--- title: "Paul Wooten | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/paul-wooten-15166" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-08-02" --- # Paul Wooten Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · Associate Justice ## Profile - Court: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York - State: New York - Role: Associate Justice - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-06-30 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Associate Justice, Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, NY, 2019-present - Associate Justice of the New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department, appointed in 2019 and serving until 2026 - Justice, New York Supreme Court, Kings County, New York, NY, 2009-2022 - Justice, New York Supreme Court, New York County, NY, 2008-2008 - Assistant District Attorney, Kings County District Attorney's Office, New York, NY, ?-present ### Education - University of Hartford — B.A. - Northeastern State University — J.D. ### Additional information - Appointed by then-Governor Andrew M. Cuomo on November 1, 2019, to the Appellate Division, Second Department. - One widely cited decision was in 2010, when Justice Wooten allowed a lawsuit against a four-year-old child and parents for negligence after a bicycle accident involving an elderly woman, rejecting a motion to dismiss. - Before his appellate role, Wooten served on the New York State Supreme Court, Civil Term in Kings County, appointed in 2008 by then-Governor David Paterson to fill a vacancy, later elected to a full 14-year term in 2009. - First Deputy Counsel, New York City Charter Revision Commission, 1989-1990 - Practitioner, Paul Wooten & Associates, ?-present - Counsel, New York State Assembly Committee on Children and Families, NY, ?-present - Chief of Staff and Counsel, New York State Assemblyman Albert Vann, NY, ?-present - Assistant Counsel, New York State Assembly Speaker, NY, ?-present - Counsel, New York State Black and Puerto Rican Legislative Caucus, ?-present - Chairman, New York City Housing Court Advisory Council, New York, NY, ?-present - adj-prof, CUNY Bernard M Baruch College, ?-present - adj-prof, CUNY Medgar Evers College, ?-present - Practice: previously headed Paul Wooten & Associates, specializing in federal and state civil litigation, civil rights, ballot access, and public policy - He has also presided over complex civil rights, family law, and tort cases - He had previously been assigned to the Civil Term in New York County, including serving on the Motor Vehicle Part and the Individual Assignment System Part - Special Assistant, New York City Board of Education Members, New York, NY, ?-present - Wooten has been active in legal and community organizations, including the Bedford-Stuyvesant Legal Services Corporation, Hempstead Boys Club, Judicial Friends, and the New York City Housing Court Advisory Council ## 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/15166/paul-wooten/) - [Official roster](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/15166/paul-wooten/) - [Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York current judicial profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/15166/paul-wooten/) - [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/15166/paul-wooten/) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/paul-wooten-15166", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/paul-wooten-15166", "name": "Paul Wooten | KnowJudges", "description": "Paul Wooten, 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. - [Appellate Division, Second Department — 22 NYCRR Part 670](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/ny-shared-set-5535b895773568694ec6) — Second Judicial Department Appellate Division proceedings only. [Official source](https://www.nycourts.gov/courts/AD2/pdf/Local_Rules.pdf). 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.