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# Ralph J. Porzio

Richmond County Supreme Court, Civil Term · Supreme Court Justice, IAS Part 10

## Profile

- Court: Richmond County Supreme Court, Civil Term
- State: New York
- Role: Supreme Court Justice, IAS Part 10
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-07-28

## Summary

Official judge-specific and circuitwide procedural guidance has been located for this profile.

## Biography

### Professional career

- Justice, New York Supreme Court, Richmond County, New York, NY, 2019-2032
- Counsel, Office of NYS Senator Andrew Lanza, NY, 2012-2018
- Judge, New York City Family Court, Queens, New York, NY, 1996-2005
- Judge, Queens County Family Court (1996–2005), appointed by Mayor Rudy Giuliani
- Assistant District Attorney, Richmond County District Attorney's Office, New York, NY, ?-present

### Education

- Saint Johns University — J.D. (1984)
- Finance, summa cum laude — Saint Johns University — 1980
- St. John’s University — B.S. (1980)

### Additional information

- Judicial Hearing Officer, New York City Administration of Children Services and Office of Children and Family Services, ?-present

## 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

### trial materials deadline

Scope: judge specific

Justice Porzio requires marked pleadings, exhibit and witness materials, deposition copies, stipulations, and proposed jury materials by the first day after jury selection or the first day of a bench trial.

Evidence excerpt: For all trials, the court is to be provided with the following no later than the first day after jury selection if complete, or the first day of trial in the event of a bench trial.

[Justice Ralph J. Porzio IAS Part 10 Rules](https://www.nycourts.gov/LegacyPDFS/courts/13jd/rules/Porzio/IAS10-PartRules.pdf)
Source checked: 2026-07-28

### motions in limine

Scope: judge specific

Justice Porzio requires evidentiary or procedural issues to be raised by written motion in limine before trial begins.

Evidence excerpt: Any evidentiary or procedural issues shall be brought to the Court’s attention by way of a written motion in limine prior to trial commencing.

[Justice Ralph J. Porzio IAS Part 10 Rules](https://www.nycourts.gov/LegacyPDFS/courts/13jd/rules/Porzio/IAS10-PartRules.pdf)
Source checked: 2026-07-28

### personal injury trial structure

Scope: courtwide

Richmond County bifurcates personal-injury trials, except medical-malpractice matters or cases otherwise ordered by the court, and ordinarily uses the same jury for liability and damages.

Evidence excerpt: All personal injury matters except medical malpractice and any matter otherwise ordered by the Court, shall be bifurcated. The same jury will sit for the liability and damages portion of the case, if possible.

[Richmond County Supreme Court Jury Selection Part Rules](https://www.nycourts.gov/courts/13th-judicial-district/richmond-county-supreme-court/richmond-county-supreme-court-judges-and-part-rules)
Source checked: 2026-07-28

### jury selection method

Scope: courtwide

Richmond County requires White's method during jury selection.

Evidence excerpt: White’s method shall be employed by all parties during jury selection.

[Richmond County Supreme Court Jury Selection Part Rules](https://www.nycourts.gov/courts/13th-judicial-district/richmond-county-supreme-court/richmond-county-supreme-court-judges-and-part-rules)
Source checked: 2026-07-28

### trial readiness and assignment

Scope: courtwide

After discovery certification and the pretrial process, Richmond County may send a case to immediate jury selection and trial if settlement negotiations are not conducted expeditiously in good faith.

Evidence excerpt: The court has the discretion to send the case for immediate jury selection and trial; and will do so if settlement negotiations are not expeditiously conducted in good faith.

[Thirteenth Judicial District Uniform Civil Term Rules](https://www.nycourts.gov/LegacyPDFS/courts/13jd/rules/13jd-rules.pdf)
Source checked: 2026-07-28

### 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

### trial exhibit books

Scope: statewide

In New York Supreme Court and County Court civil cases, the court may require indexed trial exhibit binders, notebooks, or electronic equivalents for the court, counsel, and witnesses.

Evidence excerpt: The court may direct that on the first day of trial or at such other time as the court may set, counsel shall submit an indexed binder or notebook, or the electronic equivalent, of trial exhibits for the court's use.

