by Eric Kuperman, Esq. | Mar 7, 2019 | All, Appellate Procedure
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals notes specific deadlines with respect to timing of Appellant, Appellee and Reply Briefs (as well as for other filings). The deadlines for each subsequent brief (after the primary Appellant’s Brief) are measured from the date on...
by Eric Kuperman, Esq. | Feb 28, 2019 | All, Appellate Procedure
When perfecting an appeal in Appellate Division Second Department (AD2) via the Appendix Method, Rule 670.9(b)(1) requires that “the appellant shall subpoena from the clerk of the court from which the appeal is taken all the papers constituting the record on appeal...
by Eric Kuperman, Esq. | Feb 21, 2019 | All, Appellate Procedure
PHP is in the business of compiling documents from lower Court records and assembling a Record on Appeal that is compliant with Appellate Division Rules. What this typically means is that our clients provide complete copies of the documents that were filed in the...
by Eric Kuperman, Esq. | Jan 17, 2019 | All, Appellate Procedure
Motions for Leave to Appeal to the Court of Appeals of the State of New York (hereinafter, the “NYSCA”) are one of the few instances in the law (if not the only one) where an attorney has two bites at the apple. To wit, the losing attorney at the Appellate Division...
by Eric Kuperman, Esq. | Jan 10, 2019 | All, Appellate Procedure
From time to time, attorneys choose not to include physical copies of exhibits in motion papers filed in the Supreme Court. Rather than include voluminous medical records with thousands of pages, for instance, an attorney might attach a CD with bulk documents as an...
