--- title: "Molly Reynolds Fitzgerald | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/molly-reynolds-fitzgerald-14723" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-08-02" --- # Molly Reynolds Fitzgerald Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · Justice ## Profile - Court: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York - State: New York - Role: Justice - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-06-30 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Justice, Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, NY, 2019-present - Appointed Justice of the New York Supreme Court Appellate Division, Third Department, serving since November 6, 2019, and currently on a five‐year term as Associate Justice - Additional role: Acting Judge for the New York Supreme Court, 6th Judicial District (since 2016) - held the role of Administrative Judge for the 6th Judicial District from 2016 until her 2019 appellate appointment - Justice, New York Supreme Court, Broome County, NY, 2008-2019 - Partner, Smyk & Fitzgerald, LLP, ?-present - Partner, Vitanza, Aaron & Fitzgerald, P.C., ?-present - Practitioner, Cook, Noell, Tolley & Aldridge, Associate, ?-present ### Education - Catholic University of America — J.D. (1986) - Political Science — Trinity Washington University — 1982 - Trinity College in — B.A. (1982) ### Additional information - Practitioner, Ziff, Weiermiller & Hayden, ?-present - Governor Hochul highlighted her “deep legal expertise, sound judgment, and unwavering dedication to fairness” - Birth place: Binghamton, NY ## 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/14723/molly-reynolds-fitzgerald/) - [Official roster](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14723/molly-reynolds-fitzgerald/) - [Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York current judicial profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14723/molly-reynolds-fitzgerald/) - [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/14723/molly-reynolds-fitzgerald/) - [Molly R. Fitzgerald - Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Molly_R._Fitzgerald) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/molly-reynolds-fitzgerald-14723", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/molly-reynolds-fitzgerald-14723", "name": "Molly Reynolds Fitzgerald | KnowJudges", "description": "Molly Reynolds Fitzgerald, Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York. 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Preserve the applicable department rules. [Official source](https://www.nycourts.gov/courts/AD1/Practice&Procedures/rules.shtml). 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.