Bernard J. Graham

Profile data snapshot: February 19, 2026 Details may have changed since.

As of February 19, 2026, Judge Bernard J. Graham presides over probate cases in the Surrogate's Court of Kings County, having served on the bench for 22 years. Judge Graham was most recently elected to the bench for a term beginning in 2024 and ending in 2030.

Judicial metrics

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Publication Rate: 0.8 decisions per year

Higher than 72.41% of judges in the dataset

11 published decisions over 13 years

Disproportionate Carcerality: 0 total years

Higher than 0% of judges in the dataset

Public Discipline: 0 determinations

Higher than 0% of judges in the dataset

Suppression Reversal Rate

Not applicable: judge absent from dataset

Excessive Sentence Findings

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Excessive Sentence Reductions

Not applicable: judge absent from dataset

Reassigned Reversals

Not applicable: judge absent from dataset

Favored Commercial Bonds

Not applicable: judge absent from dataset

Blocked Affordable Bail

Not applicable: judge absent from dataset

Published Decisions

11 decisions

2025

Matter of Branch

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2024

Matter of Samuel

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2024

Matter of Pearce

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2024

Matter of Scott

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2024

Matter of Shabtai

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2023

Matter of Ostapenko

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2016

Staten Is. Branch of the N.A. for the Advancement of Colored People v. State of New York Grievance Comm. for the Second, Eleventh & Thirteenth Jud. Dists.

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2016

Matter of Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP v. Civilian Complaint Review Bd.

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2014

Matter of Karpati (Raphael N.)

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2013

Klapper v. Graziano

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NYSCEF Decisions

123 decisions (not counted in Publication Rate calculations)

2024

Matter of Frankel

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2023

Maglio v. Lalani

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2023

Schoenhardt v. Waguih A. Sidhom, D.D.S., P.C.

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2023

Matter of Thompson

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2022

Thorpe v. Sigma Transp. Inc.

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2022

Deshong v. Laserklinic, LLC

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2022

Sanchez v. Verizon N.Y. Inc.

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2022

Leonoro v. Flushing Hosp.

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2022

Arrington v. Okesanya

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2022

Moussa v. New York & Presbyt. Hosp.

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