Hon. Dakota D. Ramseur. Part 34.

Practitioner Intelligence

From attorneys who have appeared in this part. Last updated: September 29, 2026.

Corrected August 5, 2026

An earlier version of this page placed Justice Ramseur in Bronx County Supreme Court at 851 Grand Concourse. That was wrong. The New York State Unified Court System lists Justice Ramseur in Part 34, a General IAS Part in New York County Supreme Court, Civil Term, at 60 Centre Street, and the Part 34 conference order forms are captioned Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York. The location, courtroom, chambers, clerk email, and law clerk names on this page have been rebuilt from that listing. The practice observations below have not been re-verified against the current Part 34 Rules, so treat them as background and read the published rules before appearing.

What to Expect

Justice Ramseur runs a well-organized courtroom. Expect a substantive conference where the court fixes specific deadlines for each phase of discovery. Counsel who arrive with proposed dates for outstanding depositions and a clear picture of where discovery stands move through the conference quickly and leave with a detailed order.

Tips

• Bring the right order form. Part 34 publishes its own Preliminary Conference, Compliance Conference, and Status Conference order forms, plus a stipulation form. Download the current version from the First Judicial District Judicial Assignments and Locations page and complete it before the conference.
• Come with specific dates. The court sets deposition dates, post-deposition demand deadlines, and response deadlines in the order. Have your calendar ready and propose dates that work for your client and your experts.
• Note of Issue deadlines are firm. The court fixes a specific Note of Issue date in the order. Treat it as a hard deadline.
• Read the current summary judgment deadline in the Part Rules. New York County summary judgment deadlines are set part by part. Do not carry a number over from another justice's part.
• Route administrative questions to the Part Clerk. Calendar, scheduling, and status inquiries go to SFC-Part34-Clerk@nycourts.gov, not to chambers.

Field Notes: September 2026

On September 15, 2026, our office appeared at a 9:30 a.m. compliance conference in Part 34. The court found that its prior order had not been complied with because depositions remained outstanding, and it issued a compliance conference order with dated deadlines for deficiency responses, each deposition, and the note of issue, with dispositive motions due within 60 days of the note of issue. The order also provides that, absent good cause shown, any discovery issue not raised in it is deemed waived, and that its dates may not be extended or adjourned without the court's advance approval. Raise every open discovery item at the conference, because an item left out of the order may be lost.

On September 22, 2026, our office covered a compliance conference in Part 34 that included a third-party defendant. The order set staggered deposition deadlines for each party, IME designation and exchange periods, 30-day deadlines for each outstanding demand identified by date, and a note of issue date roughly seven months out. The same day, our office appeared in person at a 3:00 p.m. oral argument in Part 34M on an initial application by order to show cause. The application was granted, and counsel was directed to submit a proposed order setting out the amount owed, interest, costs, disbursements, and attorney's fees. These are accounts of individual appearances, not published rules.