--- title: "Mae Avila D'Agostino | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/mae-a-d-agostino" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-08-02" --- # Mae Avila D'Agostino U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York · Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York - State: New York - Role: Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-25 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Judge, District Court, N.D. New York, 2011-present - Mae Avila D’Agostino is a United States district judge serving on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York since March 30, 2011 - Adjunct professor, Albany Law School, 1991-2011 - Partner in D’Agostino, Krackeler, Maguire & Cardona, PC ### Education - Syracuse University College of Law — J.D. (1980) - Siena College — B.A. (1977) - Siena University ### Additional information - Private practice, Menands, NY, 1997-2011 - Private practice, Albany, NY, 1981-1997 - Date of birth: 1954-01-01 - focusing on medical malpractice cases - While a law student, she received the Award for Distinguished Achievement in the Art and Science of Advocacy from the International Academy of Trial Lawyers - Birth place: Albany, NY ## 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 ### courtroom technology Scope: courtwide Courtwide presentation-related guidance applies to this judge. Evidence excerpt: . Requests for use of an evidence presentation system either through the use of the court's equipment, or through an outside vendor, should be discussed in pre-trial proceedings with the judge or with opposing counsel in as far in advance of the trial date as possible. In civil cases, reserving the court's equipment as soon… [Courtroom Technology | Northern District of New York | United States District Court](https://www.nynd.uscourts.gov/courtroom-technology) Source checked: 2026-07-24 ### courtroom technology Scope: courtwide Courtwide presentation-related guidance applies to this judge. Evidence excerpt: Courtroom Technology . Courtroom Technology FAQ . QUESTION 1: Which courtrooms have Video Evidence Technology available? [Courtroom Technology FAQ | Northern District of New York | United States District Court](https://www.nynd.uscourts.gov/courtroom-technology-faq) Source checked: 2026-07-24 ### civil remote testimony Scope: courtwide In federal district-court civil proceedings, testimony is ordinarily taken in open court; remote contemporaneous testimony requires good cause in compelling circumstances and appropriate safeguards. Evidence excerpt: For good cause in compelling circumstances and with appropriate safeguards, the court may permit testimony in open court by contemporaneous transmission from a different location. [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### criminal recording and broadcasting Scope: courtwide Federal district courts may not permit courtroom photography or broadcasting during criminal judicial proceedings unless a statute or another federal rule provides an exception. Evidence excerpt: Except as otherwise provided by a statute or these rules, the court must not permit the taking of photographs in the courtroom during judicial proceedings or the broadcasting of judicial proceedings from the courtroom. [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ## Sources - [Official profile](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1393661) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1393661) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1393661) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/783/mae-avila-dagostino/) - [Courtroom Technology | Northern District of New York | United States District Court](https://www.nynd.uscourts.gov/courtroom-technology) - [Courtroom Technology FAQ | Northern District of New York | United States District Court](https://www.nynd.uscourts.gov/courtroom-technology-faq) - [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) - [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/783/mae-avila-dagostino/) - [Wikidata: Mae D'Agostino](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6728921) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/mae-a-d-agostino", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/mae-a-d-agostino", "name": "Mae Avila D'Agostino | KnowJudges", "description": "Mae Avila D'Agostino, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York. 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[Official source](https://www.nynd.uscourts.gov/sites/nynd/files/local_rules/Local%20Rules%202026_Final.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.