--- title: "Terry Jane Ruderman | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/terry-jane-ruderman-15056" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-07" --- # Terry Jane Ruderman Westchester County Supreme Court · Presiding Justice ## Profile - Court: Westchester County Supreme Court - State: New York - Role: Presiding Justice - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-06-30 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Presiding Justice, New York Supreme Court, Westchester County, White Plains, NY, 2021-present - Appointed: 2021 by Chief Administrative Judge Lawrence K. Marks; previously appointed Associate Justice in 2017 - Justice, New York Supreme Court, Westchester County, NY, 2016-2021 - Associate Justice, New York Supreme Court, Westchester County, New York, NY, 2017-2020 - 2015–2017: Associate Justice, Appellate Term - Justice, New York Supreme Court, Westchester County, NY, 2015-2015 - Judge, New York Court of Claims, NY, 2006-2015 - 1995–2015: Judge, New York State Court of Claims, appointed by Governor George Pataki - Judge, New York Court of Claims, NY, 1998-2006 - Justice, New York Court of Claims, NY, 1995-1997 - Principal Law Clerk to Judge Kenneth Rudolph, NYS Unified Court System Supreme Court, NY, ?-present - Deputy County Attorney, Office of the County Attorney of Westchester, NY, ?-present - Assistant District Attorney, Office of the Westchester County District Attorney, NY, ?-present - Distinguished New York State judge with a long career in the judiciary, currently serving as Presiding Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Appellate Term, Second Judicial Department for the Ninth and Tenth Judicial Districts ### Education - Pace University-New York — J.D. (1980) - PHD — CUNY Graduate School and University Center — 1977 - CUNY City College — M.A. (1973) - George Washington University — B.A. (1966) ### Additional information - Teaching — Cornell University — 1967 - Practitioner, Fink Weinberger, ?-present - Assistant to the County Executive, Office of the County Executive-Westchester, NY, ?-present - Before joining the bench, Ruderman practiced law in the private sector (Fink Weinberger) and served in multiple public service roles in Westchester County. - Ruderman’s career reflects a blend of legal scholarship, public service, and judicial leadership, with a focus on fairness and gender equity in the courts - She is a former president of the New York State Association of Women Judges, the White Plains Bar Association, and the Cornell University Alumni Association of Westchester ## 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/15056/terry-jane-ruderman/) - [Official roster](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/15056/terry-jane-ruderman/) - [New York Supreme Court, Westchester County current judicial profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/15056/terry-jane-ruderman/) - [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/15056/terry-jane-ruderman/) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/terry-jane-ruderman-15056", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/terry-jane-ruderman-15056", "name": "Terry Jane Ruderman | KnowJudges", "description": "Terry Jane Ruderman, Westchester County Supreme Court. 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[Official source](https://www.nycourts.gov/rules/part-200-uniform-rules-courts-exercising-criminal-jurisdiction). Collected 2026-10-27. - [22 NYCRR Part 202 — Uniform Civil Rules Supreme Court And County Court](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/ny-shared-set-bf1c7eb9020e52eed65d) — Civil actions and proceedings only; section-specific and specialized-part restrictions remain applicable. [Official source](https://www.nycourts.gov/rules/part-202-uniform-civil-rules-supreme-court-and-county-court). 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.