6th JD - Broome, Chemung, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware, Madison, Otsego, Schuyler, Tioga & Tompkins Counties

6th Judicial District

Tompkins County

Filing Instructions

Grand Jury Terms

Trial Terms

Affiliated Agencies

6th Judicial District: Tompkins County

Main Courthouse
320 N. Tioga Street
Ithaca, NY 14850
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Old Courthouse
121 E. Court Street
Ithaca, NY 14850

All visitors must pass through a magnetometer upon entering the courthouse.

County Court Judge
Hon. M. John Sherman

Secretary
Polly S. White

Law Clerk
Michael Berg

County Court Chambers
320 North Tioga Street
PO Box 70
Ithaca, NY 14851-0070
607-277-2355
Fax 607-272-0684

County Court Judge
Hon. William F. Ames

Secretary
Cheryl A. Michaels

Law Clerk
Lorraine A. Seager

Cortland County Courthouse
46 Greenbush St.
Suite 1501
Cortland, NY 13045-2772
607-753-5001
Fax 607-758-5531

County Court Judge
Hon. John C. Rowley

Secretary
Dianne Valesente

Law Clerk
Stephen Heller

County Court Chambers
320 North Tioga Street
PO Box 70
Ithaca, NY 14851-0070
607-277-4957
Fax 607-272-0559

Chief Clerk
Paula M. Nichols

Tompkins County Courthouse
320 North Tioga St.
P.O. Box 70
Ithaca, NY 14851-0070
607-272-0466
Fax 607-256-0301

The County Court is located in each county outside New York City. It is authorized to handle the prosecution of all crimes committed within the county. It has exclusive authority to handle trials in felony matters and shares authority with the local city, and town and village courts to handle trial in misdemeanor cases (offenses punishable by less than one year in prison) and other minor offenses and violations. The County Court also has limited authority to hear civil cases involving monetary awards of $25,000 or less.