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Amendment to Part 202.8(h) of the Uniform Civil Rules for the Supreme and County Courts Online

Though the amendment of Part 202.8(h) of the Uniform Rules for New York State Trial Courts took effect on Jan. 17, 2006, I've had difficulty locating the official text online until now. OCA has published the actual text of the amendment. Click on this link, then scroll down to section "h" to view the new section:

(h) 60-Day Rule. If 60 days have elapsed after a motion has been finally submitted or oral argument held, whichever was later, and no decision has been issued by the court, counsel for the movant shall send the court a letter alerting it to this fact with copies to all parties to the motion.

Notice to the Bar: Rules of the Pretrial Conference Part (Supreme Queens)

The Pretrial Conference Part has recently come into operation in Supreme Court, Queens County. The Part is presently being presided over by Referee Leonard Florio, Esq. A copy of the Part's Rules follows:

Rules of the Pretrial Conference Part

All tort cases (excluding City-Corporation Counsel, Medical Malpractice and Commercial cases) in which a Note of Issue and Certificate of Readiness are filed shall be call in the Pretrial Conference Part (PTCP) four (4) months after said filing.

Prior to the pretrial conference, counsel shall confer in a good faith effort to identify issues not in contention, resolve all disputed questions without need for court intervention, and settle the case. Additionally, counsel shall have knowledge of their schedules and witnesses' schedules in order to permit the fixing of a trial date and a realistic estimate of the trial's length.

Counsel who appear are required to have full and detailed knowledge of all issues related to discovery, together with all orders and/or stipulations related thereto. Failure to appear as required may result in the imposition of sanctions.

The Referee shall report on the trial ready status of the action to the Justice presiding in the Trial Scheduling Part (TSP) who may issue any order deemed appropriate.

Electronic Filing Participation Encouraged in Some New York County IAS Parts

Please note that a number of the IAS Parts in New York County Supreme Court are encouraging counsel to participate in the Court’s Electronic Filing System. Justices Richter, Lehner, Smith, James, Kornreich and Sklar have joined the Justices of the Commercial Part in encouraging electronic filing. Details of the program can be found at the Court’s web site at https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/fbem/mainframe.html. Please note that the Court is also conducting "how-to" trianing classes for how to participate in the program. You can call the Court at 646-386-3033 to arrange a training class.

edmarion.com is going artistic

We're trying a little something different with the edmarion.com website. Instead of re-directing to nycperdiem.com, it will now be the online home for my artistic endeavors. Feel free to visit often. Click here to explore the new site.

CourtAlert.com posts Kings County Part Assignments

We have always striven to provide links to Part Assignments for all the Courts in New York City. One of the more notable deficits in this area has been the lack of an online listing of Part Assignments for the Justices of the Supreme Court, Kings County. Now CourtAlert.com, in their one of their many useful e-mail alerts, has notified subscribers to an updated listing of Kings County judges. You can find the list at http://www.courtalert.com/DisplayPdf.asp?File=/PDFFiles/KingsAssignmentSheet(072005).pdf. Of course, you will have to subscribe to CourtAlert's excellent service to access the list but it is well worth it. CourtAlert not only provides e-mail alerts for your Court calendars, but they also aim to be the best full-service document retrieval service for attorneys in the City. If you haven't visited their web site -- CourtAlert.com -- it is well worth your time to do so.

Supreme Queens Summer Motion Schedules

Please be reminded that (in non-matrimonial actions) the justices of the Queens County Supreme Court will NOT hear motions on the following days this Summer:

Tuesday Motion Calendars:
Agate (IA 24): August 2, 9
Levine (TSP): August 2, 9
Ellliot (IA 10): July 19, August 9
Brathwaite-Nelson (IA 22): August 9, 16
Flug (IA 9): August 30
O'Donoghue (IA 5): July 5
Grays (IA 4): July 26, August 2, 9, 30
Polizzi (IA 14): August 16, 23, 30
Kelly (IA 16): August 16, 23
Price (IA 6): August 16, 23, 30
Schulman (IA 7): July 19, 26

Wednesday Motion Calendars:
Dollard (IA 13): July 20, 27
Dorsa (IA 12): July 20, 27, August 3, 10
Golia (IA 21) August 24, 31
Hart (IA 18): July 13, 20; August 17, 24, 31
Kitzes (IA 17): July 27, August 3, 10, 17
Rosengarten (IA 23): July 27, August 3, 10
Satterfield (IA 19): July 6
Weiss (IA 2): July 20, 27

All other justices not specifically listed above will hear motions throughout the 7th, 8th & 9th Terms of Court, on their regularly scheduled motion days.

Filing Fee Information Online

The Office of Court Administration has posted the filing fees for the various State Courts.  The web address is http://nycourts.gov/forms/index.shtml.  Click here to access the link.

New Telephone Numbers for New York County Supreme and New York County Clerk

Starting on or about March 1, 2005, the entire telephone system and numbers of the New York County Supreme Court and the New York County Clerk will change.  Click here to read the Court's announcement.  Click here to access the new list of telephone numbers.

New Mapping Site: Google

So you're preparing your file for a deposition or trial and you need to see a map of an accident site.  Try the new mapping site at http://maps.google.com/.  You can search by entering an address, an intersection, or even an approximate location.  Okay, now it's after the EBT, and the plaintiff has testified that they use a pharmacist but don't remember which one.  Use the approximation search and search for "pharmacy near [plaintiff's address]" and voila!, up pops a map of every pharmacy near that address.  Come to think of it, run the search BEFORE the EBT so you're prepared with all the local pharmacies AT the EBT.

Reminder: State Supreme and Civil Courts Closed Friday, February 11, 2005

The State Supreme and Civil Courts will be closed on Friday, February 11, 2005, in observance of Lincoln's Birthday.