--- title: "Marsha D. Michael | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/marsha-d-michael-14944" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-08-02" --- # Marsha D. Michael The Criminal Court of the City of New York, Bronx · Judge ## Profile - Court: The Criminal Court of the City of New York, Bronx - State: New York - Role: Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-06-30 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Since October 12, 2023, Governor Kathy Hochul appointed Justice Michael to a vacancy on the Appellate Division, First Department, serving alongside her prior role as an Associate Justice on the Appellate Term for the 1st and 12th Judicial Districts - Judge, The Criminal Court of the City of New York, Bronx, New York, NY, 2016-present - Justice, New York Supreme Court, Bronx County, New York, NY, 2019-2032 - Judge, Civil Court of the City of New York, New York, NY, 2016-2018 - 2015–2018: Elected Judge, New York City Civil Court (Bronx County) - 2016: Designated to the Criminal Court of the City of New York by Chief Administrative Judge Lawrence K. Marks - Law Clerk, NYS Unified Court System, NY, 2007-2015 - Associate Justice of the New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department, and a former judge of the Bronx County Supreme Court and New York City Civil Court - Born in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, to parents from Antigua and Barbuda, Justice Michael is a registered Democrat ### Education - Albany Law School — J.D. (2002) ### Additional information - BA — SUNY at Binghamton — 1997 - Before joining the bench, she was employed as an associate in a Bronx County civil litigation firm. - In her earlier judicial roles, she presided over domestic violence misdemeanor cases, jury trials, and other criminal and civil matters ## 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/14944/marsha-d-michael/) - [Official roster](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14944/marsha-d-michael/) - [The Criminal Court of the City of New York, Bronx current judicial profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14944/marsha-d-michael/) - [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/14944/marsha-d-michael/) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/marsha-d-michael-14944", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/marsha-d-michael-14944", "name": "Marsha D. 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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.