--- title: "Norah Mccann King | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/norah-mccann-king-new-jersey-us-magistrate" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-08" --- # Norah Mccann King U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey · U.S. Magistrate Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey - State: New Jersey - Role: U.S. Magistrate Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-29 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - 1982–2014: U.S. Magistrate Judge for the Southern District of Ohio, serving four terms 2000–2004: Chief Magistrate Judge Coordinated the Settlement Week mediation program for many years - Recalled United States Magistrate Judge for the Southern District of Ohio, appointed in 1982 as the district’s first female judge - 1979–1982: Private practice at Frost, King, Freytag & Carpenter, Columbus, OH - 1975–1979: Law clerk to U.S. District Judge Joseph P. Kinneary - Judge King has taught legal writing, mediation, and trial practice at Ohio State University Moritz College of Law ### Education ### Additional information - Magistrate, District Court, S.D. Ohio, 1982-present - As of April 18, 2026, she also heard Social Security appeals in the District of New Jersey by consent - Born August 13, 1949 in Steubenville, Ohio, Judge King earned her B.A., cum laude, from Rosary College (now Dominican University) in River Forest, Illinois, in 1971, and her J.D., summa cum laude, from The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law in 1975. - She was an editor of The Ohio State Law Journal and a member of the Order of the Coif Southern District of Ohio ## 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 ### civil remote testimony Scope: courtwide In federal district-court civil proceedings, testimony is ordinarily taken in open court; remote contemporaneous testimony requires good cause in compelling circumstances and appropriate safeguards. Evidence excerpt: For good cause in compelling circumstances and with appropriate safeguards, the court may permit testimony in open court by contemporaneous transmission from a different location. [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### criminal recording and broadcasting Scope: courtwide Federal district courts may not permit courtroom photography or broadcasting during criminal judicial proceedings unless a statute or another federal rule provides an exception. Evidence excerpt: Except as otherwise provided by a statute or these rules, the court must not permit the taking of photographs in the courtroom during judicial proceedings or the broadcasting of judicial proceedings from the courtroom. [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ## Sources - [Official profile](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/cjra_na_0331.2026.pdf#page=22) - [Official roster](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/cjra_na_0331.2026.pdf#page=22) - [U.S. Courts judicial profile or roster](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/cjra_na_0331.2026.pdf#page=22) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/9474/norah-mccann-king/) - [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) - [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/9474/norah-mccann-king/) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/9474/norah-mccann-king/) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/norah-mccann-king-new-jersey-us-magistrate", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/norah-mccann-king-new-jersey-us-magistrate", "name": "Norah Mccann King | KnowJudges", "description": "Norah Mccann King, U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. 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Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-civil-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27. - [Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, December 1, 2025](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-8721a344fececced2257fe1d) — Criminal proceedings in United States District Courts; this conservative mapping does not distribute appellate-specific provisions to appellate judges. Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27.