Brenda Kay Sannes at a glance
- Current role
- Judge
- Court
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York
- Jurisdiction
- New York · Federal
- Judicial service
- November 21, 2014–present
Brenda Kay Sannes
Judge · U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York
Available research
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Biography
Professional career
- Syracuse office manager, 2010-2014
- chief, Appellate Division, 2005-2014
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Northern District of New York, 1995-2014
- high intensity drug trafficking coordinator and deputy chief, Narcotics Section, 1994-present
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Central District of California, 1988-1995
- Private practice, Los Angeles, CA, 1984-1988
- Law clerk, Hon. Jerome Farris, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1983-1984
Judicial service
- Judge, District Court, N.D. New York, 2014-present
Education
- Carleton College · B.A., 1980
- University of Wisconsin Law School
Personal record
Born 1958 · Billings, MT
Courtroom rules and guidance
Courtroom Technology
Courtwide presentation-related guidance applies to this judge.
. Requests for use of an evidence presentation system either through the use of the court's equipment, or through an outside vendor, should be discussed in pre-trial proceedings with the judge or with opposing counsel in as far in advance of the trial date as possible. In civil cases, reserving the court's equipment as soon…Courtroom Technology | Northern District of New York | United States District Court ↗
Courtroom Technology
Courtwide presentation-related guidance applies to this judge.
Courtroom Technology . Courtroom Technology FAQ . QUESTION 1: Which courtrooms have Video Evidence Technology available?Courtroom Technology FAQ | Northern District of New York | United States District Court ↗
Civil Remote Testimony
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.
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 ↗
Criminal Recording And Broadcasting
Federal district courts may not permit courtroom photography or broadcasting during criminal judicial proceedings unless a statute or another federal rule provides an exception.
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 ↗
Sources
Federal Judicial Center biography
Identity source · HTML · checked July 25, 2026
https://www.fjc.gov/node/1394666CourtListener judicial biographical directory
Identity source · HTML · checked August 2, 2026
https://www.courtlistener.com/person/2840/brenda-kay-sannes/Courtroom Technology | Northern District of New York | United States District Court
Judge research source · HTML · checked July 24, 2026
https://www.nynd.uscourts.gov/courtroom-technologyCourtroom Technology FAQ | Northern District of New York | United States District Court
Judge research source · HTML · checked July 24, 2026
https://www.nynd.uscourts.gov/courtroom-technology-faqFederal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court
Judge research source · HTML · checked July 26, 2026
https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedureFederal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited
Judge research source · HTML · checked July 26, 2026
https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts