New York Supreme Court, Bronx County Filing Rules

All parties and counsel must complete a contact sheet with their email address and telephone number at or before the first appearance.

Approval of an infant compromise order application will be delayed until the application fully complies with the governing statutory and regulatory requirements.

The supporting attorney affirmation for an ICO, or the pro se affidavit, must attach proposed annuity plans, an itemized list of disbursements with receipts, and comparables supporting the reasonableness of the settlement amounts.

An RJI must be filed when assignment of a Justice is required in an action.

As soon as practicable, the parties must file a fully executed settlement, discontinuance, or withdrawal stipulation through NYSCEF and email it to the part clerk.

The Part e-mail must be used to notify chambers staff and the part clerk at least three court days before each proceeding requiring a court interpreter.

The court does not accept ex parte communications.

Attorneys who are engaged must email an affirmation of engagement to the court-part email address.

Court communications must generally be made by written letter filed through NYSCEF, with email copies and proof of e-filing sent to the law clerks and Part Clerk and copies simultaneously sent to all parties.

Calendar questions must be directed to the Part Clerk.

Counsel must immediately notify the court through an NYSCEF letter and email a copy and proof of filing to the judge's law clerks and part clerk when an action or motion ends or is withdrawn.

All newly filed Commercial Division actions must be filed electronically.

A motion on notice or notice of petition in a New York Supreme Court e-filed case must be filed through NYSCEF.

In cases converted to e-filing, required affirmations must be submitted through NYSCEF.

Correspondence to the Court must be in letter form and filed through NYSCEF.

Stipulated conference adjournments must be e-filed and emailed to Chambers and the Part Clerk at least 48 hours before the motion or conference, with no more than two stipulated adjournments totaling 30 days allowed without prior court permission.

Conference adjournments will not be granted unless the requesting party shows good cause.

A conference adjournment request must be filed on NYSCEF at least 48 hours before the conference and sent to every party.

Adjournment requests should be submitted in advance.

An adjournment of the hearing's commencement requires compelling reasons and approval from both the Referee and the referring Justice.

An unassigned paper motion must be filed in Room 118 within five days after service.

The Preliminary Conference Order is due at least seven days before the Preliminary Conference.

A party may upload an NYSCEF letter at least 48 hours before oral argument stating that it does not oppose or take a position on the motion and then need not attend oral argument.

A CPLR 3212(a) summary-judgment motion ordinarily must be filed no later than 60 days after the note of issue is filed, unless the court grants leave for good cause.

A summary judgment motion return date must be a Thursday at 10:00 A.M. unless it is a court holiday, and the movant must appear in person; if fully briefed, the court will schedule virtual oral argument.

Commercial Division Rule 24 procedure must be followed before a qualifying motion, but it does not apply to Rule 24(b) motions or CPLR § 3215 motions.

Each party ordinarily receives only one opportunity to move for summary judgment unless sufficient justification is shown or the court previously authorizes another opportunity.

A timely completed proposed preliminary-conference order emailed to the Part Clerk with all parties copied relieves the parties from appearing unless the court directs otherwise.

The Court will schedule a conference after a discovery-related motion, including a motion to dismiss or strike pleadings based on a discovery violation.

Before filing a discovery motion, counsel should consult in good faith to try to resolve the discovery dispute.

Motions must use official citations instead of unofficial Westlaw or Lexis citations.

Every filed paper must have margins of at least one inch.

Documents submitted for in-camera inspection must be unredacted and Bates stamped.

When able, a party filing video or audio motion media is directed to e-file a document containing an accessible link and full URL to the media.

The specified decretal clause in an order to show cause seeking withdrawal of counsel must be in bold typeface.

Notice must be provided to the relevant governmental agency when seeking a subpoena from it.

An order, judgment, counter-order, or counter-judgment submitted for signature must include an affidavit of service and the required notice of settlement.

Service of a summons must include copies of the Automatic Orders, the Notice of Domestic Relations Law § 255, and the Notice of the Maintenance Guidelines.

A written request for an adjournment after unsuccessful consent efforts must be served on all parties.

Unless the application is ex parte, the RJI and accompanying application must be served together on all parties.

Working copies of e-filed motion papers and exhibits exceeding 20 pages must be provided at least two days before the submission date, with tabs identifying each exhibit.

Motion Support no longer accepts working copies of motion-related papers.

The Court must receive working copies of both the redacted and unredacted papers, with the status clearly identified on each cover page.

Chambers does not require paper working copies of electronically filed motion papers.

A copy of the motion-withdrawal filing must be sent to the two specified chambers email addresses.

The Court will consider requests for additional sealing or redaction only through an order to show cause.

Parties must comply with the document-redaction rules stated in Section P.

The court may refuse to accept a paper that does not comply with the stated New York redacted-filing rule.

Confidential personal information must be omitted or redacted from papers submitted for filing.

All e-filed documents must redact the infant’s full name and date of birth, except initials and year.

A request to expand a filing's word limit must be made well in advance of that filing's deadline.

All submitted motions must comply with the CPLR word-count requirements.

Parties must comply with the word-count limits in 22 NYCRR 202.8-b, but the Court may permit an oversized submission upon oral or written application with notice to all parties.

A motion must not exceed the word count specified in 22 NYCRR 202.8-b unless the court grants leave.

The court may permit an oversize submission upon oral or written application with notice to all parties.

Sur-reply papers and correspondence addressing a motion's merits are prohibited and will not be considered.

A motion seeking substantive relief may not be combined with any application for discovery.

Sur-replies, post-sur-replies, and related correspondence are prohibited unless the court expressly permits them in writing or orally during virtual argument.

A discovery motion must stand alone, may not include requests for other relief, and must initially be returnable in Motion Support Office, Room 217, on a non-court-holiday weekday at 9:30 a.m.

After a motion is fully submitted or argued, no further submissions or post-argument letters concerning that motion will be accepted.

The appropriate filing fee must be paid when filing a paper motion.

The party filing the first paper must pay the proper fee, obtain an index number from the county clerk, and affix it to the paper.

A separate filing fee is required for each infant plaintiff's Infant Compromise Order.

The Court strongly encourages participation by women, diverse attorneys, and attorneys with less than five years of practice, including opportunities for them to appear in court.