--- title: "Marcia P. Hirsch | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/marcia-p-hirsch-14795" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-08" --- # Marcia P. Hirsch Queens County Supreme Court · Justice ## Profile - Court: Queens County Supreme Court - State: New York - Role: Justice - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-06-30 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Justice, New York Supreme Court, Queens County, New York, NY, 2005-present - Treatment Court Leadership (2005–2024): held the role of Presiding Judge of the Queens Drug Treatment Court, DWI Treatment Court, Mental Health Court, Veterans Court, and Drug Diversion Court - Judge, New York Court of Claims, NY, 2014-2022 - Judge, New York Court of Claims, New York, NY, 2005-2013 - 2005 – Appointed Acting Justice of the Queens County Supreme Court, Criminal Term, 11th Judicial District by former Chief Administrative Judge Jonathan Lippman - 1995–2005: Acting General Counsel & Deputy Commissioner, NYS Division of Housing & Community Renewal - Partner, Horing & Welikson, PC, 1990-1995 - Administrative Law Judge, NYS Department of Social Services, 1979-1980 - 1979–1980: Administrative Law Judge, NYS Dept. of Social Services - Lecturer on therapeutic justice, trauma‐informed courts, and procedural justice - She was recognized for her 19 years of treatment court service, promoting trauma‐informed, therapeutic justice ### Education - Syracuse University — J.D. (1978) - Syracuse Law School in — J.D. (1978) - Union College — B.A. ### Additional information - In 2024, she received the Judges and Psychiatrists Leadership Initiative’s Lifetime Achievement Award - Practitioner, NYS Division of Housing and Community Renewal, NY, 1995-2005 - Practitioner, Private Practice, 1984-1990 - Practitioner, RKM Enterprises, 1983-1984 - Practitioner, Mandell and Mandell, 1980-1983 - Practitioner, NYS Higher Education Services Corp., 1978-1979 - Began her legal career in 1978 as Assistant Counsel to the New York State Higher - Retired New York State judge best known for her long tenure as Presiding Judge of multiple Queens County treatment courts and her earlier service on the New York Court of Claims and Queens County Supreme Court ## 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/14795/marcia-p-hirsch/) - [Official roster](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14795/marcia-p-hirsch/) - [New York Supreme Court, Queens County current judicial profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14795/marcia-p-hirsch/) - [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/14795/marcia-p-hirsch/) - [Marcia P. Hirsch - Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Marcia_P._Hirsch) - [Marcia P. Hirsch (New York Supreme Court, Queens County, New York State Court of Claims) – CourtListener.com](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14795/marcia-p-hirsch) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/marcia-p-hirsch-14795", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/marcia-p-hirsch-14795", "name": "Marcia P. Hirsch | KnowJudges", "description": "Marcia P. Hirsch, Queens County Supreme Court. Source-linked judicial identity, courtroom procedures, and presentation guidance.", "dateModified": "2026-10-08", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/marcia-p-hirsch-14795#judge" } }, { "@type": "Person", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/marcia-p-hirsch-14795#judge", "name": "Marcia P. 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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.