Hon. Denise Johnson — Part 11 Rules

Part 11– RULES, PRACTICES, AND PROCEDURES

JUSTICEDENISEN. JOHNSON

SupremeCourtoftheStateofNewYork

Part 11, Courtroom 41

QueensCounty –Civil Term

88-11Sutphin Boulevard,JamaicaNY11435

Presiding Justice: Hon. Denise N. Johnson

Principal Law Clerk: Tenaja A. Montas, Esq.

Assistant Law Clerk: YasmineA.Dieudonne,Esq.

Part Clerk: Kim Gooden

Chambers: (718) 298-1875

Part Clerk/Courtroom: (718) 298-1821

Part 11 E-mail: QSCPART11@nycourts.gov

IAS Motion Support Office: (718) 298-1009

Ex ParteSupportOffice: (718) 298-1018

TrialScheduling Part: (718) 298-1048

DCMClerksOffice: (718) 298-1140

Court Help Center: (718) 298-1024

CourtHelp CenterE-mail: CourtHelpQueens@nycourts.gov

Part 11Rulesareeffective as ofMay28,2025, and supersede all previous rules.

GENERAL

1. All questions regarding motions, orders to show cause, adjournments, calendar calls, and

scheduling should be madevia emailat QSCPART11@nycourts.gov and NOT bycalls to

chambers.

2. Please notify the Court IMMEDIATELY, especially while a motion is pending, if the

action or petition has been settled, discontinued, and/or the motion has been resolved, via

email at QSCPART11@nycourts.gov, and COPY ALL parties to the action.

IMPORTANT – Individual Court Parts DO NOT receive email notifications when

papers are uploaded to NYSCEF. Papers that require Court action and documents

requiring Justice Johnson’s signature, including proposed orders, stipulations to be so

ordered, and subpoenas, should be uploaded to NYSCEF and emailed to chambers at-

QSCPART11@nycourts.gov.

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3. The parties are required to familiarize themselves with the new Uniform Civil Rules for

the Supreme Court & the County Court. Please refer to this link: Uniform Civil Rules.

4. For the most up-to-date information concerning the handling of matters before the 11th

JudicialDistrictCivilTerm(QueensSupremeCourt),pleaseclickthislink:11thJD-Civil

Term, Queens Supreme

5. Part 11 does not schedule or conduct Preliminary or Compliance Conferences. All

questions regarding Preliminary Conferences and/or Compliance Conferences should be

made to the respective part, NOT Part 11. See page 5 for more information.

COMMUNICATIONS WITHPART 11 AND CHAMBERS

1. Counsel and Litigants (represented or self-represented) are advised that Justice Johnson,

her Principal Law Clerk, Assistant Law Clerk, and Part Clerk may not engage in any Ex-

Parte communications.

2. Absolutely no telephone inquiries concerning motions or applications may be made to

chambers,suchinquiriesorconcernsshallbeaddressedtothePartClerkat(718)298-1821

or via email at QSCPART11@nycourts.gov.

3. Do not send any letters, documents, papers, mail, or facsimile unless expressly permitted

by these Practice Rules or by prior approval of the Court to the part or chambers. These

will not be responded to.

4. Any and all communications with chambers must include all parties. They will

otherwise not be responded to as they are improper ex parte communication.

ELECTRONICFILING

1. All cases in Part 11 are required to be electronically filed through the New York State

Courts E-Filing(NYSCEF) system. Attorneys areexpected tofamiliarizethemselves with

NYSCEF procedures. For more information on e-filing rules, parties may visit the

following link: Queens Supreme Court E-Filing | New York Courts.

2. Toconvertanon-e-filedcaseto e-filing:

a. With Consent ofall parties -theparties can executetheStipulation andConsent to

E-Filing form which can be obtained at this link: Stipulation and Consent to E-

filing Form, and send it to efile@nycourts.gov.

b. Without Consent of all parties - If a party is unable to obtain consent from all the

parties, the party requesting conversion can submit an application to the Court.

