NYSBA Panel Offers Advice for Navigating the New York State Court of Appeals and Third Judicial Department

NYSBA Panel Offers Advice for Navigating the New York State Court of Appeals and Third Judicial Department

6.2.2025

By David Alexander

(L-R): Acting Justice Denise A. Hartman, New York State Supreme Court, Albany County; Associate Judge Michael J. Garcia, New York State Court of Appeals; Presiding Justice Elizabeth A. Garry, Appellate Division, Third Department; Associate Justice Christine M. Clark, Appellate Division, Third Department and Associate Justice Eddie McShan, Appellate Division, Third Department.

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The New York State Bar Association’s Committee on Courts of Appellate Jurisdiction hosted a continuing legal education course on the finer points and pitfalls of New York appellate practice in the Court of Appeals and the Third Department.

Topics of the program, which took place Friday at the Bar Center, included unified Appellate Division rules, tips for effective oral arguments and brief writing, and insight into the internal processes of the two courts.

Panelists included the following judges, attorneys and law school faculty:

• Associate Judge Michael J. Garcia, New York State Court of Appeals
• Presiding Justice Elizabeth A. Garry, Appellate Division, Third Department
• Associate Justice Christine M. Clark, Appellate Division, Third Department
• Associate Justice Eddie McShan, Appellate Division, Third Department
• Acting Justice Denise Hartman, New York State Supreme Court, Albany County
• Matthew Meyer, assistant deputy chief appellate attorney, Motion Department, Appellate Division, Third Department
• Andrea Oser, deputy solicitor general, New York State Attorney General
• Beth Lifshin-Clark, deputy clerk, Appellate Division, Third Department
• Erica Little, assistant deputy chief appellate court attorney, Appellate Division, Third Department
• Michael Hutter, professor, Albany Law School
• Henry Mascia, partner, Rivkin Radler
• Robert Rosborough, partner, Whiteman Osterman & Hanna

The event was co-sponsored by the Albany County Bar Association and the Capital District Women’s Bar Association.

You may view the entire program HERE.