--- title: "Michael Goldman | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/michael-goldman-nyc-civil-queens-3f85f155" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-07-27" --- # Michael Goldman New York City Civil Court, Queens County · New York City Civil Court Judge ## Profile - Court: New York City Civil Court, Queens County - State: New York - Role: New York City Civil Court Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-27 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - As of January 1, 2026, Judge Goldman serves as Supervising Judge of the Queens Civil Court - Michael H. Goldman is a Queens County judge elected in 2023 to the New York City Civil Court’s 1st Municipal Court District, and in January 2026 he became the Queens Civil Court’s Supervising Judge - He succeeds Judge Ira Greenberg, who was elected to the Queens Supreme Court ### Education - J.D. and master’s degree from Boston University ### Additional information - Elected in November 2023 to the Queens 1st Municipal Court District seat, a term running through 2034. - Current assignment: Queens County Civil Part - Before joining the court system, he worked in private criminal and civil practice and as in-house counsel for investment and technology firms amNewYork - overseeing one of New York’s busiest civil courts. - His career spans 24 years in the New York State Unified Court System, including roles as a court attorney, principal law clerk for judges in Queens Civil, Criminal, and Supreme Courts, and in NYC Criminal Court in Manhattan and Brooklyn. - In this role, Goldman continues to hear cases while also managing administrative duties such as caseload assignment, pretrial motions, and ensuring efficient court operations - A Queens native, Goldman grew up steps from the Queens Civil Courthouse. ## 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=0ls_PLUS_fEmFFc05aECZPbT4hw%3D%3D) - [Official roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=0ls_PLUS_fEmFFc05aECZPbT4hw%3D%3D) - [New York State Unified Court System official judicial roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=0ls_PLUS_fEmFFc05aECZPbT4hw%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) - [New York State Unified Court System judicial profile or roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=0ls_PLUS_fEmFFc05aECZPbT4hw%3D%3D) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/michael-goldman-nyc-civil-queens-3f85f155", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/michael-goldman-nyc-civil-queens-3f85f155", "name": "Michael Goldman | KnowJudges", "description": "Michael Goldman, New York City Civil Court, Queens County. 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[Official source](https://www.nycourts.gov/rules/part-208-uniform-civil-rules-new-york-city-civil-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.