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Form28 can befoundby clicking this link: LetterApplication toConvert Pending

Action to E-Filing.

Therequesting party must serve all parties to theaction with Form 28. Then email

acopyoftheFormandproofofservicetoefile@nycourts.gov.Oncesubmittedthe

Queens County Clerk will send the application to Justice Johnson’s Chambers to

approve or deny.

Note:“eTrack”isacasetrackingservicethatenablespartiestotrackactiveCivilSupremeCourt

cases andto receivenoticeofscheduled appearances and/or “controldates”. Partiesand/ortheir

counsel must be registered for the eTrack service for all Part 11 cases. To register or log-in,

please visit: http://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/webcivil/etrackLogin .

DO NOT MAIL IN ANY COURTESY COPY OF PAPERS with the following exceptions:

Documents requiring Justice Johnson’s signature, including proposed orders and stipulations,

must be e-filed with NYSCEF and sent via email to QSCPART11@nycourts.gov.

MOTION CALENDAR

6. Motions assigned to Part 11, shall be madereturnable and noticed to be heard before

theHon. DeniseN.Johnson,Part 11on Tuesdaysat10:00am

FAILURE TO NOTICE A MOTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE

DESIGNATED JUDGE, DAY, TIME, PART, AND LOCATION AS

INCIDICATED ABOVE MAY RESULT IN THE MOTION BEING

“MARKED OFF,” withoutprejudice.

7. E-FILED CASES –NO APPEARANCE ISREQUIRED FORMOTIONS

NOT RELATED TO DISCOVERY, CONTEMPT, OR SEEKING

UPFRONTRELIEF.Ifyourmatterdoesnotfallintooneofthesecategories

andyouhaveotherwisecompliedwithallotherpartrulesconcerningmotion

submission the matter will be taken in on submission.

See page5,forDiscovery motions.

8. NON-E-FILED CASES REQUIRE AN IN-PERSON APPEARANCE ON

THE CALENDARED DATE. For instructions on converting a case to E-

Filing, see the E-Filing section above.

9. Requestsforadjournment: seeAdjournmentssection below.

10. Stipulations regarding pendingmotions mustbee-filed atleasttwo(2)business days

prior to the calendared date and time.

11. The Court, upon its discretion, may schedule oral arguments after submission. Any

requests for oral argument must be listed on the Notice of Motion.

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12. AllmotionpaperssubmittedtotheCourtmustcomplywith22NYCRR§202.5which

can be found at the following link: Uniform Rules for N.Y. State Trial Courts.

13. Inadditiontotherequirementsof22NYCRR§202.5,allpagesandparagraphsareto

be numbered, and must include the Motion Sequence Number.

FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS

SECTION MAY RESULT IN THE REJECTION OF THE NON-

COMPLIANT SUBMISSION.

14. The Court will not consider papers e-filed or sent to chambers, or to the Part, after

the motion or cross motion(s) has been marked “fully submitted.”

15. FormoreinformationyoucanvisittheMotionSupportwebpagebyclickingthislink:

Queens Supreme Court Motion Support | New York Courts.

ORDERS TO SHOW CAUSE and EMERGENCY APPLICATIONS

1. For up-to-date information regarding Orders to Show Cause and Ex-Parte Orders please

visit the following link: Queens Supreme Court Ex-Parte | New York Courts

2. Parties seeking a Temporary Restraining Order as part of their application must notify all

non-movingpartiesincompliancewithof22NYCRR§202.8-easwellasappearin-person

on the date of presentment. Failure to comply will result in the automatic denial of the

request for TRO.

ADJOURNMENTS

1. Motions may be adjourned on consent with a fully executed stipulation by all parties with

theadjourneddated.ThefullyexecutedstipulationmustbesubmittedtothePartClerk, no

later than two (2) business days prior to the calendar date and time, via email at

QSCPART11@nycourts.gov.

2. Applicationsforadjournmentsmadelessthantwo(2)businessdayspriortothescheduled

date will be denied, except for a reason pursuant to Rules of Chief Administrative Judge

Rule125.1,medicalemergency,otherexigentcircumstance,orunavailabilityoftheCourt.

