--- title: "Tamra D. Walker | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/tamra-d-walker" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-08-02" --- # Tamra D. Walker Queens County Family Court · Family Court Judge ## Profile - Court: Queens County Family Court - State: New York - Role: Family 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 - New York City Family Court judge in Queens County, appointed by Mayor Bill de Blasio in 2021 for a term through 2027 - New York State Unified Court System, New York City Family Court, Court Attorney-Referee, 2016 to 2021 ### Education - St. John's University School of Law — J.D. (2005) - University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill — B.A. (2002) ### Additional information - Joined the bench in June 2021 by New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio for a term running from 2021 to 2027 - New York City Administration for Children's Services, Assistant Supervising Attorney, 2014 to 2016 - New York City Administration for Children's Services, Agency Attorney, 2005 to 2014 - handling custody, visitation, and family offense cases - Judge Walker presides over family cases in the Family Court of Queens County, including custody, visitation, and family offense matters. - She also served five years as a Court Attorney-Referee in Bronx and Queens Family Courts, presiding over custody, visitation, and family offense 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://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=6zU2HsE9WIwlo8tT/bZPyw%3D%3D) - [Official roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=6zU2HsE9WIwlo8tT/bZPyw%3D%3D) - [New York State Unified Court System Judicial Directory official judicial roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=6zU2HsE9WIwlo8tT/bZPyw%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. Tamra Walker](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=6zU2HsE9WIwlo8tT/bZPyw%3D%3D) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/tamra-d-walker", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/tamra-d-walker", "name": "Tamra D. Walker | KnowJudges", "description": "Tamra D. Walker, Queens County Family 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/tamra-d-walker#judge" } }, { "@type": "Person", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/tamra-d-walker#judge", "name": "Tamra D. 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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.