Michael Roberts legal aid Society of mid-New York

pmfrank@lshv.org

Diana Proske, Neighborhood Legal Services Inc.

Claudia Schultz

Angela Figurelli, Legal Services of the Hudson Valley

Jacqueline Aguilar, Legal Aid of Northeastern NY

Theresa Ferrara Neighborhood Legal Services, Inc.

Sarah Hedden, Supervising Attorney, Center for Elder Law and Justice

Zac Hale Brooklyn A

Rebecca Johnson, Legal Services of the Hudson Valley

Amy Schwartz-Wallace, Empire Justice Center

Christine Sisario

Victoria Goodlof, Esq. - Sr. Staff Attorney @ New York Legal Assistance Group

Nenna Obayi 18B

Sara Lowengard, Legal Aid Society of Mid-New York Inc.

Ione Curva, New York Legal Assistance Group

Liliana Yanez, My Sisters’ Place

Rob Salkin, UCS OCA DoTCR

Mary Hanson, Neighborhood Legal Services, Batavia Office

John Cronin, Hiscock Legal Aid Society

Adam Paltrowitz

Kinjal Patel - Staten Island Legal Services kpatel@lsnyc.org

Marie Mombrun

Seth Buchman, Legal Services of Central New York

Allyson Kehl-Wierzbowski - Legal Aid Bureau of Buffalo

Jason Hill (OCA Division of Technology)

Taylor Gamble, Queens Legal Services

Matt Finamore, NLS, mfinamore@nls.org

Melina Sfakianaki, The Legal Aid Society Family/DV Unit

Michael Linker Legal Services of the Hudson Vally

Gerald Ducharme

Lettie Dickerson, Empire Justice Center

Susan Marks, Catholic Charities Community Services, NYC

Betsy Kramer, Lawyers For Children

Heather Lothrop, Urban Justice Center, Domestic Violence Project

Laurie Rolnick, Volunteer Lawyers Project of Onondaga County

Lisa Alexander from Day One

Christine Vogel. The Legal Aid Bureau of Buffalo, Inc.

