--- title: "ShawnDya L. Simpson | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/shawndya-l-simpson-15087" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-08-02" --- # ShawnDya L. Simpson New York Supreme Court, Bronx County · Justice ## Profile - Court: New York Supreme Court, Bronx County - State: New York - Role: Justice - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-06-30 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Justice, New York Supreme Court, Bronx County, New York, NY, 2018-present - Justice, New York Supreme Court, Kings County, New York, NY, 2017-2030 - Acting Justice, New York Supreme Court, Kings County, New York, NY, 2014-2016 - Judge, Civil Court of the City of New York, New York, NY, 2014-2016 - Acting Justice, New York Supreme Court, Kings County, New York, NY, 2011-2014 - Judge, Criminal Court of the City of New York, NY, 2004-2013 - Judge, Civil Court of the City of New York, New York, NY, 2004-2013 - Began her judicial service in 2004 as an elected judge of the Civil Court of the City of New York in New York County, later designated to the Criminal Court in 2005 - New York court attorney and in the Kings County District Attorney's Office prior to her judicial election in 2003. - Before becoming a judge, Simpson was a Kings County District Attorney from 1991 to 2003, rising to Bureau Chief of the Felony Trial Unit and Deputy Bureau Chief. - Kings County District Attorney's Office, ?-present - Court Attorney, NYS Unified Court System, ?-present - She also served briefly as an Assistant Attorney General in New York State - Simpson taught Trial Advocacy at Emory University School of Law and was a professor at the College of New Rochelle ### Education - University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus — J.D. (1990) - B.S. in Information Sciences from the University of Pittsburgh (1987) and a J.D. from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law (1990). - University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus — B.A. (1987) ### Additional information - Distinguished New York State judge whose career spanned over 30 years in the judiciary, prosecution, and legal education, before her retirement in 2020 due to Alzheimer’s disease - Elected to the Kings County Supreme Court in 2017 and transferred to the Bronx County Supreme Court in 2018. - Recognized for her work in jury selection, oral arguments, and prosecuting complex felony cases - Served in the Criminal Term of the Bronx County Supreme Court and presided over various cases, including high-profile criminal matters ## 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://www.courtlistener.com/person/15087/shawndya-l-simpson/) - [Official roster](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/15087/shawndya-l-simpson/) - [New York Supreme Court, Bronx County current judicial profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/15087/shawndya-l-simpson/) - [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/15087/shawndya-l-simpson/) - [ShawnDya L. Simpson](https://ballotpedia.org/ShawnDya_L._Simpson) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/shawndya-l-simpson-15087", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/shawndya-l-simpson-15087", "name": "ShawnDya L. Simpson | KnowJudges", "description": "ShawnDya L. Simpson, New York Supreme Court, Bronx County. 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/shawndya-l-simpson-15087#judge" } }, { "@type": "Person", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/shawndya-l-simpson-15087#judge", "name": "ShawnDya L. 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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.