[Part 202: Uniform Civil Rules for the Supreme Court and the County Court](https://www.nycourts.gov/rules/part-202-uniform-civil-rules-supreme-court-and-county-court)
Source checked: 2026-07-26

### exhibit marking

Scope: statewide

Civil trial counsel in New York Supreme Court and County Court must confer before trial and attempt to agree on exhibits to be offered without objection, unless the court directs otherwise.

Evidence excerpt: Counsel for the parties shall consult prior to trial and shall in good faith attempt to agree upon the exhibits that will be offered into evidence without objection.

[Part 202: Uniform Civil Rules for the Supreme Court and the County Court](https://www.nycourts.gov/rules/part-202-uniform-civil-rules-supreme-court-and-county-court)
Source checked: 2026-07-26

### virtual evidence courtroom

Scope: statewide

For Commercial Division matters, New York rules encourage Virtual Evidence Courtrooms for managing and presenting trial evidence after authorization by request or court direction.

Evidence excerpt: Virtual Evidence Courtrooms (VECs) may be used to facilitate real-time access to trial exhibits and other relevant documents.

[Part 202.70 Commercial Division Rules: Virtual Evidence Courtrooms and Trial Exhibits](https://www.nycourts.gov/rules/part-202-uniform-civil-rules-supreme-court-and-county-court)
Source checked: 2026-07-26

### electronic appearances

Scope: statewide

For New York criminal proceedings, virtual and hybrid appearances are governed by Part 200 consent, objection, public-access, and calendar-update requirements.

Evidence excerpt: For all hybrid proceedings, all electronic appearances shall be projected in the physical courtroom in which the in-person portion of the proceeding is taking place in such a manner as to provide a reasonable opportunity for members of the public to view and hear the participants appearing electronically.

[Part 200: Uniform Rules for Courts Exercising Criminal Jurisdiction](https://www.nycourts.gov/rules/part-200-uniform-rules-courts-exercising-criminal-jurisdiction)
Source checked: 2026-07-26


## Sources

- [Official profile](https://www.nycourts.gov/LegacyPDFS/courts/13jd/rules/Porzio/IAS10-PartRules.pdf)
- [Official roster](https://www.nycourts.gov/LegacyPDFS/courts/13jd/rules/Porzio/IAS10-PartRules.pdf)
- [New York State Unified Court System official judicial roster](https://www.nycourts.gov/LegacyPDFS/courts/13jd/rules/Porzio/IAS10-PartRules.pdf)
- [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/15015/ralph-j-porzio/)
- [Richmond County Supreme Court assignment, IAS Part 10](https://www.nycourts.gov/courts/13th-judicial-district/richmond-county-supreme-court/richmond-county-supreme-court-judges-and-part-rules)
- [Richmond County Supreme Court Jury Selection Part Rules](https://www.nycourts.gov/courts/13th-judicial-district/richmond-county-supreme-court/richmond-county-supreme-court-judges-and-part-rules)
- [Thirteenth Judicial District Uniform Civil Term Rules](https://www.nycourts.gov/LegacyPDFS/courts/13jd/rules/13jd-rules.pdf)
- [Justice Ralph J. Porzio IAS Part 10 Rules](https://www.nycourts.gov/LegacyPDFS/courts/13jd/rules/Porzio/IAS10-PartRules.pdf)
- [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)
- [Part 202: Uniform Civil Rules for the Supreme Court and the County Court](https://www.nycourts.gov/rules/part-202-uniform-civil-rules-supreme-court-and-county-court)
- [Part 202.70 Commercial Division Rules: Virtual Evidence Courtrooms and Trial Exhibits](https://www.nycourts.gov/rules/part-202-uniform-civil-rules-supreme-court-and-county-court)
- [Part 200: Uniform Rules for Courts Exercising Criminal Jurisdiction](https://www.nycourts.gov/rules/part-200-uniform-rules-courts-exercising-criminal-jurisdiction)
- [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/15015/ralph-j-porzio/)

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## Published courtroom rules

### Judge and named-part rules

#### Conferences and appearances

All attorneys appearing before the Court are to appear in business professional attire. This means jacket with a tie and professional dress. This is regardless of whether the appearance is in person or virtual. The Court will not hear a case if an attorney is not appropriately dressed.

