Hon. Alexandra D. Murphy. Courtroom 104.
Supreme Court, Westchester County. Westchester County Courthouse, 111 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, White Plains, NY 10601. Motions in this part are by submission only unless the Court advises otherwise. Published Part Rules and dated field intelligence for attorneys who need coverage here.
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| Courthouse | Westchester County Courthouse, 111 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, White Plains, NY 10601 |
| County | Westchester |
| Courtroom | 104 |
| Part Clerk | Brenda Jordan-Williams, (914) 824-5349 |
| Principal Law Clerk | Debra A. Adler, (914) 824-5430 |
| Motion Return Dates | Any Monday the Court is in session, 9:30 a.m. |
| Motion Practice | Submission only unless the Court advises otherwise |
Published Part Rules
Source: the justice's published Part Rules on nycourts.gov | Last verified: September 11, 2026
Motions Are by Submission Only
The published rules state that “unless otherwise advised by the Court, all motions are by submission only” and that “personal appearances are not required on the return date.” A party who wants to be heard may request argument in the initial papers, and the Court decides whether argument will be entertained. Absent that, the motion is decided on the papers and nobody stands up.
Return Dates
Motions are returnable any Monday the Court is in session at 9:30 a.m.
Adjournments
Consented adjournments are capped at sixty days and are taken by so-ordered stipulation filed on NYSCEF. A motion is not adjourned until the Court's approval has actually been conveyed by the Part Clerk, the Court's Secretary, or the Court's Law Clerk. See the warning below, which quotes the rule in full.
Always verify the current Part Rules with the Part Clerk before any appearance or any calendared return date.
The Adjournment Trap in This Part
The published rule reads: “Unless the Part Clerk, the Court's Secretary or the Court's Law Clerk has conveyed the Court's approval of an adjournment, no motion is considered to have been adjourned.”
Say it plainly. A stipulation between counsel is not an adjournment. Consent among the parties, a so-ordered stipulation prepared for filing, and a courtesy email all count for nothing until one of those three people conveys the Court's approval. Until that happens the motion is still on for its original return date, and a party who stood down on the strength of an agreement with an adversary is on a live motion with nothing filed and nobody watching it. Get the approval, get the name of the person who conveyed it, and note the date.
Practitioner Intelligence
Practical readings of the published Part Rules, plus a dated field note from an appearance. These are not rules of the part. The published rules are set out above.
Practical Readings of the Rules
- Ask whether anyone needs to be there at all. Personal appearances are not required on the return date of a submission motion, so a coverage request that assumes a courtroom appearance may be buying something the part does not want. Confirm the appearance type with the Part Clerk before arranging coverage.
- Argument is requested up front or not at all. The request belongs in the initial papers, and the decision is the Court's. A party who leaves it out and later wants to be heard has no procedural hook.
- Calendar Mondays. Return dates are Mondays at 9:30 a.m. when the Court is in session, so a return date noticed on any other day is worth a call to the part before it is relied on.
- Record who conveyed the approval. The rule names three people, the Part Clerk, the Court's Secretary, and the Court's Law Clerk. Write down which one conveyed the Court's approval and when, because that is the fact that determines whether the motion was adjourned.
- Sixty days is the ceiling on consent. A consented adjournment by so-ordered stipulation on NYSCEF does not run past sixty days, so a longer schedule needs a different application.
Field Note from September 10, 2026
On that date the part directed that a preliminary conference stipulation be completed and filed to NYSCEF within two weeks, and advised that if the stipulation is not filed, all parties will be required to appear for a preliminary conference on the date noticed by the part. The practical reading is that a filed stipulation buys out the appearance. That was the direction given on that date. It is an account of what happened, not a published rule, and it does not displace anything in the section above.
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