Doris Ling-Cohan at a glance
- Current role
- Justice
- Court
- Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
- Jurisdiction
- New York · State
- Judicial service
- January 1, 2014–present
Doris Ling-Cohan
Justice · Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Available research
Biography
Professional career
- She then worked as an assistant attorney general for New York State from 1986 to 1991.
- Practitioner, N.Y.C. Department for the Aging, 1993-1994
- att-gen-ass, New York State Attorney General's Office, NY, 1986-1991
- Senior Staff Attorney, Managing Attorney, MFY Legal Services, Bedford Stuyvesant Legal Services, 1979-1986
- prof, CUNY Queens College, New York, NY, ?-present
Judicial service
- Judge, Civil Court of the City of New York, New York, NY, 1996-2002
- Justice, New York Supreme Court, New York County, New York, NY, 2003-2016
- Justice, Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York, NY, 2014-present
- Justice, New York Supreme Court, New York County, NY, 2017-2030
- Ling-Cohan was elected judge of the New York City Civil Court in 1996.
- She was then elected to the supreme court in 2003.
Education
- New York University · JD, 1979
- CUNY Brooklyn College · Psychology, summa cum laude, 1976
- Brooklyn College (City University of New York) · B.A.
Personal record
New York, NY
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
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York current judicial profile
Identity source · HTML · checked August 2, 2026
https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14875/doris-ling-cohan/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