--- title: "Scott M. Krompinger | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/scott-m-krompinger" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-08-02" --- # Scott M. Krompinger Bronx County Criminal Court · Criminal Court Judge ## Profile - Court: Bronx County Criminal Court - State: New York - Role: Criminal Court Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-26 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Judge, Criminal Court of the City of New York, Bronx County, Designated by Designated by Chief Administrative Judge Joseph Zayas, 2025 to Present - Democratic Party judge for the Countywide District of the New York City Civil Court, Bronx County, elected in November 2024 and serving from January 1, 2025, until January 1, 2035 - Judge, Civil Court of the City of New York, Bronx County, Elected, 2025 to 2034 - New York State Unified Court System, Supreme Court, Bronx County, Civil Term, Court Attorney-Referee, 2024 to 2025 - New York State Unified Court System, Supreme Court, Bronx County, Civil Term, Principal Law Clerk to Hon. Mary Ann Brigantti, 2011 to 2023 - New Jersey Superior Court, Union County, Law Clerk to Hon. Marianne Espinosa, 2006 to 2007 - held the role of a court attorney for the New York Supreme Court Civil Division, as an associate at Tompkins McGuire, Wachenfeld & Barry, and as a law clerk to Hon - Before becoming a judge, Krompinger worked in the New York Unified Court System as a court attorney–referee, including roles as an arbitrator in the Bronx Civil Court small claims division, principal law clerk to an associate justice on the New York Supreme Court Appellate Term, and associate law clerk ### Education - Seton Hall Law School — J.D. (2006) - Fordham University — B.A. (2003) - B.A. in Economics from Fordham University and a J.D. from Seton Hall University School of Law ### Additional information - Private Practice, 2007 to 2010 ## 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 ### electronic appearances Scope: statewide For New York criminal proceedings, virtual and hybrid appearances are governed by Part 200 consent, objection, public-access, and calendar-update requirements. Evidence excerpt: For all hybrid proceedings, all electronic appearances shall be projected in the physical courtroom in which the in-person portion of the proceeding is taking place in such a manner as to provide a reasonable opportunity for members of the public to view and hear the participants appearing electronically. [Part 200: Uniform Rules for Courts Exercising Criminal Jurisdiction](https://www.nycourts.gov/rules/part-200-uniform-rules-courts-exercising-criminal-jurisdiction) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ## Sources - [Official profile](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=EjE3Jg/GlM7fVdl5epowCA%3D%3D) - [Official roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=EjE3Jg/GlM7fVdl5epowCA%3D%3D) - [New York State Unified Court System Judicial Directory official judicial roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=EjE3Jg/GlM7fVdl5epowCA%3D%3D) - [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) - [Part 200: Uniform Rules for Courts Exercising Criminal Jurisdiction](https://www.nycourts.gov/rules/part-200-uniform-rules-courts-exercising-criminal-jurisdiction) - [Judicial Directory: Hon. Scott M. Krompinger](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=EjE3Jg/GlM7fVdl5epowCA%3D%3D) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/scott-m-krompinger", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/scott-m-krompinger", "name": "Scott M. Krompinger | KnowJudges", "description": "Scott M. Krompinger, Bronx County Criminal Court. Source-linked judicial identity, courtroom procedures, and presentation guidance.", "dateModified": "2026-08-02", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/scott-m-krompinger#judge" } }, { "@type": "Person", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/scott-m-krompinger#judge", "name": "Scott M. 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[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.