--- title: "Natalie P. Barros | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/natalie-p-barros" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-08-02" --- # Natalie P. Barros New York County Civil Court · Civil Court Judge ## Profile - Court: New York County Civil Court - State: New York - Role: Civil Court 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, Criminal Court of New York City, Kings County, Appointed by Mayor Zohran Mamdani, 2026 - Interim Civil Court Judge in New York County, appointed in January 2026, with a decade of prior prosecutorial experience in Richmond County and the New York State Unified Court System - NYS Unified Court System, Supervising Court Attorney, Richmond County Criminal Court, 2019 to 2025 - Richmond County District Attorney's Office, Deputy Bureau Chief, Criminal Court Bureau, 2017 to 2019 - Richmond County District Attorney's Office, Assistant District Attorney, 2009 to 2017 - Position: Interim Civil Court Judge, New York County (Queens) ### Education - New York Law School — J.D. (2009) - Sacred Heart University — B.A. (2006) ### Additional information - One of three new judicial appointments announced by Mayor Mamdani in January 2026, alongside Cary Fischer and Andrés Casas. - Judge Barros has no recorded public discipline and her performance metrics (such as suppression reversal rate or excessive sentence findings) are not applicable due to her short-term appointment - Sacred Heart University (Undergraduate). ## 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/JudicialDirectory) - [Official roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/JudicialDirectory) - [New York State Unified Court System Judicial Directory official judicial roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/JudicialDirectory) - [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) - [Judicial Directory: Hon. Natalie P. Barros](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=ERbKfHK205NvPSZmEnpYBQ%3D%3D) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/natalie-p-barros", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/natalie-p-barros", "name": "Natalie P. Barros | KnowJudges", "description": "Natalie P. Barros, New York County Civil Court. 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/natalie-p-barros#judge" } }, { "@type": "Person", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/natalie-p-barros#judge", "name": "Natalie P. 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[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.