by PHP | Jun 13, 2019 | All, Appellate Procedure
The Appellate Division, Fourth Department is expanding the categories of appeals that will be subject to mandatory e-filing in the coming months. In matters in which a notice of appeal is filed on or after October 1, 2019, e-filing at the Appellate Division, Fourth...
by PHP | Jun 6, 2019 | All, Appellate Procedure
The Appellate Division for the Second Judicial Department began e-filing, through the New York State Courts Electronic Filing (NYSCEF) system, in 2018. We started in Westchester County in March, expanded to Suffolk County in July, and further expanded to Orange,...
by Maria Andrades | May 30, 2019 | All, Appellate Procedure
In the Appellate Division, the Second Department wants to be notified if counsel of record has retained appellate counsel. Where a notice of appearance is not supplied to the Second Department, appellate counsel will not be able to act in any capacity on behalf of the...
by Paul LaMar | May 16, 2019 | All, Appellate Procedure
The first step when filing a notice of appeal for an appeal which will be perfected at the Second Circuit is to file with the district clerk. An appeal permitted by law as of right from a district court to the Court of Appeals may be taken only by filing a notice of...
by Eric Kuperman, Esq. | May 9, 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...