3. Absent extenuating circumstances, consent adjournments shall be limited to one (1).

Thereafter, the parties MUST contact the Part Clerk via email at

QSCPART11@nycourts.gov if seeking any further adjournments.

4. AlladjournmentsaresubjecttofinalapprovalbyJusticeJohnsoninadvanceofascheduled

Court appearance as per the Part Rules. Barring extenuating circumstances adjournment

requestsgreaterthan6weekswillnotbegranted.Counselorpartiesarerequiredtoconfirm

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all adjournment requests prior to the scheduled court date via email

QSCPART11@nycourts.gov.

DISCOVERY CONFERENCESANDDISPUTES

1. PriortobringingaDiscovery-relatedmotion, allpartiesmustseekleavefromtheassigned

Compliance Conference Judge. For more information, click this link Compliance

Conference Notice

2. Part 11 will conduct mandatory IN-PERSON conferences on ALL discovery-related

motions on the day the matter is calendared to be heard. i.e., Motions to Vacate Note of

Issue, Motions to Restore, Motions to Strike Pleadings, Motions to Demand Bill of

Particulars, Motions to Preclude, etc.

Motions will be marked off calendar if movant fails to appear for the calendar call on the

motion return date. Opposition will be marked off if opposing party fails to appear for the

calendar call on the motion return date.

3. DiscoveryConferencesareheldatthediscretionoftheCourtonthereturndateofamotion

for the requested relief.

PRELIMINARYandCOMPLIANCECONFERENCES

1. Part 11 does not hold Preliminary Conferences or Compliance Conferences. DO NOT

CALL CHAMBERS with questions regarding Preliminary Conferences and/or

Compliance Conferences.

2. For information regarding Preliminary Conferences please click the following link:

Queens Supreme Civil Preliminary Conferences | New York Courts

3. For more information regarding Compliance Conferences please click the following link:

Queens Supreme Court Compliance Conference Part | New York Courts

VIRTUAL CONFERENCES – GENERAL PROTOCOL and DECORUM

1. Virtual conferences are scheduled solely by the discretion of the court. Unless previously

indicated, all required appearances are in-person.

2. Alllawyersandlitigantsshouldidentifythemselvesat thebeginning of each appearance.

3. All microphones should be muted when notin use.

4. Courtroom rules apply, speak one at a time and do not interrupt other speakers, including

the Judge.

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5. Recording the proceeding by anyone other than the Judge, Court Reporter, or other Court

personnel, is PROHIBITED.

6. Allappearingpartiesshouldmakeeveryefforttoappearviavideo,withcamerasengaged.

7. If anindividual is unable toappear viavideo,that individual should contact the partemail

QSCPART11@nycourts.gov or call the Part at (718) 298-1875

8. Theparties areencouraged tologon earlytoensureproper andpunctual appearance.

9. Lawyers and litigants should appear from an office or quiet space. Background noise is

detrimentaltotheconditionsnecessarytoensureanaccuratetranscript and diminishesthe

decorum of the proceeding.

10. PARTIESARETOMAINTAINDECORUM OFANIN-PERSON COURTROOM.

TRIALS

1. Upon assignment to Part 11, all parties appearing for trial must be familiar with the case,

ready, and authorized to participate in settlement discussions and/or proceed to trial.

2. Each party must notify the Clerk of the Part, at least 14 business days prior to the

commencement of the trial, if any proposed witness needs an interpreter, and if so, the

language and any dialect.

3. Prior to the commencement of trial, the parties shall provide the court with PROPERLY

MARKED HARD COPIES ofPleadings,BillofParticulars,Witnesslist[includingtheir

availability],Exhibitlist,DepositionTranscripts,proposedjuryinstructionsincompliance

with the 2024 Pattern Jury Instructions (PJI), and a proposed verdict sheet.

Parties should also provide courtesy copies of the aforementioned via email at

QSCPART11@nycourts.gov.

