provision_id,doc_id,judge_id,rule_number,title,text,source_page,topics,cross_references,judicial_district,county,court_type,doc_type
NY-SC-1JD-KOTLER-P8-001,96,NY-SC-1JD-KOTLER,I – General,General Rules and Communications,"Virtual court appearances will be conducted via Microsoft Teams. All persons on the Teams meeting should always have audio and video; only one attorney may speak on behalf of each party and the proceedings may not be recorded absent prior court approval. Invitations to the Microsoft Teams meetings for all court appearances will be sent to counsel of record on NYSCEF. Ex parte communications that are not for scheduling, administrative or emergency purposes are not permitted. All sides must be carbon copied on written communications to the court. Letters or emails seeking affirmative relief may not be considered absent exigent circumstances. Do not carbon copy the court on correspondence between counsel. If an action is discontinued, or wholly or partially settled by stipulation, a motion has become wholly or partially moot, or a party has died or become a debtor in bankruptcy, the parties promptly shall notify the court in writing by filing on NYSCEF and email to the Part Clerk or Chambers staff.",,"[""remote-hearings"", ""communication-preferences"", ""part-rules""]","[""22 NYCRR \u00a7 202.23(c)"", ""22 NYCRR \u00a7 202.28[a]""]",1,New York,supreme,part_rules
NY-SC-1JD-KOTLER-P8-002,96,NY-SC-1JD-KOTLER,II – Conferences,Conference Procedures and Discovery Disputes,"Within a reasonable time after issue has been joined and a preliminary conference request has been filed, the parties shall meet and confer regarding a preliminary discovery schedule, which shall be memorialized in a Proposed Preliminary Conference Order that shall be presented to the court by filing on NYSCEF and via email to the Part Clerk. If a dispute should arise during discovery, the parties should meet and confer and memorialize all outstanding discovery in a written stipulation signed by all sides. If the parties are unable to agree on a preliminary discovery schedule, or a dispute arises during discovery that they are unable to resolve despite good faith efforts to do so, they may request a virtual conference with the court via written letter filed on NYSCEF and emailed to the Part Clerk. Conferences are typically held virtually on Wednesdays and Thursdays.",,"[""preliminary-conference"", ""conference-procedures"", ""discovery-disputes"", ""discovery-scheduling""]","[""22 NYCRR \u00a7 202.20-f[b]""]",1,New York,supreme,part_rules
NY-SC-1JD-KOTLER-P8-003,96,NY-SC-1JD-KOTLER,IV – Motions,Motion Practice Requirements,"All Notices of Motion (but not Notices of Cross Motion) are returnable in the Motion Support Office Courtroom. Adjournments of those motions are to be addressed to Motion Support, not the Part, unless the parties are seeking to adjourn a motion submission date more than sixty days after the original return date. Upon any motion for summary judgment, other than a motion made pursuant to CPLR 3213, the movant shall annex to the notice of motion a separate, short and concise statement, in numbered paragraphs, of the material facts as to which the moving party contends there is no genuine issue to be tried. Any party opposing the motion shall submit a counterstatement of material facts. Motions will be submitted without argument or rescheduled for oral argument on a case-by-case basis; oral argument is typically held on a Tuesday. Advance permission to bring any motion is not required. Courtesy or working copies of e-filed motions are not required and should not be delivered to the part.",,"[""hearing-procedures"", ""summary-judgment"", ""adjournments""]","[""CPLR 3213""]",1,New York,supreme,part_rules
NY-SC-1JD-KOTLER-P8-004,96,NY-SC-1JD-KOTLER,V – Adjournments,Adjournment Procedures,"A court appearance may be adjourned on consent, provided all parties who have appeared in the action sign a stipulation to that effect and deliver it to court via fax, email or filing on NYSCEF by 2:00 p.m. the day before the appearance is scheduled. The stipulation is still subject to court approval, and it must include: 1) the reason for the adjournment, 2) the date the case was last on, and 3) the date by which the Note of Issue must be filed. If there is no consent to a request for an adjournment, requests shall be transmitted in writing to the court and to all parties via filing on NYSCEF, so as to be received no later than 48 hours before the hearing. Requests for adjournments not on consent made less than 48 hours before the scheduled date will not be considered, and counsel must appear on the scheduled date to make an oral application for the adjournment.",,"[""adjournments"", ""note-of-issue""]","[""22 NYCRR \u00a7 202.23""]",1,New York,supreme,part_rules
NY-SC-1JD-KOTLER-P8-005,96,NY-SC-1JD-KOTLER,VI – Settlement Conferences and ADR,Settlement Conference and ADR Procedures,"If the parties have conferred and seek a settlement conference or are amenable to submitting their case to mediation, they should email Aryeh Roskies, Esq., at aroskies@nycourts.gov, with the following information: [1] nature of case; [2] substantive issues in dispute; [3] any offers and demands; [4] if a personal injury action, nature/extent of personal injuries sustained. The court may conduct a settlement conference or refer the matter to mediation in its discretion and subject to the mediation part's approval only upon a showing that a settlement conference or mediation would be fruitful.",,"[""settlement-conferences"", ""mediation""]",[],1,New York,supreme,part_rules
NY-SC-1JD-KOTLER-P8-006,96,NY-SC-1JD-KOTLER,VII – Note of Issue,Note of Issue Requirements,"Note of issue should not be filed unless discovery is complete. If the parties need an extension of the note of issue deadline, they should meet and confer and set deadlines for all outstanding discovery in a written stipulation to be so ordered by the court and request an extension of the deadline to file note of issue. Note of issue may be filed, and a future compliance conference dispensed with, provided all parties who have appeared in the action stipulate in writing that all discovery has been completed. This stipulation must be sent to the court via email or filing on NYSCEF by 2:00 p.m. the day before the appearance is scheduled.",,"[""note-of-issue"", ""discovery-scheduling""]",[],1,New York,supreme,part_rules
NY-SC-1JD-KOTLER-P8-007,96,NY-SC-1JD-KOTLER,VIII – Trials,Trial Procedures,"Trials are scheduled to proceed day-by-day until completed. Once a trial is assigned to Part 8, counsel are required to serve and submit the following: marked pleadings; the bill of particulars; a witness list; expert disclosures; pretrial memoranda (if applicable); proposed jury instructions (if applicable); proposed jury verdict sheet (if applicable); and a one paragraph summary of the parties' contentions. Parties must have copies of exhibits for the court and for each adversary. All parties are encouraged to have their exhibits pre-marked by the court reporter.",,"[""trial-procedures"", ""trial-settings"", ""exhibits""]",[],1,New York,supreme,part_rules