Honorable Christopher Chin currently presides in Supreme Court, New York County, where he handles approximately 3,400 cases involving motor vehicle accidents and violations of the NY State Labor Law §§ 200, 240 and 241(6). Additionally, he presides over numerous trials; his recent trials include those involving Labor Law violations, medical malpractice, and breach of contract.
He was elected in 2021 as a Civil Court Judge in NY County and spent his first three (3) years on the bench in Criminal Court Bronx County where he presided over numerous criminal proceedings including arraignments of felony and misdemeanor matters, presided over bench and jury trials, conducted suppression hearings, and wrote numerous opinions (several of which have been published), involving a variety of issues including the recently enacted discovery laws.
Before becoming a judge, he was a trial attorney for decades with dozens of jury verdicts in State and Federal Courts. He handled a variety of cases including those involving motor vehicle accidents; Labor Law §§ 200, 240 and 241(6); contractual indemnification; premises liability; asbestos liability; municipal liability; and intentional torts. He has represented plaintiffs, utility companies, municipal defendants, corporations, and other entities.
In 2025, he presided over an Adult Survivor Act trial against a famous movie maker, where the jury awarded a total of $1.68 Billion to forty (40) plaintiffs for acts that occurred in the 1990s to the 2000s.
Judge Chin is the first elected judge in NY State born in Burma, now known as Myanmar. On August 10, 2026, he won the nomination for a seat on the NY State Supreme Court bench at the Manhattan Democratic Judicial Convention.
Judge Chin is a Faculty for the Trial Advocacy Program.