Hon. Suzanne J. Adams — Part 40 Rules

TRIAL ASSIGNMENT PART (Part 40)

Part Rules

Hon. Suzanne Adams, Trial Assignment Part Judge

60 Centre Street, Room 252, New York, NY 10007

Principal Court Attorney

Robin Marsico, Esq.

Part Clerk/Courtroom

Jamillah Williams (646) 386-3722

I. Communications with Part Clerk and Chambers

A. NO EX PARTE COMMUNICATIONS WILL BE REVIEWED OR

CONSIDERED. Unless specifically instructed, do not call or e-mail

chambers. Do not copy the court on letters or email exchanged between counsel.

B. General inquiries that are NOT requests to adjourn shall be addressed to sfc-part40-

clerk@nycourts.gov. (For adjournments, see Section II(A) below),

C. Please notify the Part Clerk as soon as a case settles at any point in the litigation.

II. Adjournments

A. Requests for adjournments of conferences, motions, inquests, or jury selection shall

be made by email, copied to all sides, to SFC-Part40-Adjournments@nycourts.gov

B. REQUESTS TO ADJOURN MUST BE MADE NO LATER THAN THREE

DAYS PRIOR TO THE APPEARANCE DATE. Otherwise, the court cannot

consider the request and issue an adjourned date.

C. Do not send adjournment requests to the general email listed above in Section I(B), as

your email may be overlooked.

III. Motion Practice

A. The Court does NOT require courtesy/working copies of motions in e-filed actions.

The Court does NOT require copies of the exhibits, unless such exhibits cannot be e-

filed (e.g, videos).

B. IAS JUDGE: Substantive motions (e.g, summary judgment, motions to dismiss,

discovery, withdrawal of counsel, etc.) shall be made to the assigned IAS judge, even

if the case is on the TAP calendar.

C. PART 40 JUDGE: Motions/orders to show cause to stay trial shall be made to the

Part 40 judge. DO NOT INITIATE DISCOVERY MOTIONS IN THE TRIAL

ASSIGNMENT PART – discovery is not the purpose of TAP.

D. TRIAL JUDGE: Motions on cases assigned to a trial judge, where the parties are

selecting a jury or are on trial (e.g, motions in limine or to quash subpoenas), shall be

made to the assigned trial judge.

IV. Conferences

Conferences are official court appearances and parties must be prepared. All counsel

appearing for a Part 40 settlement conference must appear with authority to settle and

have their client or adjuster available by telephone for the purposes of settlement

negotiations.

V. Inquests and Bench Trials

On the TAP appearance date, the parties will be assigned to a judge for the inquest or

bench trial, as applicable. The assigned judge’s chambers will schedule further

appearances.

VI. Trial Subpoenas

Subpoenas must be submitted in person to the Part Clerk in the courtroom Mondays-

Thursdays between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. with appropriate supporting

documentation.