--- title: "Tricia M. Ferrell | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/tricia-m-ferrell" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-08-02" --- # Tricia M. Ferrell Nassau County District Court · District Court Judge ## Profile - Court: Nassau 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 - Acting County Court Judge, District Court, Nassau County, Appointed, 2022 to Present - Supervising Judge, 10th Judicial District, District Court, Nassau County, Appointed by Chief Administrative Judge Lawrence K. Marks, 2022 to Present - Judge, District Court, Nassau County, Elected, 2009 to 2014 - Tricia M. Ferrell is a judge on the Nassau County District Court in New York, appointed in 2008 and re‐elected in 2014, serving as Supervising Judge of the District Court ### Education - Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law — J.D. (1998) - City College of New York - Urban Legal Studies - Cum Laude — B.A. (1995) ### Additional information - Re-elected, 2021 to 2026 - Re-elected, 2015 to 2020 - Judge Ferrell presides in the 10th Judicial District, Nassau County District Court in New York. - Ferrell has been active in several bar associations, including the Nassau County Criminal Courts Bar Association, Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York, Nassau County Women’s Bar Association, Theodore Roosevelt American Inn of Court, Amistad Long Island Black Bar Association, New York State Bar Association, and Nassau County District Court Judges Association. - She is registered as a Democrat ## 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=a0BjrTw4_PLUS__PLUS_N51vEvrss9Bg%3D%3D) - [Official roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=a0BjrTw4_PLUS__PLUS_N51vEvrss9Bg%3D%3D) - [New York State Unified Court System Judicial Directory official judicial roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=a0BjrTw4_PLUS__PLUS_N51vEvrss9Bg%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. Tricia Ferrell](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=a0BjrTw4_PLUS__PLUS_N51vEvrss9Bg%3D%3D) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/tricia-m-ferrell", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/tricia-m-ferrell", "name": "Tricia M. Ferrell | KnowJudges", "description": "Tricia M. Ferrell, Nassau 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/tricia-m-ferrell#judge" } }, { "@type": "Person", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/tricia-m-ferrell#judge", "name": "Tricia M. 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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.