--- title: "Melissa C. Jackson | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/melissa-c-jackson-14812" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-07" --- # Melissa C. Jackson New York County Supreme Court · Acting Justice ## Profile - Court: New York 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 - Acting Justice, New York Supreme Court, New York County, NY, 2013-present - Acting Justice, New York County, New York State Supreme Court (since 2013) - Judge, The Criminal Court of the City of New York, New York, NY, 2017-2027 - Administrative Law Judge, The Criminal Court of the City of New York, New York, NY, 2014-2017 - Judge, The Criminal Court of the City of New York, New York, New York, NY, 2007-2017 - Judge, Criminal Court of the City of New York (2003–2017; reappointed 2007–2017) - held the role of Acting Supreme Court Justice for New York County from 2013 onward - Supervising Judge, The Criminal Court of the City of New York, New York, NY, 2008-2013 - Judge, The Criminal Court of the City of New York, New York, NY, 2003-2007 - Deputy District Attorney, Kings County District Attorney, NY, 1981-2003 - Born in New York City in 1952, she is the daughter of William Eldred Jackson (U.S. Supreme Court Justice, U.S. Attorney General, Nuremberg prosecutor) and Nancy Dabney Roosevelt (daughter of Archibald Roosevelt, son of President Theodore Roosevelt) - American jurist serving as a judge in the New York Supreme Court, New York County and the Criminal Court of the City of New York - Melissa Jackson ’70 | Stories Details Page About Academics Admissions Alumnae Arts Athletics Giving In this Section In This Section Melissa Jackson ’70 Throughout her celebrated law career, Melissa C. Jackson ’70 has served as an attorney and a judge, including her current role as a New York Supreme Court Justice ### Education - Fordham University — J.D. (1981) - University of Pennsylvania — B.A. (1974) ### Additional information ## 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/14812/melissa-c-jackson/) - [Official roster](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14812/melissa-c-jackson/) - [New York Supreme Court, New York County current judicial profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14812/melissa-c-jackson/) - [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/14812/melissa-c-jackson/) - [Court Leadership Positions Filled in New York City](https://ww2.nycourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/files/2018-05/PR17_21.pdf) - [Melissa Jackson ’70 | Stories Details Page](https://www.chapin.edu/about/experience-chapin/chapin-stories/stories-details-page/~board/alumnae/post/melissa-jackson-70) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/melissa-c-jackson-14812", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/melissa-c-jackson-14812", "name": "Melissa C. 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Collected 2026-10-27. - [New York County Supreme Court, Civil Branch — Rules of the Justices](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/ny-shared-set-d3c269bb7fe692b08197) — Civil Branch proceedings in New York County Supreme Court only; not criminal proceedings. Preserve source version and check later judge/part instructions. [Official source](https://www.nycourts.gov/LegacyPDFS/courts/1jd/supctmanh/Uniform_Rules.pdf). 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.