Vivian Aquilina, The Legal Aid Society of Rochester

Susan Griffith

Children's Rights Society, Orange County

Michael

Maria DeGennaro , Empire Justice Center Long Island

Fanny Suquet, Lawyers for Children

Elsa Cruz Pearson, Bronx Legal Services

Meghan A. Kling, Legal Services of the Hudson Valley

Amrita Ashok Khan, Empire Justice Center

Lauren Praske - Legal Aid Society of Mid-NY

Roberta D. Scoll, Nassau Suffolk Law Services

Taier Perlman, Esq., Legal Services of the Hudson Valley

Cheryl mallis, Mallis Law, PC

Mark Hager, North Brooklyn Coalition Against Family Violence

Tricia DeFilipps, Legal Aid Bureau of Buffalo, tdefilipps@legalaidbuffalo.org

Celia Irvine, Legal Aid Society of NYC

Nicole Belanus, Legal Counsel for the Elderly, Washington, DC

Christina Reilly, Legal Aid Society of Mid-NY

Sofia Khan, LSNYC

Shirley Caro, Lawyers for Children

Nancy Koch, Staff Attorney, Legal Services of the Hudson Valley, nkoch@lshv.org

M Mombrun, Legal Aid Society, NYC

Ashley Weathers- Legal Services of Central New York

Aarti Chandan, Neighborhood Legal Services Inc. of Western New York

Elizabeth Maris, Part of the Solution, emaris@potsbronx.org

Mary Beth Daniels solo atty Suffolk county 18-b and afc

Pam Wexler, NYLAG

John Hocieniec Neighborhood Legal Services

Rameisha Allen, Urban Resource Institute

Ida Serrano, Make the Road New York Westchester

Jenn Mason Legal Aid Society of Mid New York

Emilee Davenport, Legal Aid Society of Mid-NY

Alejandro Vera, Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A

Olivia Fontana. Legal Services of Central New York

Michael Flessa, Neighborhood legal services

Bob Figliola, ECDSS

Nicole E. Coudari, Prisoners' Legal Services of NY

Emil Cappelli, ECDSS Senior Counsel

Karen Riley, Children's Rights Society,, Goshen, NY

Kathryn Krause, Legal Services of Central New York

Jacquelin Hacker, NYC Alliance Against Sexual Assault, jhacker@svfreenyc.org

Al Lowman Erie County Department of Social Services

Walter Nosek -Erie County Dept. Social Services

David Williams, Legal Aid Society of Mid-New York

Jacqueline Perez, Her Justice

Annette Saule New Justice Conflict Resolution Services, Inc.

Katelyn Primomo-Millwood - The Legal Project, Albany, NY

Betsy Krupar - Legal Aid Society of Mid-New York

Sharona Levitt, The Legal Aid Society NYC, Family/DV Unit

Jane Silverman, Staff Attorney at Pace Women's Justice Center in White Plains, NY

Saraswati Tomar, Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York

Craig Fielding, Legal Aid Society Queens Civil Practice

Louisa Floyd

Susan Griffith, Legal Services of Central New York

Eric Ziobro, ECDSS, Office of Counsel

Nadia Campbell Beckles, Kings Family Court 18B Panel

Paulette Campbell, Western New York Law Center

Martha Carrasquillo, Paralegal at the Legal Education and Advocacy Program with Urban Resource Institute

Rosemary MartinezOffice for Justice Initiatives

Law Offices of Heather D. Harp, P.C., New Paltz, NY

Theresa Lorenzo TLORENZO@LEGALAIDBUFFALO.ORG

Louis Lopez, Part of the Soution

Alex Brandes, Legal Services of the Hudson Valley

Nicholas LoCicero, Erie County Department of Social Services, Office of Counsel

Rochelle Klempner, Permanent Commission on Access to Justice

Kyoung Jung, Staff Attorney at Queens Legal Services

Katherine Poulos, Lawyers for Children

Michelle Sagiv, Legal Services of the Hudson Valley

Eric Perlmutter-Perlmutter Law Firm and member of Queens County 18B Panel

Kate Meier-Davis, Erie County Department of Social Services, Counsel

Susan Faust, Legal Aid Society of Mid-NY

Dawn Myszka, Neighborhood Legal Services, Inc.

Claudia Schultz, Legal Aid Bureau of Buffalo

Hope Turbert Legal Services of the Hudson Valley

Christina El Bayadi, Hiscock Legal aid society

Jaime Samarel, Legal Services of the Hudson Valley, jsamarel@lshv.org

Carolina Guiral, Bronx Legal Services

Melissa Woods, Center for Elder Law & Justice

Andrea Ogle 18b Assigned Counsel, Queens Family Court

John Aman, Support Magistrate, Erie County, New York

Tashi Lhewa, The Legal Aid Society

Anne Augustine, Legal Services of Central New York

Katelyn Niedermier, Neighborhood Legal Services

Johanna Bassetti, JustFix.nyc

Diane Feniello, Her Justice

Mary Mone, Permanent Commission on Access to Justice

Braedan Gillman, ECBA Volunteer Lawyers Project

Maeve Callagy, Part of the Solution (Bronx, NY)

Anna Schissel, Lawyers for Children

Julie Morse, Legal Services of Central New York

Caitlyn Garcia, Brooklyn Defender Services, Family Defense Practice

Rosanna Eugenio, Staten Island Legal Services, Immigration Unit

Wendy Pelle-Beer 18B Assigned Counsel Association of Queens Family Court

Linda Hassberg Empire Justice Center

Liane Aronchick, Catholic Charities Community Services of New York

Nick Fillhart, Legal Aid Society of Mid New York

Natalie Serra, Staten Island Legal Services, Family Law & Domestic Violence unit

Perla Solis-Silva, Staten Island Legal Services, Immigration Unit

Mia Pergolizzi attorney Hope’s Door Hawthorne, NY

Hal Silverman, Lawyers for Children

Dan Smulian Catholic Charities Community Services, Division of Immigrant and Refugee Services