See document heading and cited passage; do not apply outside the issuing part or proceeding.

[Official rules document](https://www.nycourts.gov/LegacyPDFS/courts/13jd/rules/Porzio/IAS10-PartRules.pdf) · Source page 1 · Collected 2026-10-27

#### Conferences and appearances

If clients are required to appear for an appearance they are required to appear in court appropriate attire.

See document heading and cited passage; do not apply outside the issuing part or proceeding.

[Official rules document](https://www.nycourts.gov/LegacyPDFS/courts/13jd/rules/Porzio/IAS10-PartRules.pdf) · Source page 1 · Collected 2026-10-27

#### Conferences and appearances

If the E-Courts appearance indicates the appearance is Hybrid, the appearance is virtual. In person appearances will be specifically designated as such. Pro Se litigants shall appear in person.

See document heading and cited passage; do not apply outside the issuing part or proceeding.

[Official rules document](https://www.nycourts.gov/LegacyPDFS/courts/13jd/rules/Porzio/IAS10-PartRules.pdf) · Source page 1 · Collected 2026-10-27

#### Adjournments

All adjournments require prior court approval and a satisfactory explanation of good cause; adjournments based on counsel’s engagement shall be granted only in accordance with Part 125 of the Rules of the Chief Administrator of the Courts. Affirmations must be emailed to the Court at least one (1) day prior to the court appearance. There will be no phone calls or emails to request adjournments after 4:00P.M. the day prior to the appearance.

See document heading and cited passage; do not apply outside the issuing part or proceeding.

[Official rules document](https://www.nycourts.gov/LegacyPDFS/courts/13jd/rules/Porzio/IAS10-PartRules.pdf) · Source page 1 · Collected 2026-10-27

#### Motion practice

Oral argument is required on all motions and orders to show cause. Motions should be noticed for your next court appearance. However, if a party needs to file a motion, and noticing the motion for the next court date is inapplicable pursuant to the CPLR, a date may be chosen by emailing JGandia@nycourts.gov and DErickse@nycourts.gov to confirm court availability.

See document heading and cited passage; do not apply outside the issuing part or proceeding.

[Official rules document](https://www.nycourts.gov/LegacyPDFS/courts/13jd/rules/Porzio/IAS10-PartRules.pdf) · Source page 1 · Collected 2026-10-27

#### Motion practice

Counsel are required to file all responsive papers and cross motions at least two (2) days before the return date of the motion or on a motion schedule provided by the Court.

See document heading and cited passage; do not apply outside the issuing part or proceeding.

[Official rules document](https://www.nycourts.gov/LegacyPDFS/courts/13jd/rules/Porzio/IAS10-PartRules.pdf) · Source page 1 · Collected 2026-10-27

#### Motion practice

Summary judgment motions may be made at any time, however, they must be made no later than 60 days after the filing of the Note of Issue.

See document heading and cited passage; do not apply outside the issuing part or proceeding.

[Official rules document](https://www.nycourts.gov/LegacyPDFS/courts/13jd/rules/Porzio/IAS10-PartRules.pdf) · Source page 2 · Collected 2026-10-27

#### Motion practice

Any motions to seek or enforce discovery may not be made without prior court approval. After argument of an application, sur-replies, letters or memorandums addressing the substance of the pending application will not be considered without prior permission from the Court.

See document heading and cited passage; do not apply outside the issuing part or proceeding.

[Official rules document](https://www.nycourts.gov/LegacyPDFS/courts/13jd/rules/Porzio/IAS10-PartRules.pdf) · Source page 2 · Collected 2026-10-27

#### Motion practice

All motions and orders to show cause must comply with the Uniform Rules for the Supreme Court & County Court. See 22 NYCRR 202.8 et al. Statements of Material Facts are required.

See document heading and cited passage; do not apply outside the issuing part or proceeding.

[Official rules document](https://www.nycourts.gov/LegacyPDFS/courts/13jd/rules/Porzio/IAS10-PartRules.pdf) · Source page 2 · Collected 2026-10-27

#### Communications with chambers

Subpoenas submitted to chambers must be on notice unless otherwise instructed by chambers. Subpoenas seeking documents from a state agency or municipality must be served in compliance with CPLR §2307. Once signed, copies are available for pick up in the courtroom.

