Hon. Judy H. Kim — Part 4 Rules

Effective as of April 22,2026

HON. JUDY H. KIM, J.S.C.

Part 4, General IAS (E-File Part)

60Centre Street, Room 418

New York, NY 10007

Part Clerk

Kevin Chen, SFC-Part4-Clerk@nycourts.gov

Courtroom Tel.

646-386-3580

Principal Law Clerk

Jared Kraminitz, Esq.

Assistant Law Clerk

Donald Kim

Chambers Tel.

646-386-5577

Counsel are to be familiar with Rules of the Chief Administrator of the Courts Section 202.12

regarding preliminary conferences.

1. Communications with the Court

a. Chambers does not receive correspondence or documents filed on NYSCEF.

b. Requests to schedule or adjourn motions or conferences must be directed to the Part

Clerkby telephone or e-mail.

c. Request for adjournments must be made at least forty-eight hours in advance, absent

exigent circumstances.

d. Email is the preferred means of communication with the Court. All emails to the Court

must be copied to all parties. Telephone calls to chambers are to be confined to

urgent matters only.

e. Do not submit courtesy copies of motion papers to the Part or Chambers unless

requested by the Court.

2. Conferences

a. Actionspending for over three yearsin which the note of issuedeadline has passedwill

be scheduled, at the Court’s discretion, for a status conference before Justice Kim on

Thursday afternoon. Should either party fail to appear at this conference, their default

will result in an appropriate sanction, including the dismissal of the action pursuant to

22 NYCRR §202.27.

b. All other discovery conferences are held in person at 60 Centre Street, Room 418.

Beginning on March 3, 2026, discovery conferences will be held on Tuesdays at 9:30

a.m.

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3. Discovery

a. Discovery motions may not be filed without first conferencing the matter with the

court.

b. Parties are encouraged to resolve discovery disputes and enter into discovery

stipulations without court intervention whenever possible. Proposed Preliminary

Conference Orders or Compliance Conference Orders are to be submitted to the

Assistant Law Clerk via email todokim@nycourts.gov within forty-eight hours of the

conference date.

Do not upload unsigned draft orders to NYSCEF—Chambers is not automatically

notified of NYSCEF filings.

• Preliminary Conference Order Guidelines:

• EBT dates shall be no later than fourmonths from the date of the order.

•Future compliance conference shall beat leastsixmonths from the date of

the order.

• Note of Issue date shall be oneyear from the date of the Order.

c. In-camera review of documents: No compliance conference stipulation or order shall

direct any party to submit records or other evidence to the Court for an incamera review

without first conferencing the matter with the Court.

4. Oral Arguments:

a. Oral argument will be heard inRoom 418 onWednesdays beginning at 9:30 am.

b. Motions are scheduled for oral argument at the judge’s discretion. Requests for oral

argument must be included in the Notice of Motion or in the Opposition papers.

• A representation in such a request that argument will be made by an attorney

whose participation enhances diversity in the bar or who isadmitted topractice

fewer than five years will weigh in favor of the Court deciding to hold oral

argument.

c. Settlement Authority–All counsel appearing for scheduled oral argument are expected

to have knowledge of the procedural history and substantive issues of the case and the

authority to engage in settlement discussions.

d. If the Court has not scheduled a motion for oral argument and counsel wishes to request

oral argument, a letter must be submitted by e-mail to the Principal Law Clerkwith all

parties copied. The Court will notify the parties only if the application for oral argument

is granted.

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e. Adjournments - Motions scheduled for oral argument may be adjourned for up to 60

days from the original oral argument date without leave of Court, upon consent of all

parties.However, any additional adjournments can only be accomplished by stipulation

“so-ordered” by the Court—the Submissions Part will not adjourn a motion beyond

sixty days without a so-ordered stipulation.

• Requests for an adjournment must include both the specific reason for the

adjournment andthe number of prior adjournment requests.

5. Summary Judgment Motions: All summary judgment motions must be e-filed no later than

sixtydaysafter filing the Note of Issue, unless otherwise directed.Anyexhibit to the motion must

be e-filed as a separate document and must be given an identifying label (e.g., Notice of Claim,

Bill of Particulars, etc.). Allexhibits should be paginated, and reference to anyvoluminous exhibit,

including deposition testimony, mustinclude pinpoint citations.

6. Electronic Filing:

a. All e-filed documents must be OCR text searchable PDFs.

b. All cases must be e-filed on NYSCEF except for cases involving pro se litigants who

are not licensed to practice law in New York. Unrepresented litigants who are not

licensed New York attorneys are highly encouraged to participate in e-filing (it is the

best way to obtain easy access to court filings, keep up to date on events in the case,

and serve other parties). Instructions for efiling can be found at:

https://iappscontent.courts.state.ny.us/NYSCEF/staging/help/UnrepresentedFactSheet

.pdf

c. For further NYSCEF instructions, please contact the e-filing Resource Support Center

at (646) 386-3033 or see https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/HomePage.

7. Trials: After a trial is assigned to Judge Kim, the Court will contact trial counsel by email to

schedule a pre-trial conference date and to set deadlines for the parties to submit certain trial-

relatedmaterial, as well as any requests for audio/visual technology, to the Court. Counsel for the

parties are required to appear at this pre-trial conference with authority to discuss settlement.

8. Notifying Court of settlement or resolution: Counsel must notify the Court as soon as

practicable of any settlement or resolution ofactive cases or pending motions. When a motion has

been withdrawn or the case has been settled, the parties shall file a Stipulation reflecting same on

NYSCEF and notify the Principal Law Clerk of such filing by e-mail. Chambers is not

automatically notified when stipulations are filed on NYSCEF.

9. The Court supports the professional development of junior attorneys and encourages their

participation in trials and oral arguments on motions. The Court also strongly encourages

substantive participation in court proceedings by women and lawyers from backgrounds

historically underrepresented in the bar, as well as attorneys who have been admitted to practice

fewer than five years.

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