Laura A. Ward

Judge Laura A. Ward currently presides over criminal cases in the Supreme Court of New York County and has served as a New York judge for 2 years.

Judge Ward was most recently certificated to the bench for a term beginning in 2025 and ending in 2030.

To view Judge Ward’s profile on the New York State Courts website, click here.

Judicial metrics

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Publication Rate: 0.3 decisions per year

Higher than 62.92% of judges in the dataset

Suppression Reversal Rate: 3.0%

Higher than 89.31% of judges in the dataset

Excessive Sentence Findings: 2 cases

Higher than 96.71% of judges in the dataset

Excessive Sentence Reductions: 6.0 years

Higher than 92.11% of judges in the dataset

Reassigned Reversals: 0 cases

Higher than 0% of judges in the dataset

Favored Commercial Bonds: 75.3% of bail cases

Higher than 27.62% of judges in the dataset

Blocked Affordable Bail: 76.5% of bail cases

Higher than 22.47% of judges in the dataset

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

4 decisions

2 decisions

2 decisions