--- title: "Tanya R. Kennedy | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/tanya-r-kennedy-ny-trial-7d8beb79" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-08-02" --- # Tanya R. Kennedy Supreme Court, New York County, Civil Term · Judicial Officer ## Profile - Court: Supreme Court, New York County, Civil Term - State: New York - Role: Judicial Officer - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-27 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Justice, New York Supreme Court, New York County, New York, NY, 2015-2029 - Associate Justice of the New York Appellate Division, First Department, appointed in July 2020, and in January 2025 became a Constitutional Justice, making her the fifth-most-senior justice in the department - Supervising Judge, Civil Court of the City of New York, New York, NY, 2014-2015 - Judge, Civil Court of the City of New York, New York, NY, 2006-2015 - Before joining the judiciary, Kennedy worked in the New York City Law Department as Assistant Corporation Counsel (1992–1999) and Deputy Assistant Chief (1997–1999), and held the role of Principal Law Clerk to Justice Barry Cozier - Practitioner, Office of the Corporation Counsel, New York City Law Department, New York, NY, ?-present - Law Clerk, Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, ?-present - Law Clerk, New York Supreme Court, New York County, New York, NY, ?-present - Justice Kennedy is a former Adjunct Professor at Fordham University School of Law, teaching juvenile justice and legal skills seminars for over a decade ### Education - Diversity & Inclusion — Cornell University — 2021 - Yeshiva University — J.D. (1992) - Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus — B.A. (1989) ### Additional information - Kennedy has received multiple awards, including the 2024 Professor William Hamilton Leadership Award (University of Florida E-Discovery Conference), MBBA Jurist of the Year (2023), and the NYSBA John E. Higgins Diversity Trailblazer Award (2021) - Appointed by former Governor Andrew M. Cuomo in July 2020 - Appellate Division, First Judicial Department of the New York State Unified Court System, where she presides over oral arguments in her capacity as a Constitutional Justice. ## 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=MaXYH9QvTBWMLdmtWs4d8Q%3D%3D) - [Official roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=MaXYH9QvTBWMLdmtWs4d8Q%3D%3D) - [New York State Unified Court System official judicial roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=MaXYH9QvTBWMLdmtWs4d8Q%3D%3D) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14836/tanya-r-kennedy/) - [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/14836/tanya-r-kennedy/) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/tanya-r-kennedy-ny-trial-7d8beb79", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/tanya-r-kennedy-ny-trial-7d8beb79", "name": "Tanya R. 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Collected 2026-10-27. - [New York County Supreme Court, Civil Branch — Rules of the Justices](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/ny-shared-set-d3c269bb7fe692b08197) — Civil Branch proceedings in New York County Supreme Court only; not criminal proceedings. Preserve source version and check later judge/part instructions. [Official source](https://www.nycourts.gov/LegacyPDFS/courts/1jd/supctmanh/Uniform_Rules.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27. - [Practice Rules of the Appellate Division — 22 NYCRR Part 1250](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/ny-shared-set-f25158f78380e6ddc10f) — Appellate Division matters only; not Appellate Terms or the Court of Appeals. Preserve the applicable department rules. [Official source](https://www.nycourts.gov/courts/AD1/Practice&Procedures/rules.shtml). 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.