Active Trial judge
Kings County Supreme Court, Civil Term
New York · Kings
Overview
Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge.
Background
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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.
Statewide and courtwide guidance is labeled by scope and is not evidence of a personal preference. Division, judge-specific, or case-specific orders may control.
Presentation rules
Filed motions, orders, and other papers in Kings County Civil Term must use protruding exhibit tabs, subject to the stated exceptions.
Motions, orders, and other filed papers shall be indexed with protruding tabs.
The requirement is stated in current official court rules and is attached at court scope, not as a personal preference.
Kings County Civil Term motions require appearances and oral argument unless controlling part rules provide otherwise.
All motions require appearances and oral argument.
The requirement is stated in current official court rules and is attached at court scope, not as a personal preference.
Video exhibits submitted in the centralized Kings County discovery parts must be delivered on a USB drive with a notice of Hard Copy Exhibit Filing before the return date.
Any video exhibits submitted to the court must be on a USB drive accompanied by the notice of Hard Copy Exhibit Filing prior to the return date.
The requirement is stated in current official court rules and is attached at court scope, not as a personal preference.
A video-conference deposition in a Kings County Civil Term case requires an order from the presiding judge.
To conduct a video conference for a deposition, an order from the judge presiding over your case is required.
The requirement is stated in current official court rules and is attached at court scope, not as a personal preference.
Video-conference trial testimony requires advance approval from the trial judge.
To conduct a video conference for a trial testimony, approval must first be obtained from the trial judge.
The requirement is stated in current official court rules and is attached at court scope, not as a personal preference.
Kings County Summary Jury Trials permit innovative jury presentations, including medical records, reports, and PowerPoint.
Innovative method of case presentation to the jury, including direct submission to jury of medical records, reports, power point presentations, etc.
The requirement is stated in current official court rules and is attached at court scope, not as a personal preference.
Summary Jury Trial exhibits and other physical evidence must be premarked and exchanged before trial or may be excluded.
All evidence, trial notebook and exhibits must be exchanged in advance of trial or be excluded
The requirement is stated in current official court rules and is attached at court scope, not as a personal preference.
Live or prerecorded video testimony is permitted in a Kings County Summary Jury Trial.
Video live/pre-recorded testimony permitted
The requirement is stated in current official court rules and is attached at court scope, not as a personal preference.
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 obtained
The requirement is stated in an official statewide source and is attached as applicable guidance, not as a personal preference.
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 EVIDENCE
The requirement is stated in an official statewide source and is attached as applicable guidance, not as a personal preference.
In New York Supreme Court and County Court civil cases, the court may require indexed trial exhibit binders, notebooks, or electronic equivalents for the court, counsel, and witnesses.
The court may direct that on the first day of trial or at such other time as the court may set, counsel shall submit an indexed binder or notebook, or the electronic equivalent, of trial exhibits for the court's use.
The requirement is stated in an official statewide source and is attached as applicable guidance, not as a personal preference.
Civil trial counsel in New York Supreme Court and County Court must confer before trial and attempt to agree on exhibits to be offered without objection, unless the court directs otherwise.
Counsel for the parties shall consult prior to trial and shall in good faith attempt to agree upon the exhibits that will be offered into evidence without objection.
The requirement is stated in an official statewide source and is attached as applicable guidance, not as a personal preference.
For Commercial Division matters, New York rules encourage Virtual Evidence Courtrooms for managing and presenting trial evidence after authorization by request or court direction.
Virtual Evidence Courtrooms (VECs) may be used to facilitate real-time access to trial exhibits and other relevant documents.
The requirement is stated in an official statewide source and is attached as applicable guidance, not as a personal preference.
For New York criminal proceedings, virtual and hybrid appearances are governed by Part 200 consent, objection, public-access, and calendar-update requirements.
For all hybrid proceedings, all electronic appearances shall be projected in the physical courtroom in which the in-person portion of the proceeding is taking place in such a manner as to provide a reasonable opportunity for members of the public to view and hear the participants appearing electronically.
The requirement is stated in an official statewide source and is attached as applicable guidance, not as a personal preference.
Courtroom technology
Technology availability is separate from procedural permission and evidentiary admissibility.
Published opinion footprint
This does not mean the judge has no published opinions or no caseload. KYJ will only show opinion counts after transparent, source-linked CourtListener matching is available.
Sources
Identity source · HTML · retrieved July 28, 2026
https://www.nycourts.gov/courts/2nd-judicial-district/kings-county-supreme-court-civil-term/judges-part-rulesIdentity source · HTML · retrieved July 29, 2026
https://www.courtlistener.com/person/15097/ellen-m-spodek/Courtroom-specific · HTML · retrieved July 28, 2026
https://www.nycourts.gov/courts/2nd-judicial-district/kings-county-supreme-court-civil-term/judges-part-rulesCourtwide · HTML · retrieved July 28, 2026
https://www.nycourts.gov/courts/kings-county-supreme-court-civil-term/uniform-rules-papers-motionsCourtwide · HTML · retrieved July 28, 2026
https://www.nycourts.gov/courts/kings-county-supreme-court-civil-term/discovery-part-rulesCourtwide · HTML · retrieved July 28, 2026
https://www.nycourts.gov/courts/kings-county-supreme-court-civil-term/frequently-asked-questionsCourtwide · HTML · retrieved July 28, 2026
https://www.nycourts.gov/courts/kings-county-supreme-court-civil-term/summary-jury-trial-rulesStatewide · HTML · retrieved 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=trueStatewide · HTML · retrieved July 26, 2026
https://www.nycourts.gov/judges/evidence/1-GENERAL/1-generalprovisions.shtmlStatewide · HTML · retrieved July 26, 2026
https://www.nycourts.gov/rules/part-202-uniform-civil-rules-supreme-court-and-county-courtStatewide · HTML · retrieved July 26, 2026
https://www.nycourts.gov/rules/part-202-uniform-civil-rules-supreme-court-and-county-courtStatewide · HTML · retrieved July 26, 2026
https://www.nycourts.gov/rules/part-200-uniform-rules-courts-exercising-criminal-jurisdictionChange history
Identity imported from New York State Unified Court System. 14 presentation-related claims migrated with source provenance.