4. Itisthedutyofcounsel, notcourtpersonnel,tomakesureallsubpoenaeddocumentshave

arrived in the subpoenaed records room.

5. Motionsinlimine–OnthefirstappearanceinthePartfortrial,anypartyintendingtomake

a motion in limine shall submit a brief written affirmation setting forth the nature of the

applicationandanysupportingstatutoryorcaselaw.Thepartyshallfurnishthecourtwith

an original and one copy and provide all parties with a copy.

6. Thetrialwillbeconductedonacontinuousdailybasisuntilitsconclusion.Tortactionsare

generally bifurcated. TheCourtexpectsthat anytrial ondamageswill followimmediately

after a verdict in favor of liability.

7. Noadjournmentsordelaysduringtrial will beacceptedabsent exigent circumstances.

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VIRTUAL BENCH TRIALS

ForVirtualBenchTrialProtocolsandProcedurespleaseclickthislink: VirtualBenchTrial

Protocols and Procedures Manual.

SUMMARYBENCH TRIALS

FormoreinformationonSummaryBenchTrialspleaseclickthislink: Queens Supreme

Summary Trial | New York Courts

SUMMARY JURYTRIALS

For moreinformation onSummary JuryTrialspleaseclick thislink: Queens Supreme Summary

Trial | New York Courts

ALTERNATIVEDISPUTERESOLUTION

1. If, at any point, the parties decide that they would benefit from the Alternative Dispute

Resolution Program (ADR), they should write a joint letter to the Court asking to be

referredtoADR.Inthatletter,theyshouldstatewhethertheypreferdiscoverytobestayed

or continued during the mediation process.

2. TheCourtmayalso orderpartiestotheADR without the parties’request orconsent.

3. For more information regarding the ADR, please visit the following link: Queens

Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) | New York Courts

SETTLEMENTSANDDISCONTINUANCES

If an action is settled, discontinued, or otherwise disposed of, the moving party on any pending

motionthatremainsoutstandingisdirectedtoe-filealetterorstipulationwithdrawingthepending

motion via the NYSCEF system AND email it to QSCPART11@nycourts.gov.

All stipulation of discontinuances must be accompanied by proof of filing with the County Clerk

and payment of the appropriate fee pursuant to CPLR § 8020(d)(1).

SUBPOENAS

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ApartyseekingtohaveasubpoenasignedbyJustice Johnson, must submitacourtesycopyof

the subpoena with an accompanying affidavit in support to chambers via the Part email at

QSCPART11@nycourts.gov.

INFANTCOMPROMISEORDERS

1. ApplicationsforInfantCompromiseOrdersshallbemadepursuanttoCPLR§1207(a)and

shall be supported by hard copy documentation required under CPLR § 1208 and 22

NYCRR § 202.67. Applications submitted without the appropriate documentation will be

denied.

2. InfantcompromisehearingswillbescheduledbytheCourtandthepartieswillbenotified

of the hearing date by email.

3. Instructions for filing Infant’s Compromise and the checklist of documents can be found

at the following link: Infant Compromise Instructions.

FORECLOSURES

Any party wishing to schedule a conference for a foreclosure matter shall submit a letter

totheCourtviaemailat QSCPART11@nycourts.gov. Suchrequestshallbeforwardedto

the Foreclosure Settlement Conference Part where foreclosure conferences are being

conducted by Court Attorney-Referees.

UNCONTESTEDMATRIMONIALS

1. If corrections are requested on e-filed cases, please email Chambers at

QSCPART11@nycourts.gov toadvisethatthedocumentshavebeenuploadedto

NYSCEF.

2. Fornon-e-filedhardcopycases, allcorrectionsmustbesenttoChambersbyregular

mail only. Do NOT mail papers to the Matrimonial Clerk’s Office.

Partieswill beallowed thirty(30) daystosubmit corrections. Thefailureto timelysubmit

corrections may result in dismissal of the action.

Part 11Rules as of May 28,2025

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