--- title: "Mary H. Smith | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/mary-h-smith-ny-trial-6ec63a70" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-08-02" --- # Mary H. Smith Supreme Court Justice - 9th Judicial District · Justice ## Profile - Court: Supreme Court Justice - 9th Judicial District - State: New York - Role: Justice - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-27 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Judge, New York Supreme Court, Onondaga County, Syracuse, NY, 2017-2027 - Justice, Supreme Court (Certificated), Ninth Judicial District, 2016 to 2017 - President, Shareholder, Attorney, Cramer Smith & Miller, P.C., 1999-2017 - Current court assignment: Supreme Court Justice - 9th Judicial District ### Education - She was licensed to practice law in New York in 1978 after earning her J.D. from Hofstra University’s Maurice A. Deane School of Law in 1977, and a B.S. from Simmons College in 1967 ### Additional information - While celebrated for her service, she also was awarded a censure from the New York Judicial Commission in 1999 for engaging in improper ex parte communications with a defendant in a criminal case, which the Commission found compromised the parties’ rights and created an appearance of bias - Distinguished New York State judge and public servant, best known for her service on the Rockland County Supreme Court in the 9th Judicial District and earlier on the Westchester County Court and Yonkers City Court - Northern Westchester Hospital Center, in which the New York Appellate Division found that Justice Smith’s conduct — including excessive intervention and comments to the jury — deprived the plaintiff of a fair trial, leading to a new trial order ## 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=7vNiqxVQ1iTMRNcaYRB6bw%3D%3D) - [Official roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=7vNiqxVQ1iTMRNcaYRB6bw%3D%3D) - [New York State Unified Court System official judicial roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=7vNiqxVQ1iTMRNcaYRB6bw%3D%3D) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/15093/mary-h-smith/) - [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=7vNiqxVQ1iTMRNcaYRB6bw%3D%3D) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/15093/mary-h-smith/) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/mary-h-smith-ny-trial-6ec63a70", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/mary-h-smith-ny-trial-6ec63a70", "name": "Mary H. 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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.