Jane Pearl, New York County Family Court Judge

You can find recordings of our weekly webinars at: https://ww2.nycourts.gov/technology-initiatives-29451

You can watch an explanation of the EDDS and virtual hearings from the court system from last week's webinar: https://ww2.nycourts.gov/technology-initiatives-29451

Six Virtual NYC Family Court Essential Virtual Parts, plus limited Non-Essential Virtual Court Recorded Access in each NYC County

I had a telephone conference where all attys and the court reporter were all on the phone

Will this outline be provided later as a power point?

Yes, it will be posted along with the recording of the session.

My AFC office had a situation during a Skype Conference where, unbeknownst to us the child was in the room with the mother during an TOP conference, and the child could hear everything the mother said. We learned this after, during the course of our conference our AFC expressed the child's preference and the mother confronted the child about it during the course of the Skype conference!

yikes!

Now we ask the court to inquire where the child is while the parent is engaged in the Skype Conference.

If the virtual court appearances are happening using Skype for business, shouldn't we stick with that platform when meeting with our clients prior to the appearance?

If they mute, they'll still hear you. You have to step out

Seems like you should mute yourself (instead of asking them to mute)

Suzanne Tomatore City Bar Justice Center

we would have no way of knowing whether someone else could hear or not

zoom breakout rooms are a much more secure option, or communicating directly with your client

Wondering if the courts are aware that Skype for Business is being phased out next year

Microsoft announced on Tuesday that it's planning to end its Skype for Business Online service on July 31, 2021, and it is encouraging customers to use the Microsoft Teams service instead.

Courts have a process to assist with testing skype connectivity. Send an email to skypetest@nycourts.gov to schedule a test.

(Tuesday was last fall)

Teams does NOT have a breakout room yet. The courts also do not use Zoom. We are aware breakout rooms are critical and are waiting for Teams to provide this in the government version of Teams that the courts will be able to use.You cannot change the background in SFB, but can in Teams.

are there any pluses to the virtual appearance? time savings? cost savings? anything?

Well one advantage to a virtual appearance is ability to avoid COVID exposure, another is for some clients virtual appearances can help them avoid losing work time and the hassles and expenses of coming to the court in person

I’d say the plus is so far appearances other than the initial OPs have been time certains.

Appearances are also more efficient overall given the limitations.

less issue for clients who can’t easily find childcare.

I agree. Scheduling is much better!

mass transit dangers for attorneys, parents, and children in NYC

I think the technology access and tech literacy challenges for many clients makes it difficult to appear at virtual proceedings. How would you work with clients like that?

One problem with witness testimony is that the Courts are not easily able to sequester witnesses on SFB, or at least the Courts are not being adequately trained on how to place parties into a "lobby"

I suspect virtual courts of some sort (from appearances, to conferences, to hearings) will be with us for a long time. Many jurists have been equipped with technology to hold proceedings from home as well as the court room. Learning how to deal with them now, as this presentation urges, is thus very important.

Will these slides be available after the training? Thanks.

Yes, we will post both the slides and a recording of this session.

Recordings, slides and materials from this and prior sessions are available at https://ww2.nycourts.gov/technology-initiatives-29451 or www.iola.org/grantees.

Also-sometimes it takes a few days for the too large file to bounce back to you as undeliverable.

Can you share information on bates stamp?

Are you aware of any initiative underway by the NY Courts to set these kinds of standards to writing in a uniform way? Like a practice manual or rules?

This may be a stupid question, but since we're moving to possible digital evidence, should we be looking to rules concerning e-discovery?

Definitely not a stupid question

have courts been setting pre trial conferences to work out these issues?

