--- title: "Richard B. Meyer | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/richard-b-meyer-ny-trial-88db8fd8" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-08-02" --- # Richard B. Meyer Essex County Court · Judicial Officer ## Profile - Court: Essex County Court - State: New York - Role: Judicial Officer - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-27 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Acting Justice, New York Supreme Court, Essex County, NY, 2008-present - Judge, New York County Court, Essex County, NY, 2006-2015 - Former Judge, New York County Court, Essex County (2006–2015) - County Attorney, Essex County, NY, 1987-2005 - Richard B. Meyer is the Acting Justice of the New York Supreme Court for Essex County, with a career spanning nearly two decades in judicial service and over four decades in public legal leadership ### Education - Albany Law School — J.D. (1978) - Colgate University — B.A. (1975) ### Additional information - Village Attorney, Village of Saranac, Saranac, NY, 1995-2001 - Practitioner, Law Offices of James M. Brooks/ Brooks & Meyer, 1984-2001 - Village Attorney, Village of Saranac, Saranac, NY, 1981-1987 - Practitioner, Urfirer & Brooks, NY, 1981-1983 - Practitioner, McCormick, Urfirer & Brooks, 1978-1980 - Current court assignment: Essex County Court - Private legal practice at multiple firms, including McCormick, Urfirer & Brooks and Brooks & Meyer - As a judge, oversaw complex criminal and civil proceedings, and developed legal policies still in use today - Announced plans to seek re-election as Essex County Judge in a November ballot ## 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://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=haYM5Pr_PLUS_PYD8A7RPD3oiYw%3D%3D) - [Official roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=haYM5Pr_PLUS_PYD8A7RPD3oiYw%3D%3D) - [New York State Unified Court System official judicial roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=haYM5Pr_PLUS_PYD8A7RPD3oiYw%3D%3D) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14943/richard-b-meyer/) - [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) - [New York State Unified Court System judicial profile or roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=haYM5Pr_PLUS_PYD8A7RPD3oiYw%3D%3D) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14943/richard-b-meyer/) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/richard-b-meyer-ny-trial-88db8fd8", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/richard-b-meyer-ny-trial-88db8fd8", "name": "Richard B. 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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.