--- title: "Vernon S. Broderick | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/vernon-s-broderick" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-08" --- # Vernon S. Broderick U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York · U.S. District Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York - State: New York - Role: U.S. District Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-08-02 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## 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 ### civil remote testimony Scope: courtwide In federal district-court civil proceedings, testimony is ordinarily taken in open court; remote contemporaneous testimony requires good cause in compelling circumstances and appropriate safeguards. Evidence excerpt: For good cause in compelling circumstances and with appropriate safeguards, the court may permit testimony in open court by contemporaneous transmission from a different location. [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### criminal recording and broadcasting Scope: courtwide Federal district courts may not permit courtroom photography or broadcasting during criminal judicial proceedings unless a statute or another federal rule provides an exception. Evidence excerpt: Except as otherwise provided by a statute or these rules, the court must not permit the taking of photographs in the courtroom during judicial proceedings or the broadcasting of judicial proceedings from the courtroom. [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ## Sources - [Official profile](https://www.nysd.uscourts.gov/judges/broderick) - [Official roster](https://www.nysd.uscourts.gov/judges/broderick) - [United States Courts judicial profile or roster](https://www.nysd.uscourts.gov/judges/broderick) - [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) - [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/vernon-s-broderick", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/vernon-s-broderick", "name": "Vernon S. 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Broderick is a U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York, appointed by President Barack Obama in 2013 and confirmed by the Senate by voice vote - On April 15, 2013, President Obama nominated Broderick to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, replacing Judge Deborah Batts, who had assumed senior status in 2012 - He returned to Weil, Gotshal & Manges in 2002 as Counsel, later becoming a partner - He then held the role of an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York (1994–2002), including as Chief of the Violent Gangs Unit (1999–2002). - He is licensed to practice law in New York (1989) - District Judge at the Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse, 40 Foley Square, New York, NY 10007, in Courtroom 518 ### Education - B.A. from Yale University in 1985 and a J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1988. ### Additional information - He also served on the New York State Commission on Public Integrity (2011) and the Commission to Combat Police Corruption (2003) - Began his legal career in 1988 at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, working until 1994. - Vernon Speede Broderick was born March 11, 1963, in New York City. - focusing on white-collar crime, regulatory investigations, and business litigation. ## Published courtroom rules ### Shared court rules - [SDNY and EDNY — Joint Local Civil and Criminal Rules](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/ny-shared-set-201c11a4597834a9a953) — Federal district-court proceedings only. Civil and criminal sections have distinct scope and district-specific exceptions. Not Bankruptcy Court rules. [Official source](https://www.nysd.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/local_rules/2026-01-02%20-%20EDNY%20and%20SDNY%20Joint%20Local%20Rules%20As%20Amended.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27. - [Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, December 1, 2025](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-651872d6e45e0d82319ecccc) — Civil actions in United States District Courts; Rule 81 exceptions apply. Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-civil-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27. - [Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, December 1, 2025](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-8721a344fececced2257fe1d) — Criminal proceedings in United States District Courts; this conservative mapping does not distribute appellate-specific provisions to appellate judges. Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27.