--- title: "Peter Vallone Jr. | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/peter-vallone-jr" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-08-03" --- # Peter Vallone Jr. Queens County Court of Claims · Court of Claims Judge ## Profile - Court: Queens 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 - Acting Justice, New York Supreme Court, Queens County, NY, 2017-present - Judge, New York Court of Claims, New York, NY, 2017-present - Judge, Court of Claims, Appointed by Governor Andrew Cuomo, 2017 to Present - Acting Justice, Supreme Court, Queens County, Criminal Term, Designated by Chief Administrative Judge Lawrence K. Marks, 2017 to Present - Judge, Civil Court of the City of New York, Queens County, New York City, NY, 2016-2025 - Judge, Civil Court of the City of New York, Queens County, Elected, 2016 to 2025 - Managing Partner, Law Firm of Vallone and Vallone, 1992-2001 - Assistant District Attorney, New York County District Attorney's Office, New York, NY, 1986-1992 - Current role — Acting Justice, Queens County Supreme Court, Department K‐10 - Peter Fortunate Vallone Jr. is an American judge and former politician, currently serving as an Acting Justice of the Queens County Supreme Court (Criminal Term) and as a Judge of the New York State Court of Claims ### Education - Fordham University School of Law — J.D. (1986) - Fordham University — B.A. ### Additional information - Special Assistant, NYS DOCCS, NY, 2014-2015 - Council Member, New York City Council, New York, NY, 2002-2013 - He grew up in Astoria, Queens, and completed studies at Fordham University in 1983 and Fordham University School of Law in 1986 - Born March 23, 1961, New York City. - Date of birth: 1961-03-23 - Vallone is the son of former New York City Council Speaker Peter Vallone Sr. and grandson of Judge Charles J. Vallone. - Vallone is a Democrat, member of the Astoria Civic Association, and part of a family with a long political legacy in Queens - Birth place: New York, 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 ### 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=mae5RromOY6zCXLHfxYNsQ%3D%3D) - [Official roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=mae5RromOY6zCXLHfxYNsQ%3D%3D) - [New York State Unified Court System Judicial Directory official judicial roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=mae5RromOY6zCXLHfxYNsQ%3D%3D) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/15125/peter-fortunate-vallone-jr/) - [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) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/15125/peter-fortunate-vallone-jr/) - [Hon. Peter F. Vallone Jr.](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=mae5RromOY6zCXLHfxYNsQ%3D%3D) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/peter-vallone-jr", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/peter-vallone-jr", "name": "Peter Vallone Jr. | KnowJudges", "description": "Peter Vallone Jr., Queens County Court of Claims. 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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.