--- title: "Monica P. Wallace | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/monica-p-wallace" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-08-02" --- # Monica P. Wallace Erie County Court of Claims · Court of Claims Judge ## Profile - Court: Erie County Court of Claims - State: New York - Role: Court of Claims 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 New York State Court of Claims Appointed by Governor Kathy Hochul, 2025 to Present - United States District Court, Western District of New York Confidential Law Clerk to Hon. Richard J. Arcara 1999 to 2011 - United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit Law Clerk 1998 to 1999 - United States District Court, Western District of New York Confidential Law Clerk to Hon. Richard J. Arcara 1996 to 1998 - Phillips Lytle LLP Associate 1994 to 1996 - Wallace has over 15 years of experience in federal courts, serving as a confidential law clerk to U.S. District Judge Richard Arcara and as a staff attorney for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ### Education - J.D. — State University of New York at Buffalo Law School — 1994 - B.A. — State University of New York at Binghamton — 1990 - She received her undergraduate degree with honors from SUNY Binghamton and her J.D., cum laude, from SUNY Buffalo Law School. ### Additional information - Judge Monica Piga Wallace currently presides over civil cases in the New York State Court of Claims, specifically in Erie County, with her term running from 2025 to 2033, following her appointment by Governor Kathy Hochul and confirmation by the New York State Senate. - Before her judicial appointment, Wallace served four terms in the New York State Assembly from 2017 to 2025 - New York State Assembly Member of Assembly, District 143 2016 to 2024 - State University of New York at Buffalo Law School Faculty Member 2011 to 2016 - As a judge on the Court of Claims, Wallace presides over civil cases involving claims against the state, ensuring fair adjudication and application of the law. - She also secured funding for community projects, including the first Boys & Girls Club in Cheektowaga, Scajaquada Creek cleanup, and a grief center in Western New York - representing the 143rd Assembly District, which includes Cheektowaga, parts of Lancaster, and Buffalo. - She also served on the faculty of the University at Buffalo School of Law, her alma mater, teaching law and mentoring students. - During her legislative tenure, she sponsored significant legislation, such as banning facial recognition in schools, expanding hospice access, and increasing government transparency. ## 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 ### courtroom technology Scope: courtwide The New York Court of Claims publishes courtroom evidence-presentation technology, including document/photo/object/video presentation and laptop connections in specified courtrooms. Evidence excerpt: With minimal effort, attorneys can present documents, color photos, objects, videos, and use electronic presentations to bring details to the court. [Court of Claims Courtroom Technology](https://www.nycourts.gov/courts/court-claims/courtroom-technology) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### 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_PLUS_WdpQ0kv6xhMGhJCut4lQ%3D%3D) - [Official roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=6_PLUS_WdpQ0kv6xhMGhJCut4lQ%3D%3D) - [New York State Unified Court System Judicial Directory official judicial roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=6_PLUS_WdpQ0kv6xhMGhJCut4lQ%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) - [Court of Claims Courtroom Technology](https://www.nycourts.gov/courts/court-claims/courtroom-technology) - [Judicial Directory: Hon. Monica P. Wallace](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=6_PLUS_WdpQ0kv6xhMGhJCut4lQ%3D%3D) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/monica-p-wallace", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/monica-p-wallace", "name": "Monica P. Wallace | KnowJudges", "description": "Monica P. Wallace, Erie County Court of Claims. 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/monica-p-wallace#judge" } }, { "@type": "Person", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/monica-p-wallace#judge", "name": "Monica P. 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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.