--- title: "Matthew J. Turner | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/matthew-j-turner" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-08-02" --- # Matthew J. Turner Rensselaer County Family Court · Family Court Judge ## Profile - Court: Rensselaer County Family Court - State: New York - Role: Family Court Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-26 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Judge, Rensselaer County Family Court, Elected, 2025 to 2035 - Judge, City Court, Troy, Elected 1999 to 2004 - Rensselaer County, Public Defender, 1995 to 1999 - Position: Judge, Troy City Court, Rensselaer County, NY - Matthew J. Turner remains active as a judge in Troy, NY, with a long-standing private law practice - Private Practice: Maintains a private law practice in Troy while serving as judge ### Education - Albany School of Law — J.D. (1989) - The Catholic University of America — B.A. (1986) ### Additional information - Service: held the role of a judge since 1999; initially half-time (1999–2003), then three‐quarters time since 2003 - Public Profile: Featured in local media, including a 2022 “Election Watch” interview discussing his re‐election campaign - Re-elected, 2005 to 2010; 2011 to 2016 - City of Troy, Deputy Corporation Counsel, 1993 to 1995 - Private Practice, 1989 to 1993 - Matthew J. Turner is a judge of the Troy City Court in Rensselaer County, New York, admitted to the New York Bar in 1991, who has faced formal judicial conduct findings for delays in issuing rulings ## 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=TBr1rMrhVNasnQxlSTB0nQ%3D%3D) - [Official roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=TBr1rMrhVNasnQxlSTB0nQ%3D%3D) - [New York State Unified Court System Judicial Directory official judicial roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=TBr1rMrhVNasnQxlSTB0nQ%3D%3D) - [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) - [Judicial Directory: Hon. Matthew J. Turner](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=TBr1rMrhVNasnQxlSTB0nQ%3D%3D) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/matthew-j-turner", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/matthew-j-turner", "name": "Matthew J. Turner | KnowJudges", "description": "Matthew J. Turner, Rensselaer County Family Court. Source-linked judicial identity, courtroom procedures, and presentation guidance.", "dateModified": "2026-08-02", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/matthew-j-turner#judge" } }, { "@type": "Person", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/matthew-j-turner#judge", "name": "Matthew J. 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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.