--- title: "Raymond Joseph Dearie | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/raymond-joseph-dearie" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-09" --- # Raymond Joseph Dearie U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York · Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York - State: New York - Role: Judge - Service status: senior - Last verified: 2026-07-25 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) – Judge from July 2, 2012, to July 1, 2019 - Chief Judge – held the role of Chief Judge of the Eastern District of New York from 2007 to 2011 - Judge, District Court, E.D. New York, 1986-2011 - Senior United States district judge for the Eastern District of New York, appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1986 and elevated to senior status in 2011 - U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York, 1982-1986 - Assistant U.S. attorney, Eastern District of New York, 1980-1982 - Assistant U.S. attorney, Eastern District of New York, 1971-1977 ### Education - Fairfield University — B.A. (1966) - St. John's University School of Law ### Additional information - executive assistant U.S. attorney, 1977-present - 333; served until April 3, 2011, when he assumed senior status - U.S. District Court, E.D.N.Y. – Appointed March 19, 1986, to a new seat authorized by 98 Stat. - �����chief assistant U.S. attorney, 1980-1982 - Private practice, New York City, 1977-1980 - chief, Criminal Division, 1976-1977 - chief, General Crimes Section, 1974-1976 - chief, Appeals Division, 1971-1974 - Private practice, New York City, 1969-1971 - Born 1944 in Rockville Centre, New York. - Date of birth: 1944-01-01 - Birth place: Rockville Center, 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 ### 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.fjc.gov/node/1379921) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1379921) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1379921) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/841/raymond-joseph-dearie/) - [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/841/raymond-joseph-dearie/) - [Wikidata: Raymond J. Dearie](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15456803) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/raymond-joseph-dearie", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/raymond-joseph-dearie", "name": "Raymond Joseph Dearie | KnowJudges", "description": "Raymond Joseph Dearie, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. 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Civil and criminal sections have distinct scope and district-specific exceptions. Not Bankruptcy Court rules. [Official source](https://www.nysd.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/local_rules/2026-01-02%20-%20EDNY%20and%20SDNY%20Joint%20Local%20Rules%20As%20Amended.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27. - [Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, December 1, 2025](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-651872d6e45e0d82319ecccc) — Civil actions in United States District Courts; Rule 81 exceptions apply. 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.