(Webcast) Practice Update: Application of Select Commercial Division Rules to all Supreme and County Courts

Monday, April 5, 2021 | 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

• Description
• Faculty
• Agenda
• CLE Credit
• Sponsors

• The Uniform Trial Court Rules recently were amended to apply several rules that had applied only to practice in the Commercial Division to all Supreme and County Courts. An expert panel will discuss those rules, how they have been implemented and interpreted in the Commercial Division and how they will affect practice in the parts to which they now apply.

  Program Fee:
  $99 for Members | $199 for Nonmembers
  Small Law Firm: $49 for Members

  Members who are Law Students, Recent Law Graduates, Newly Admitted Lawyers (admitted for the first time in any state or country 2019-2021), In-House/Corporate Counsel, Judges, and attorney members who practice within the Government, Academic or Not-for-Profit sectors attend this program for free.

• Honorable Lucy A. Billings
  Retired Justice
  Supreme Court of the State of New York,
  New York County

  Honorable James d’Auguste
  Justice
  Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York County

  Honorable Lawrence Knipel
  Justice
  Supreme Court of the State of New York, Kings County
  Commercial Division

  Herbert Rodriguez
  Schwartz Goldstone Campisi & Kates, LLP

  Honorable Jennifer Schecter
  Justice
  Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York County
  Commercial Division

• 1:00pm – 1:10pm
  Introductin and Overview

  1:10pm – 1:40pm
  New Rules Governing Appearances, ADR, Settlement and Trials Procedure

  1:40pm – 2:10pm
  New Discovery Rules

  2:10pm – 2:40pm
  New Rules Affecting Motion Practice

  2:40pm – 3:00pm
  Questions

• New York: 2.0 Professional Practice
  New Jersey: 2.2 General
  California: 2.0 General
  Pennsylvania: 1.5 General
  Connecticut: Available to Licensed Attorneys

• Sponsoring Association Committees:
  Council on Judicial Administration, Michael P. Regan, Chair
  Litigation, John M. Lundin, Chair
  Small Law Firm, Anne Wolfson, Chair
  State Courts of Superior Jurisdiction, Bart J. Eagle, Chair

  Co-Sponsoring Organization:
  Small Law Firm Center

  Sponsorship Opportunities are Available! Please Contact:
  Angie Avila, Manager, Membership Outreach and Sponsorships | (212) 382-6608 | aavila@nycbar.org