law, legal clerkship, and community service - Judge, District Court, Nassau County, Appointed by Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, 2023 to 2023 - NYS Unified Court System, Supreme Court, Principal Law Clerk, 2010 to 2023 - 2010–2021: Principal Law Clerk to a New York State Supreme Court Justice - NYS Unified Court System, Appellate Division, Second Department, Senior Appellate Court Attorney, 1996 to 1998 ### Education - New York University — LL.M. (1995) - Nova Southeastern University — J.D. (1994) - New York University — B.A. (1989) ### Additional information - Private Practice, 1998 to 2002 - Member of multiple committees: Equal Justice in the Courts, Access to Justice, Nassau County Bar Association’s Community Relations & Public Education, Nassau County Women’s Bar Association, and others ## 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=aiehAb5MSVE34gnrCYeOOA%3D%3D) - [Official roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=aiehAb5MSVE34gnrCYeOOA%3D%3D) - [New York State Unified Court System Judicial Directory official judicial roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=aiehAb5MSVE34gnrCYeOOA%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. Madeleine C. Petrara-Perrin](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=aiehAb5MSVE34gnrCYeOOA%3D%3D) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/madeleine-c-petrara-perrin", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/madeleine-c-petrara-perrin", "name": "Madeleine C. Petrara Perrin | KnowJudges", "description": "Madeleine C. Petrara Perrin, Nassau County District 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/madeleine-c-petrara-perrin#judge" } }, { "@type": "Person", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/madeleine-c-petrara-perrin#judge", "name": "Madeleine C. 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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.