--- title: "Vincent J. Messina Jr. | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/vincent-j-messina-jr" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-08-02" --- # Vincent J. Messina Jr. Suffolk County Surrogate's Court · Surrogate ## Profile - Court: Suffolk County Surrogate's Court - State: New York - Role: Surrogate - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-26 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Vincent J. Messina, Jr. is a judge on the Suffolk County Surrogate’s Court in New York’s 10th Judicial District, elected on November 8, 2022 for a term running through 2032 - Messina Perillo & Hill, LLP, Partner, 2020 to 2022 - Before joining the bench, Messina was a partner at Messina Perillo & Hill in Sayville, NY, from 2020 onward - Sinnreich Kosakoff & Messina, LLP, Partner, 2007 to 2020 ### Education - Hofstra University School of Law — J.D. (1989) - St. John's University — B.A. (1985) ### Additional information - Surrogate, Surrogate's Court, Suffolk County, Elected, 2023 to 2032 - Town of Islip Zoning Board of Appeals, Town Attorney, 2019 to 2022 - He also held the role of town attorney for the Town of Islip (2019–2022) and earlier as a town attorney for the Town of Islip from 1989 to 2006 - Messina is a member of the Suffolk County Bar Association and New York State Bar Association, and has received the Director’s Award from the Suffolk County Bar Association (2017). - Town of Islip, Town Attorney, 1991 to 2006 - representing individuals, municipalities, and agencies in municipal, land use, environmental, election, estate, procurement, and construction matters. - He is currently First Vice President of the Suffolk County Bar Association ## 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=BB3ecfwWqG5FcB7EKt21uw%3D%3D) - [Official roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=BB3ecfwWqG5FcB7EKt21uw%3D%3D) - [New York State Unified Court System Judicial Directory official judicial roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=BB3ecfwWqG5FcB7EKt21uw%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) - [Hon. Vincent J. Messina Jr](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=BB3ecfwWqG5FcB7EKt21uw%3D%3D) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/vincent-j-messina-jr", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/vincent-j-messina-jr", "name": "Vincent J. Messina Jr. | KnowJudges", "description": "Vincent J. Messina Jr., Suffolk County Surrogate's 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/vincent-j-messina-jr#judge" } }, { "@type": "Person", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/vincent-j-messina-jr#judge", "name": "Vincent J. 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[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.