--- title: "Stephen L. Ukeiley | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/stephen-l-ukeiley" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-08-02" --- # Stephen L. Ukeiley Suffolk County District Court · District Court Judge ## Profile - Court: Suffolk County District Court - State: New York - Role: District 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 - Coordinating Judge for the Outlying District Courts Designated by Chief Administrative Judge Joseph A. Zayas, 2026 to Present - Acting Supreme Court Justice, County Court, Suffolk County, Designated by Chief Administrative Judge Lawrence K. Marks, 2021 to Present - Stephen L. Ukeiley et al., was filed in the Suffolk County Supreme Court in January 2026, but it is overseen by Judge Deanna Panico, not Ukeiley - Judge, District Court, Suffolk County, Elected, 2009 to 2014 - Court of Claims, Former Principal Law Clerk, Hon. Richard I. Horowitz - United States Magistrate Judge for the Eastern District of New York, Former Law Clerk to the Hon. E. Thomas Boyle - Suffolk County Supreme Court, Former Court Attorney-Referee - Judge of the Suffolk County District Court in New York’s 10th Judicial District, serving in the Civil Division and as Coordinating Judge for the Suffolk County Landlord–Tenant Alternate Dispute Resolution Program and Presiding Judge of the Suffolk County Human Trafficking Intervention Court - Current positions: District Court Judge, Civil Division, 5th District Court – Town of Islip Acting County Court Judge Coordinating Judge, Landlord–Tenant ADR Program Presiding Judge, Human Trafficking Intervention Court - Touro Law School, Adjunct Professor of Law ### Education - Rutgers University — B.A. - Hofstra University School of Law — J.D. ### Additional information - Re-elected, 2016 to 2021 - Judge Ukeiley has presided over cases such as Robert Goursahab v. - Ukeiley has been active in local civic organizations, including the Suffolk County Bar Association and the Academy of Law of Suffolk County. ## 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=JLvlTdQQqs2iwNsJ_PLUS_vZOvA%3D%3D) - [Official roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=JLvlTdQQqs2iwNsJ_PLUS_vZOvA%3D%3D) - [New York State Unified Court System Judicial Directory official judicial roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=JLvlTdQQqs2iwNsJ_PLUS_vZOvA%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) - [Judicial Directory: Hon. Stephen L. Ukeiley](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=JLvlTdQQqs2iwNsJ_PLUS_vZOvA%3D%3D) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/stephen-l-ukeiley", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/stephen-l-ukeiley", "name": "Stephen L. Ukeiley | KnowJudges", "description": "Stephen L. Ukeiley, Suffolk County District 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/stephen-l-ukeiley#judge" } }, { "@type": "Person", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/stephen-l-ukeiley#judge", "name": "Stephen 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.