--- title: "Michele Pirro Bailey | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/michele-pirro-bailey-ny-trial-0608cc8c" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-07-27" --- # Michele Pirro Bailey Onondaga County Family Court · Judicial Officer ## Profile - Court: Onondaga County Family Court - State: New York - Role: Judicial Officer - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-27 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Acting Justice, Supreme Court, Appointed, 2011 to Present - Began her legal career in 1985 as a deputy attorney for Onondaga County, later serving as an assistant district attorney (1987–1988) and returning as deputy attorney through 1992 ### Education ### Additional information - In 2024, she announced her retirement before the end of her term. - She was re‐elected in 2017 for a second 10‐year term. - Joined the Family Court in 2008 - Michele Pirro Bailey is a retired judge of the Onondaga County Family Court in Syracuse, New York, who served from 2008 until her retirement before the end of her term, and is now listed as a member of the New York Family Court Advisory & Rules Committee - Elected in 2007 to the Onondaga County Family Court and began her tenure in 2008. - Worked in private practice (1993–1998) and as court attorney to Family Court Judge Anthony Paris (1993–1999), later serving as his principal law clerk. - Current court assignment: Onondaga County Family Court - her judicial and legal work has focused on family law, residential real estate, and personal injury matters - She is currently noted as a member of the New York Family Court Advisory & Rules Committee, serving in a retired capacity - Although retired from the bench, she remains active in the judicial community as a member of the New York Family Court Advisory & Rules Committee, which advises on family court rules and policy ## 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=6/pEaNlnUi8kGN1bPRsFcA%3D%3D) - [Official roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=6/pEaNlnUi8kGN1bPRsFcA%3D%3D) - [New York State Unified Court System official judicial roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=6/pEaNlnUi8kGN1bPRsFcA%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=6/pEaNlnUi8kGN1bPRsFcA%3D%3D) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/michele-pirro-bailey-ny-trial-0608cc8c", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/michele-pirro-bailey-ny-trial-0608cc8c", "name": "Michele Pirro Bailey | KnowJudges", "description": "Michele Pirro Bailey, Onondaga County Family Court. 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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.