--- title: "Mary Rita Connerton | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/mary-rita-connerton-14655" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-07" --- # Mary Rita Connerton Broome County Supreme Court · Acting Justice ## Profile - Court: Broome County Supreme Court - State: New York - Role: Acting Justice - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-06-30 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Mary Rita Connerton is a judge of the Broome County Family Court in Binghamton, New York, serving since 2002 and re‐elected in 2011 for a term ending January 1, 2022 - Acting Justice, New York Supreme Court, Broome County, NY, 2009-present - Connerton has been a Broome County Family Court judge since January 2002, following her initial election. - Judge, Broome County Family Court, NY, 2012-2021 - Supervising Judge, Broome County Family Court, NY, 2009-2021 - Assistant District Attorney, Broome County District Attorney's Office, NY, 1982-1987 - According to, Connerton is listed as an attorney/judge in Binghamton, NY, with her professional background and court affiliation ### Education - Albany Law School — J.D. (1982) ### Additional information - Connerton’s career in the judiciary began with her election to the Family Court in 2002, and she has continued to serve in that role for over two decades. - Practitioner, Broome County Family Court, NY, 1990-2002 - Practitioner, Grace, Hull & Vitanza, P.C., NY, 1987-1990 - BA — SUNY at Albany — 1979 - SUNY at Binghamton — 1977 ## 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/14655/mary-rita-connerton/) - [Official roster](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14655/mary-rita-connerton/) - [New York Supreme Court, Broome County current judicial profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14655/mary-rita-connerton/) - [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/14655/mary-rita-connerton/) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/mary-rita-connerton-14655", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/mary-rita-connerton-14655", "name": "Mary Rita Connerton | KnowJudges", "description": "Mary Rita Connerton, Broome County Supreme Court. 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[Official source](https://www.nycourts.gov/rules/part-200-uniform-rules-courts-exercising-criminal-jurisdiction). Collected 2026-10-27. - [22 NYCRR Part 202 — Uniform Civil Rules Supreme Court And County Court](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/ny-shared-set-bf1c7eb9020e52eed65d) — Civil actions and proceedings only; section-specific and specialized-part restrictions remain applicable. [Official source](https://www.nycourts.gov/rules/part-202-uniform-civil-rules-supreme-court-and-county-court). 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.