See document heading and cited passage; do not apply outside the issuing part or proceeding.

[Official rules document](https://www.nycourts.gov/LegacyPDFS/courts/13jd/rules/Porzio/IAS10-PartRules.pdf) · Source page 2 · Collected 2026-10-27

#### Communications with chambers

A Preliminary Conference appearance may be vacated with the submission of a proposed Preliminary Conference Order. All proposed Preliminary Conference orders must be e-mailed to chambers and e-filed. Failure to submit a proposed PC Order will result in a scheduled appearance.

See document heading and cited passage; do not apply outside the issuing part or proceeding.

[Official rules document](https://www.nycourts.gov/LegacyPDFS/courts/13jd/rules/Porzio/IAS10-PartRules.pdf) · Source page 2 · Collected 2026-10-27

#### Conferences and appearances

A copy of the Bill of Particulars must be filed and served upon all parties prior to the Preliminary Conference.

See document heading and cited passage; do not apply outside the issuing part or proceeding.

[Official rules document](https://www.nycourts.gov/LegacyPDFS/courts/13jd/rules/Porzio/IAS10-PartRules.pdf) · Source page 2 · Collected 2026-10-27

#### Adjournments

All depositions must be conducted within (120) days or (150) days for medical malpractice cases of the Preliminary Conference date. Depositions may be adjourned only with the consent of the Court and counsel.

See document heading and cited passage; do not apply outside the issuing part or proceeding.

[Official rules document](https://www.nycourts.gov/LegacyPDFS/courts/13jd/rules/Porzio/IAS10-PartRules.pdf) · Source page 2 · Collected 2026-10-27

#### Discovery

Once discovery is complete, the case will be certified, and the Note of Issue must be filed within thirty (30) days of the Certification Order. The matter will be scheduled for a Settlement Conference.

See document heading and cited passage; do not apply outside the issuing part or proceeding.

[Official rules document](https://www.nycourts.gov/LegacyPDFS/courts/13jd/rules/Porzio/IAS10-PartRules.pdf) · Source page 3 · Collected 2026-10-27

#### Discovery

5. A copy of depositions intended to be used shall be furnished to the Court.

See document heading and cited passage; do not apply outside the issuing part or proceeding.

[Official rules document](https://www.nycourts.gov/LegacyPDFS/courts/13jd/rules/Porzio/IAS10-PartRules.pdf) · Source page 3 · Collected 2026-10-27

#### Trial exhibits and witnesses

6. A written list of any issues or facts to which the parties can stipulate in advance of trial. Said stipulation shall be read into the record at the commencement of the trial.

See document heading and cited passage; do not apply outside the issuing part or proceeding.

[Official rules document](https://www.nycourts.gov/LegacyPDFS/courts/13jd/rules/Porzio/IAS10-PartRules.pdf) · Source page 3 · Collected 2026-10-27

#### Courtroom conduct and technology

Failure to comply with any of these Court rules shall be addressed appropriately, including the possibility of preclusion and/or sanctions.

See document heading and cited passage; do not apply outside the issuing part or proceeding.

[Official rules document](https://www.nycourts.gov/LegacyPDFS/courts/13jd/rules/Porzio/IAS10-PartRules.pdf) · Source page 3 · Collected 2026-10-27

### Shared court rules

- [22 NYCRR Part 200 — Uniform Rules Courts Exercising Criminal Jurisdiction](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/ny-shared-set-5e0f997e8c334d15fbc4) — State criminal proceedings only; section-specific court and case exceptions remain applicable. [Official source](https://www.nycourts.gov/rules/part-200-uniform-rules-courts-exercising-criminal-jurisdiction). Collected 2026-10-27.
- [22 NYCRR Part 202 — Uniform Civil Rules Supreme Court And County Court](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/ny-shared-set-bf1c7eb9020e52eed65d) — Civil actions and proceedings only; section-specific and specialized-part restrictions remain applicable. [Official source](https://www.nycourts.gov/rules/part-202-uniform-civil-rules-supreme-court-and-county-court). 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.