I think we should be asking for that if they aren't

can you discuss why and when video testimony would be permitted/ advisable?

Has anyone had an exclusionary hearing or other trial in the NYC Virtual parts yet?

how would cross exam be handled w video testimony

I think I misunderstood the distinction between phone/video testimony - you are not suggesting recorded video testimony

John Aman: I am not aware.

John Aman: I would be happy to work with a group in this regard.

Can we form a commission amongst ourselves and offer it to the appropriate people at the court?

This is truly a new world. This has been an AWESOME webinar!!! Thank you for doing this.

Thank you for joining us!

Can parties choose to participate in person?

Yes!

Nice job of teasing out the issues regarding evidence in virtual court hearings

Great Presentation!!

››Thank you for the help with this.

The parties are allowed to go to the courthouses and participate in a video conference from a private area in the court.

Any volunteer to head up the best practices group? The organizers could send you names to you!

Small typo in slides in a couple of places: Bate stamping should be Bates stamping.

What about if client is able to come to your office to share technology?

Still unclear how counsel would use a paper exhibit on SfB.

Meaning PDF

how would be protect against a party looking at a document outside of the view of the screen without disclosing the document

Thank you for a wonderful presentation. The NYS UCS Office for Justice Initiatives will be reaching out to this group to discuss virtual protocols.

Thank you this was great! Can you share the website again of where to find the presentation? Thank you!

There does not appear to be a screen share feature on SfB

Any code for this call for CLE credit

Who will we receive a message from for the Virtual Protocols group?

Yes, you will be able to find the recordings here:

You can find recordings of our weekly webinars at: https://ww2.nycourts.gov/technology-initiatives-29451

No CLE credit. Apologies

and we will email you if we have your email address

if we do not, feel free to post it in the chat now

Thank you!

law@rweir.com

How to deal with judicial subpoenaed documents? how they can be marked? sent to courts

mdegennaro@empirejustice.org

SfB seems to be weak in functionality, haven't used it myself, does it seem like the courts are open to changing or is this definitely the format? Should we all be practicing this?

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neserra@lsnyc.org

thank you

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cirvine@legal-aid.org

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bapstr@erie.gov

ebecker@beckerattorneys.com

Thank you

scaro@lawyersforchildren.org

lrolnick@onvlp.org

Thank you!

Terrific program today. Thanks.

thanks!

ida.serrano@maketheroadyny.org

great program! thanks!

psolissilva@lsnyc.org

rrubinstein@hlalaw.org

kniedermier@nls.org

smlevitt@legal-aid.org

kjung@lsnyc.org

Katherine Poulos - kpoulos@lawyersforchildren.org

Thank you so muc!

Thank you! rlieb@nylag.org

TREMENDOUS TRAINING!!

msagiv@lshv.org

erin.donovan@lasmny.org

Thank you. tgamble@lsnyc.org

cvogel@legalaidbuffalo.org

Lepstein@law.pace.edu

smunoz@verizon.net

Thank you. This was very helpful.

llopez@potsbronx.org

Thank you!

Bkramer@lawyersforchildren.org

cgarcia@bds.org - Thank you!

heather@heatherharplaw.com

akehl@legalaidbuffalo.org

bperezgeorge@law.pace.edu

thank you! lalexander@dayoneny.org. I love the idea of a practice group and think LCADV would be interested, too.

Thank you for that fabulous presentation! It was very helpful

jcook@brooklynvlp.org

fabulous job

Thank you!

stomar@lasnny.org

apaltrowitz@childrensrightsinc.org

ericperlmutter@perlmutterlawfirm.com

slesliehopkinsesq@mail.com

mhager@northbrooklyncoalition.orgThank you! Great content and so helpful

emccormick@legal-aid.org

hsilverman@lawyersforchildren.org

MPergolizzi@hopesdoorNY.org thank you very much

amickler@nylag.org

thank you so muxg