Kara A. Buscaglia at a glance
- Current role
- Family Court Judge
- Court
- Erie County Family Court
- Jurisdiction
- New York · State
- Judicial service
- January 1, 2025–present
Kara A. Buscaglia
Family Court Judge · Erie County Family Court
Available research
Biography
Professional career
- Erie County District Attorney's Office Assistant District Attorney 2003 to 2005
- Attorney for the Children - 4th Department Attorney for the Children 2005 to 2020
- Law Office of Kara A. Buscaglia Attorney 2005 to 2024
Judicial service
- Judge Erie County Family Court Elected 2025 to Present
- Town Justice Amherst Town Court Elected 2014 to 2024
Education
- Juris Doctorate University at Buffalo School of Law · 2002
- chelor Science Cornell University · B.A., 1999
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 State Unified Court System Judicial Directory official judicial roster
Identity source · HTML · checked July 26, 2026
https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/JudicialDirectoryPart 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