Current through July 28, 2026

Southern District of New York

Local rules, motion practice, and judge procedures for S.D.N.Y. practitioners.

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Orientation

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Operating Model

## Operating Model — Submission Court with Letter-Brief Track NY-SD is a submission court with a distinctive...

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Pro Hac Vice

## S8. Pro Hac Vice ### Regular Bar Admission (Rule 1.3(a)) | Pathway | Requirements | |---------|-------------| | NY...

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Filing & Formatting

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Filing Requirements

## S2. Filing Requirements ### ECF Filing | Requirement | Details | Rule | |-------------|---------|------| | ECF...

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Formatting

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Formatting & Word Limits

## S1. Formatting & Word Limits ### Document Format | Requirement | Details | Rule...

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Motion Practice

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Briefing Schedule

## S4. Briefing Schedule SDNY operates a **two-track briefing system** based on motion type. ### Track 1: Discovery...

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Meet & Confer

## S5. Meet & Confer ### Discovery Motions: Premotion Conference Required (Rule 37.2) **No discovery motion under FRCP...

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Discovery

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Discovery

## S6. Discovery ### Interrogatory Restrictions -- SDNY Only (Rule 33.3) **This rule applies only to SDNY, not...

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Dispositive Motions

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Summary Judgment

## S7. Summary Judgment ### Movant's Requirements (Rule 56.1(a)) The moving party must file a **separate, short,...

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Judge Procedures

Individual rules & procedures for 104 S.D.N.Y. judges — page limits, briefing schedule, letter-motion procedures, and chambers protocols. Sourced from each judge's published individual practices.

Beeler (Mag.) Breyer Chen Chesney Chhabria Cisneros (Mag.) Corley Cousins (Mag.) Davila DeMarchi (Mag.) Donato Freeman Gilliam Hamilton Hixson (Mag.) Illman (Mag.) Illston Kang (Mag.) Keulen (Mag.) Kim (Mag.) Krishnan (Mag.) Lee Lin Martínez-Olguín Orrick Pitts Rogers Seeborg Spero (Mag.) Thompson Tigar Tse (Mag.) Westmore (Mag.) White Wilken Wise Bloom Gayles II Rosenberg Williams Aaron (Mag.) Abrams Berg (Mag.) Berman Briccetti Broderick Buchwald Caproni Castel Cave (Mag.) Clarke Cote Cronan Crotty Engelmayer Failla Figueredo (Mag.) Furman Gardephe Garnett Gorenstein (Mag.) Halpern Hellerstein Ho Jr. Kaplan Karas Koeltl Krause (Mag.) Lehrburger (Mag.) Liman Marrero McCarthy (Mag.) McMahon Moses (Mag.) Nathan Netburn (Mag.) Oetken Parker (Mag.) Preska Rakoff Ramos Rearden Reznik (Mag.) Ricardo (Mag.) Rochon Roman Schofield Seibel Stanton Stein (Mag.) Stein Subramanian Sullivan Swain Tarnofsky (Mag.) Torres Vargas Vyskocil Wang (Mag.) Willis (Mag.) Wood Woods

Also see

gavel N.D. Ill. Local Rules gavel C.D. Cal. Local Rules