Rockland County Supreme Court

Where the Court Sits

Rockland County Supreme Court sits in the Rockland County Court House at 1 South Main Street, New City, NY 10956. The clerk's office is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., excluding state holidays. The main telephone number is 845-483-8310 and the fax number is 914-358-8058. Parking is available in the municipal lot. The court publishes two specialized parts, a Regional CVA Part and a Problem Solving Court.

The Supreme Court hears civil matters, and the County Court, which sits in the same building, hears criminal matters. Four Supreme Court Justices sit in Rockland: Hon. John P. Collins, Jr., Hon. Larry J. Schwartz, Hon. Rachel E. Tanguay, and Hon. Thomas Zugibe. Thomas Morrissey is the Chief Clerk and Alicia Kaye is the Deputy Chief Clerk. The court does not publish a fixed part number for each justice, so confirm the part and courtroom on the daily calendar or through eCourts before you travel to New City.

Administratively, Rockland sits in the Ninth Judicial District, alongside Westchester, Putnam, Orange, and Dutchess.

What We Cover in Rockland

The Law Office of Frederic R. Abramson provides per diem coverage and local counsel services at Rockland County Supreme Court for civil matters only. That includes:

• Preliminary conferences
• Compliance conferences
• Status conferences
• Discovery motions and motions to compel
• Summary judgment motions and motions to dismiss
• Orders to show cause
• Examinations before trial (EBTs) and depositions
• 50-H hearings
• Trial readiness and calendar calls
• Pro hac vice local counsel for out-of-state attorneys

We do not handle matters in family court, criminal court, housing court, immigration court, or Surrogate's Court. We do not try cases. When an out-of-state attorney retains us as pro hac vice local counsel, we handle the procedural side of the case: NYSCEF filings, court appearances, discovery compliance, and judge-specific requirements.

Filing and Motion Practice

Civil cases in Rockland County Supreme Court are filed through NYSCEF, the New York State Courts E-Filing System. Under 22 NYCRR 202.5-b and 202.5-bb, e-filing is authorized county by county and class of action by class of action, so confirm the status that applies to your case type on the NYSCEF site before you file. Once a party participates in a case on NYSCEF, filing a document on the system also serves it on the other participating parties.

Motion practice follows the CPLR and the Uniform Civil Rules for the Supreme Court and the County Court, 22 NYCRR Part 202. Three of those rules catch out-of-county counsel most often. Under 22 NYCRR 202.7(a), a motion relating to disclosure or to a bill of particulars must be served and filed with an affirmation that counsel conferred with opposing counsel in a good faith effort to resolve the issues. Under 22 NYCRR 202.8-b, attorney affirmations and memoranda of law prepared on a computer are limited to 7,000 words, reply papers are limited to 4,200 words, and each document must carry a word-count certification at the end. Under 22 NYCRR 202.8-f, a party requests oral argument by letter accompanying the motion papers, and the court gives notice of the argument date at least 14 days in advance where that is practicable.

The assigned justice may set additional requirements in that justice's own part rules, so read the part rules alongside Part 202 before you file. We handle the full order to show cause package: presentation to the assigned justice, service as the signed order directs, and the return-date appearance.

Pro Hac Vice in Rockland County

Rockland sits in the Second Department, so an out-of-state attorney moving for pro hac vice admission here must attach a Certificate of Good Standing dated within 30 days of the verification of the motion. A stale certificate is the single most common reason these motions are rejected, and the fix is slow because the issuing bar controls the turnaround. Order the certificate after the motion papers are drafted, not before.

We serve as sponsoring local counsel in Rockland, which means we sign the motion, appear on the return date, and carry the procedural side of the case afterward.

Related: Per Diem Attorney in Rockland County · Pro Hac Vice Overview · Certificate of Good Standing 30-Day Rule · Judges & Courts Hub

This page is general information about Rockland County Supreme Court, not legal advice. Court procedures and judge assignments change. Attorney advertising.