--- title: "Yvette Kane | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/yvette-kane" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-09" --- # Yvette Kane U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania · Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania - State: Pennsylvania - Role: Judge - Service status: senior - Last verified: 2026-07-25 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Judge, District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania, 1998-present - Senior United States district judge for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, appointed in 1998 and elevated to senior status in 2018 - Service: Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania from 1998 to 2018 - Deputy attorney general, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1986-1991 - Deputy district attorney, Denver, CO, 1980-1986 - Assistant attorney general, State of Colorado, 1978-1980 - As a senior judge, Kane continues to hear cases in the Middle District of Pennsylvania ### Education - Tulane University of Louisiana — J.D. (1976) - Tulane University School of Law in — J.D. (1976) - B.A. in Sociology from Nicholls State University in 1973 ### Additional information - Secretary of state, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1995-present - Chief Judge: held the role of Chief Judge from 2006 to 2013 - Private practice, Pennsylvania, 1993-1995 - Chief counsel, Independent Regulatory Review Commission, 1991-1992 - Trial attorney, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 1977-1978 - Date of birth: 1953-01-01 - Kane has been active in professional organizations, including the Pennsylvania Bar Association, National Association of Secretaries of State, and Women Executives in State Government - Birth place: Donaldsonville, LA ## 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.fjc.gov/node/1390816) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1390816) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1390816) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/1699/yvette-kane/) - [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) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/1699/yvette-kane/) - [Wikidata: Yvette Kane](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8062372) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/yvette-kane", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/yvette-kane", "name": "Yvette Kane | KnowJudges", "description": "Yvette Kane, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. 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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.