--- title: "Robert G. Main Jr. | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/robert-g-main-jr-14889" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-08-02" --- # Robert G. Main Jr. New York Supreme Court, Franklin County · Acting Justice ## Profile - Court: New York Supreme Court, Franklin County - State: New York - Role: Acting Justice - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-06-30 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Judge, New York County Court, Franklin County, NY, 1988-present - Judge, Franklin County Surrogate's Court, NY, 1988-present - Robert G. Main, Jr. is a retired New York State judge with a 34‐year judicial career, most recently serving as Franklin County Judge, Surrogate, Family Court Judge, and Acting Supreme Court Justice from 1988 until his retirement in 2021 - Judge, Franklin County Family Court, NY, 1988-2014 - Principle Attorney, Holland & Main, P.C., 1980-1988 - Acting Justice, New York Supreme Court, Franklin County, NY, ?-present - Main was the longest‐serving state court judge in New York’s Fourth Judicial District and the senior Surrogate in the state - He also held the role of a justice of the Malone Town Court in semi‐retirement ### Education - Middlebury College — J.D. (1976) - Political Science — Middlebury College — 1973 ### Additional information - Main retired on December 31, 2021, at age 70, as required by New York’s constitution for most state trial court judges. - Practitioner, Mullarney & Holland, 1976-1980 - Date of birth: 1951-05-12 - Before joining the bench, Main practiced general civil law in Malone, NY, first at Mullarney & Holland, then co‐founding Holland & Main P.C - Notable fact: He comes from a family of legal professionals, with his grandfather and great‐grandfather as Franklin County district attorneys and his father as an associate justice in New York’s Appellate Division - He has expressed interest in traveling more and working with charities. - Chief Judge’s Tribal Courts Committee and Native American Bail Review Project - Birth place: Malone, 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 ### 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 ### 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://www.courtlistener.com/person/14889/robert-g-main-jr/) - [Official roster](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14889/robert-g-main-jr/) - [New York Supreme Court, Franklin County current judicial profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14889/robert-g-main-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) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14889/robert-g-main-jr/) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/robert-g-main-jr-14889", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/robert-g-main-jr-14889", "name": "Robert G. 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[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.