CIVIL TERM - PART RULES

Preliminary Conference Part

Room 3002
Referee Richard Lazarus
Queens Supreme Court
88-11 Supthin Blvd.
Jamaica, NY 11435
PC Hearing Room Phone: (718) 298-1046

A preliminary conference shall be held within 45 days of the RJI date.

Preliminary conference calendars will be held on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday of each week.

One short adjournment may be granted for good cause.

There will be calls of the calendar at 9:30 a.m. or 11:30 a.m. based upon the part. Please see the PC schedule below for each part. Prompt attendance is required.

Counsel must appear, be familiar with the case and fully authorized to enter into an agreement on both substantive and procedural matters on behalf of their client.

At the conference, inquiry may be made regarding any of the following matters where appropriate:

- Simplification and limitation of factual and legal issues.

- Establishment of timetable for the completion of all disclosure proceedings

- Addition of other necessary parties

- Settlement of the action

- Any other matters that the court may deem relevant

Failure to appear may result in the issuance of a court prepared Preliminary Conference order including a discovery schedule, which must be complied with under penalty of sanction pursuant to CPLR 3124, 3216.

 

Preliminary Conference Schedule

Effective January 2, 2013 the Preliminary Conference Part will be held in Room 3002 on three days a week ( Monday, Wednesday and Thursday). The P.C. calendar schedule will be modified as follows ( Italics and asterisk indicates change):

88-11 Sutphin Blvd., Room #314
Day	9:30 a.m.	11:30 a.m.
Mon:	J. Weiss (Part 2) J. Gavrin (Part 27-NYCTA Cases) J. Sampson (Part 31) J. Pineda-Kirwan (Part36)	J. Grays (Part 4) J. Greco (Part 32) J. Dufficy (Part 35) J. Golia (Part 33)** J. Raffaele (Part 13)**
Wed:	J. Lane (Part 6) J. Elliot ( Part 14) J. McDonald (Part 34) J. Flug (Part 9-City Cases)**	J. Strauss (Part 11) J. Nahman (Part 16) J. Rosengarten (Part 23) J. Kerrigan (Part 10-City Cases)**
Thu:	J. Butler (Part 12) J. Kitzes (Part 17) J. Hart (Part 18) J. Agate (Part 24)	J. Taylor (Part 15)** J. Siegal (Part 19)** J. Nelson (Part 7)** J. O'Donoghue (MDPC)**

Preliminary Conference Order

Notice of Compliance Settlement