Please note that effective December 1, 2007, our new mailing address is:
Ed Marion
Attorney-at-Law
The Clinton House
103 W. Seneca Street, Suite 305
Ithaca, NY 14850
tel.: 917-687-8120
fax: 800-303-9772
e-mail: edmarion@nycperdiem.com or edmarion@ithacalegal.com
If you find yourself needing a per diem attorney for a court appearance in New York, the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, Nassau or Riverhead, call us at 917-687-8120.
I am pleased to announce that I have begun an affiliation as a Sales Broker and Financial Consultant with the Sales Department of Attorney Disbursement Funds (ADF | adffunds.com). I am excited about educating personal injury attorneys – both in New York State and beyond – about the cash flow freedom which ADF offers to their clients. ADF is a leading provider of case disbursement funding to law firms. Many leading law firms have recognized that disbursements paid by a firm serve as interest free loans to their clients, causing a loss of income to that firm. After establishing an ADF Case Disbursement Line of Credit, these firms no longer deal with cash flow issues because they have access to all the money they need to fund their disbursements. Unlike pre-settlement funding companies which give cash for specific law cases, ADF rates are more in line with commercial rates rather than high monthly compounding fees. Call me anytime at 917-687-8120 to schedule an online presentation and to apply for an ADF Case Disbursement Line of Credit.
Appearances ( Bronx / Kings / Queens )
$125 . . . Preliminary Conference
$125 . . . Compliance Conference
$125 . . . Trial Conference
$125 . . . Motion
$125 . . . Framed Issue (Calendar)
$250 . . . Framed Issue (Hearing)
Appearances ( New York / Nassau / Richmond / Suffolk [Riverhead only] )
$150 . . . Preliminary Conference
$150 . . . Compliance Conference
$150 . . . Trial Conference
$150 . . . Motion
$150 . . . Framed Issue (Calendar)
$275 . . . Framed Issue (Hearing)
prices effective Jan. 22, 2007
I'll be on vacation from Monday, July 24, 2006 through Monday, July 31, 2006. I'll be back Monday, July 31, 2006, for court coverage beginning Tuesday, August 1, 2006.
As always, we only accept court coverage assignments after you have confirmed our availability by telephone.
We're moving our form links to accommodate a revision in our web site. You can still find links to the following forms:
ALL COUNTIES
-- RJI
-- Retainer Statements
-- Closing Statements
BRONX
-- City Part Forms
-- Civil Term Forms
-- Preliminary Conference
-- Compliance Conference
-- Stipulation
BROOKLYN
-- Preliminary Conference
-- Preliminary Conference (Comml.)
-- Compliance Conference
-- Short Form Order
MANHATTAN
-- Preliminary Conference
-- Compliance Conference
-- Stipulation
NASSAU
-- Preliminary Conference (Comml.)
QUEENS
-- Preliminary Conference
-- Compliance Conference
-- Compliance Worksheet
-- Stipulation
STATEN ISLAND
-- Preliminary Conference
-- Stipulation
Recently, the Civil Court of the City of New York enacted Administrative Rules governing the holding of Preliminary Conferences in the Civil Court. A copy of the Administrative Order adding Sec. 208.9 "Preliminary conference" can be found by clicking here. Addtionally, at the Civil Court Form Page, you can now find the following forms:
1. Request for Preliminary Conference,
2. Preliminary Conference Stipulation and Order for Discovery, and
3. Compliance Stipulation and Order.
Effective April 3, 2006, the Trial Scheduling Part (TSP) of the Supreme Court, Queens County, has issued the following Part Rules:
TRIAL SCHEDULING PART (TSP) RULES
Trial Calendar
The trial calendar will be called each day of the week commencing at 9:30 a.m., except on Tuesdays, at which time the trial calendar will be called after the motion calendar.
1. Every case on the trial calendar is deemed ready for trial to be sent forthwith to select, unless otherwise annotated CON for conference.
2. Only counsel of record or trial counsel shall appear for a case on the trial calendar. Failure to appear may result in a case being dismissed or set for inquest.
3. No adjournments will be granted on consent or by telephone.
4. Affirmations of actual engagement will not be accepted for any reason if the trial date has been fixed at least two months in advance. The attorneys previously designated as trial counsel must appear for trial on that date. If any attorney previously designated as trial counsel is actually engaged elsewhere, he or she must produce substitute trial counsel. If neither trial counsel nor substitute trial counsel is ready to try the case on the scheduled trial date, the court may impose any sanctions permitted by law. 22 NYCRR 125.1(g).
5. If a jury case is not settled or otherwise disposed, it will be sent to select a jury.
6. If a non-jury case is not settled or otherwise disposed, it will be assigned for trial.
7. All cases will be assigned for trial to the IAS justice, if available. If the IAS justice is unavailable, the case will be sent to the first available justice.
Motion Calendar
The motion calendar will be called on Tuesday mornings at 9:30 a.m. in Courtroom 25. There will be no second call of the motion calendar.
Discovery and Summary Judgment Motions
1. Counsel must personally appear and be prepared to discuss and/or orally argue at the call of the motion calendar all discovery or summary judgment motions. If the moving party fails to appear, the motion will be marked off the calendar for non-appearance. If the opposing party fails to appear, the motion may be granted on default.
2. Discovery and summary judgment motions may not be marked submitted, even on consent of all parties, unless first conferenced by the Court.
3. Counsel must attach to all discovery and summary judgment motions copies of all pleadings and documents as required by the CPLR, including all preliminary conference, compliance conference, discovery orders, as well as stipulations.
4. Motions seeking leave to renew or reargue a prior motion shall include copies of all papers submitted on the prior motion and the order entered thereon.
5. The Court shall mark off of the motion calendar any motion that does not comply with rules 3 and 4 of this section.
Vacate Stay or Restore to Calendar
1. In order to vacate a stay or restore a case to the trial calendar, counsel must agree, choose a date certain for trial and file a stipulation to that effect, signed by all parties. The stipulation shall be filed with the clerk in the Trial Scheduling Part.
2. No motion to vacate a stay or restore a case to the trial calendar will be accepted for filing by the Motion Support Office unless accompanied by an affirmation or affidavit of attempts to comply with Rule 1 of this section. The affirmation or affidavit shall be affixed to the face of [the] notice of the motion and all sides must appear on the return date.
3. The Motion Support Office shall reject any motion which does not comply with the requirements of Rule 2 of this section.
Starting Monday, May 1, 2006, we offer full-time coverage of your court appearances in Staten Island Supreme Court. Staten Island now joins the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and Manhattan as boroughs where we offer full-time per diem coverage on your motions as well as your preliminary, compliance, trial scheduling and settlement conferences. Our core group of per diem attorneys now serves every Supreme Court County within New York City, the Supreme Courts of Nassau and Suffolk County (Riverhead) and the Civil Courts of the Bronx, Manhattan and Queens. Call us at 917-687-8120 if we can be of service to your firm.
The assignment sheet for justices of the Civil Term of the Supreme Court of Kings County is now available online. Click here to access a copy of the assignment sheet. The link is part of the new home page of the Kings County Supreme Court. Also available at the home page is a link to the Uniform Civil Term Rules of the Supreme Court Kings County. Click here to access a copy of the rules.
