--- title: "Sam D. Walker | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/sam-d-walker-ny-trial-caa11bdc" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-08-02" --- # Sam D. Walker Westchester County Court · Justice ## Profile - Court: Westchester County Court - State: New York - Role: Justice - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-27 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Retired justice of the Westchester County Supreme Court in New York’s 9th Judicial District, serving from 2007 to 2024 - Justice, Supreme Court, Ninth Judicial District, Elected, 2006 to 2020 - Justice, Supreme Court, Ninth Judicial District, NY, 2006-2020 - Acting Justice, New York Supreme Court, Ninth Judicial District, NY, 2005-2005 - Judge, New York County Court, Westchester County, NY, 2002-2005 - Prior to his Supreme Court role, Walker was Judge of the Westchester County Court (elected 2001) and held the role of acting judge on the Westchester County Family Court (2002–2003) and acting justice on the Supreme Court (2005) - Acting Judge, New York Family Court, Yonkers, NY, 2002-2003 - Judge, New York City Court, Mount Vernon, NY, 1995-2002 - Also Associate Judge of the Mount Vernon City Court (1989–1995) and later elected City Court Judge in 1995 - Associate Judge, Mount Vernon City Court, Mount Vernon, NY, 1989-1994 - The Supervising Judge of the Mortgage Foreclosure Part of the State Supreme Court and Supervising Judge of the City Courts in the 9th Judicial District ### Education - Howard University — J.D. (1982) - Biology — CUNY Lehman College — 1975 ### Additional information - Associate Judge, Mount Vernon, NY, 1995-2002 - Patent Attorney, General Foods Corporation, 1982-1989 - Current court assignment: Westchester County Court - He chaired the Pro Bono Committee for the 9th Judicial District - focusing on legal aid for indigent litigants, foreclosure cases, and uncontested matrimonials - Birth place: Kingston, Jamaica ## 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=LrHUpQAF2e21ec6JCPEjzg%3D%3D) - [Official roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=LrHUpQAF2e21ec6JCPEjzg%3D%3D) - [New York State Unified Court System official judicial roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=LrHUpQAF2e21ec6JCPEjzg%3D%3D) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/15138/sam-d-walker/) - [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=LrHUpQAF2e21ec6JCPEjzg%3D%3D) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/15138/sam-d-walker/) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/sam-d-walker-ny-trial-caa11bdc", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/sam-d-walker-ny-trial-caa11bdc", "name": "Sam D. 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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.