Deborah Stevens Modica at a glance
- Current role
- Acting Justice
- Court
- New York Supreme Court, Queens County
- Jurisdiction
- New York · State
- Judicial service
- January 1, 2013–present
Deborah Stevens Modica
Acting Justice · New York Supreme Court, Queens County
Available research
Biography
Professional career
- Assistant District Attorney, Kings County District Attorney's Office, New York, NY, 1990-1997
- Assistant District Attorney, Queens County District Attorney's Office, New York, NY, 1978-1989
Judicial service
- Judge, The Criminal Court of the City of New York, Queens, New York, NY, 1997-2008
- Supervising Judge, The Criminal Court of the City of New York, Queens, NY, 2003-2015
- Judge, The Criminal Court of the City of New York, Queens, New York, NY, 2009-2018
- Acting Justice, New York Supreme Court, Queens County, New York, NY, 2013-present
Education
- Fordham University · JD, 1976
Courtroom rules and guidance
Recording And Photography
New York statewide rules require permission before photographing, filming, videotaping, audiotaping, broadcasting, or telecasting in court facilities, including courtrooms.
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 obtainedPart 29: Electronic Recording and Audio-Visual Coverage in Court Facilities and of Court Proceedings ↗
Evidence Presentation Control
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.
1.07. COURT CONTROL OVER PRESENTATION OF EVIDENCEGuide to New York Evidence: Article 1, General Provisions and Court's Role ↗
Sources
New York Supreme Court, Queens County current judicial profile
Identity source · HTML · checked August 2, 2026
https://www.courtlistener.com/person/15101/deborah-stevens-modica/Part 29: Electronic Recording and Audio-Visual Coverage in Court Facilities and of Court Proceedings
Judge research source · HTML · checked July 26, 2026
https://www.nycourts.gov/rules/part-29-electronic-recording-and-audio-visual-coverage-court-facilities-and-court-proceedings?from_node=15921&topic=386&wrapped=trueGuide to New York Evidence: Article 1, General Provisions and Court's Role
Judge research source · HTML · checked July 26, 2026
https://www.nycourts.gov/judges/evidence/1-GENERAL/1-generalprovisions.shtml