--- title: "Robert A. Neary | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/robert-a-neary-ny-trial-b4ac2577" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-08-02" --- # Robert A. Neary Supreme Court (Certificated), Westchester County · Judicial Officer ## Profile - Court: Supreme Court (Certificated), Westchester County - 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, Bronx County, New York, NY, 2015-present - Acting Justice, New York Supreme Court, Westchester County, New York, NY, 2015-present - Acting Justice, Supreme Court (Certificated), Westchester County, 2022 to 2023 - Domestic Violence Survivors Justice Act (2022) – In a landmark case - Judge Neary vacated part of a 12-year manslaughter sentence for Jonitha Alston, resentencing her to five years under New York’s 2019 Domestic Violence Survivors Justice Act, after finding her crime was significantly influenced by abuse - Judge, New York Court of Claims, NY, 2008-2017 - 2015 – Designated to the Bronx County Supreme Court by Chief Administrative Judge Lawrence K. Marks - Judge, New York Court of Claims, NY, 2006-2008 - Judge, New York Supreme Court, Westchester County, NY, 2004-2004 - 2004 – Became a justice of the Westchester County Supreme Court - Judge, New York County Court, Westchester County, NY, 2003-2003 - Assistant District Attorney, Westchester County District Attorney's Office, NY, 1975-2003 - Neary also held the role of an acting justice in the 9th Judicial District, which includes Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, and Westchester counties ### Education - Saint Johns University — J.D. (1975) - St. John’s University School of Law in — J.D. (1975) - College of the Holy Cross in — B.A. (1969) ### Additional information - Robert A. Neary was born in 1947 - After law school, he joined the Westchester County Office of the District Attorney as an assistant district attorney - Retired New York State judge best known for his service on the Westchester County Supreme Court, the New York State Court of Claims, and as an acting Supreme Court justice in Bronx County - Current court assignment: Supreme Court (Certificated), Westchester County - High-profile criminal trials – As Bronx County acting justice, he presided over the “Junior” trial of five Trinitarios gang members for the murder of Lesandro “Junior” Guzman-Feliz, sentencing one defendant to 25 years to life ## 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=hD64v6Jop2LTTm7QMcq6ew%3D%3D) - [Official roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=hD64v6Jop2LTTm7QMcq6ew%3D%3D) - [New York State Unified Court System official judicial roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=hD64v6Jop2LTTm7QMcq6ew%3D%3D) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14975/robert-a-neary/) - [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=hD64v6Jop2LTTm7QMcq6ew%3D%3D) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14975/robert-a-neary/) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/robert-a-neary-ny-trial-b4ac2577", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/robert-a-neary-ny-trial-b4ac2577", "name": "Robert A. 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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.