--- title: "Turquoise Haskin | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/turquoise-haskin" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-08-02" --- # Turquoise Haskin Kings County Civil Court · Civil Court Judge ## Profile - Court: Kings County Civil Court - State: New York - Role: Civil 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 - Democratic Party judge of the New York City Civil Court for Kings County, elected in November 2024 and sworn in January 2025, with a term running through 2035 - Judge, Civil Court of the City of NY, Kings County, Elected, 2024 to 2034 - Acting Judge of the Family Court Family Court, Kings County 2025-2026 - NYS Unified Court System, Principal Court Attorney, 2009-2024 - Principal Law Clerk to Justice Carolyn E. Wade in the Brooklyn Supreme Court - Small Claims arbitrator and trial presiding judge in Kings County Civil and Supreme Courts - A lifelong New Yorker of African‐American and Jamaican descent, she credits her parents with instilling values of hard work, equality, and justice ### Education - Emory University School of Law — J.D. (2006) - B.S. in Marketing from NYU’s Stern School of Business and a J.D. from Emory University School of Law. ### Additional information - Serving a 10‐year term ending January 1, 2035. - At her January 12, 2025 induction, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer called her “a proud child of Brooklyn... protecting the people of the community she loves” Brooklyn Eagle - Before becoming a judge, Haskin had over 17 years of legal service in the New York Unified Court System. - She has been involved in adjudicating and resolving thousands of cases and has worked on nearly 400 jury and bench trials - She has been active in community legal services, volunteer programs, and as a past board member and editor‐in‐chief of the Brooklyn Women’s Bar Association newsletter. ## 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/JudicialDirectory) - [Official roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/JudicialDirectory) - [New York State Unified Court System Judicial Directory official judicial roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/JudicialDirectory) - [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. Turquoise Haskin](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=SlyBAtvqJLMYdhnzetQKmQ%3D%3D) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/turquoise-haskin", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/turquoise-haskin", "name": "Turquoise Haskin | KnowJudges", "description": "Turquoise Haskin, Kings County Civil Court. 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[Official source](https://www.nycourts.gov/rules/part-208-uniform-civil-rules-new-york-city-civil-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.