Using E-Filing to Your Advantage: Ask Questions of the Person in Charge

Topics to Include:

• Review of E-filing Basics 
  • Legislation / CPLR / Court Rules / Local Protocol 
  • Authorized Courts and Case types 
• Mandatory vs Consensual 
  • ID /Password -Attorney / Filing Agent / Unrepresented 
  • Format / File Size 
  • Signatures 
  • Fees 
  • Service 
• Initial 
• Subsequent 
  • Notification of Orders/Judgments 
• Notice of Entry 
• Preparing your Documents for Filing 
  • Hyperlinking / Bookmarking / OCR 
• What should and should not be filed 
• Errors in Filing / Documents returned for correction / Help 
  • Who and how to contact

DEMO – Supreme Court initial Filing / Motion Filing

Speakers

Mark A. Berman, Partner at Ganfer Shore Leeds & Zauderer LLP

Jeffrey Carucci, Statewide Coordinator of Electronic Filing in the New York State’s Unified Court System; Director of the OCA Division of E-Filing