Francis Ricigliano at a glance
- Current role
- Supervising Judge, Supreme Court, IAS Part 20
- Jurisdiction
- New York · State
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- Active
- Term and retention
- Current term ends 2036
Francis Ricigliano
Supervising Judge, Supreme Court, IAS Part 20 · Nassau County Supreme Court, Civil Term
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Biography
Professional career
- Acting Justice, New York Supreme Court, Nassau County, 2015-present
- Judge, New York County Court, Nassau County, NY, 2015-2025
- Judge, Nassau County District Court, NY, 2009-2014
- Judge, Nassau County District Court, NY, 2003-2005
- Judge, Nassau County District Court, NY, 2000-2000
- Judge, Nassau County District Court, NY, 1999-1999
Education
- Saint Johns University — J.D. (1988)
- Manhattan College — B.A. (1985)
Additional information
- Practitioner, Santangelo, Benvenuso, Slattery, NY, ?-present
Francis Ricigliano Procedures & Courtroom Rules
Exhibits
Judge Specific
Justice Ricigliano requires advance notice to the court and opposing counsel before a visual aid or prospective evidentiary exhibit is used in an opening or summation.
If during either lawyer's opening a visual aid or prospective evidentiary exhibit is to be used, opposing counsel and the Court must be notified of that prior to the opening.Justice Francis Ricigliano IAS Part 20 Rules and Procedures ↗
Statewide
The official Guide to New York Evidence identifies court control over presentation of evidence as a statewide evidence topic; counsel should expect the assigned judge to control the mode and order of proof.
1.07. COURT CONTROL OVER PRESENTATION OF EVIDENCEGuide to New York Evidence: Article 1, General Provisions and Court's Role ↗
Recording and broadcasting
Statewide
New York statewide rules require permission before photographing, filming, videotaping, audiotaping, broadcasting, or telecasting in court facilities, including courtrooms.
Taking photographs, films or videotapes, or audiotaping, broadcasting or telecasting, in a courthouse including any courtroom, office or hallway thereof, at any time or on any occasion, whether or not the court is in session, is forbidden, unless permission of the Chief Administrator of the Courts or a designee of the Chief Administrator is first obtainedPart 29: Electronic Recording and Audio-Visual Coverage in Court Facilities and of Court Proceedings ↗
Published courtroom rules
Judge and named-part rules
Published judge / part rules (56 excerpts)
See document heading and cited passage; do not apply outside the issuing part or proceeding.
Official rules document ↗ · Collected 2026-10-27
Conferences and appearances
Prior to the preliminary conference, attorneys or parties appearing pro se must obtain the rules of this Part, thoroughly review them and comply with them throughout the course of any matter assigned to this Part. All of the rules applicable to attorneys are equally applicable to pro se parties.
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A. Adjournments: Requests for adjournments of Preliminary Conferences are to be addressed to the PC Part and not to chambers.
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B. Deadlines: Discovery, Certification and Note of Issue deadlines set forth in the Preliminary Conference Order shall be enforced. Deadlines may not be extended without prior approval of the Court. Dates stipulated by the parties are subject to change by the Court.
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C. Adjournments of Depositions: Any adjournment of deposition dates must be to a date which precedes the Compliance Conference date.
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A. Virtual/In Person Appearance: Unless the attorneys/ pro se parties are specifically advised otherwise by chambers, all appearances will be IN PERSON. All attorneys appearing for a conference shall be knowledgeable and familiar with the case and
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shall be vested with the authority to enter into stipulation and/or dispositions which bind their respective clients. (See 22 NYCRR 202.1(f) and (g)). Counsel should be prepared to discuss any pending or submitted motions. Self-represented litigants shall be prepared to discuss any pending or submitted motions. Self-represented litigants shall be subject to the same rules of practice as attorneys appearing in the part.
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B. On those occasions where personal appearance is required by the Court, attorneys and unrepresented litigants must alert the courtroom clerk of their presence and complete a sign-in sheet. If counsel must also appear before another Judge, they must advise the Part Clerk of what Part they will be appearing in and how they can be reached. All counsel and pro se parties must appear for each and every conference.
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C. Adjournments: Requests for adjournments of conferences must be made through chambers, in the manner directed below, no later than 3:00 p.m. on the date preceding the scheduled conference. The Court will consider granting such requests upon good cause shown and the consent of all parties. Two proposed adjournment dates, no more than six weeks from the original date, consented to by all parties, must be provided at the time the adjournment is sought. Applications for adjournments must be made on the Request for Adjournment Form (you can find it here) and must be sent to chambers by email or fax. If any party or counsel objects to the adjournment of the conference, so state on the Request for Adjournment Form and the Court will contact all parties.
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1. Pre-motion Discovery Conferences: Prior to making or filing any discovery motions, counsel for the moving party MUST make a good faith effort to resolve the issues at hand, pursuant to 22 NYCRR 202.7(c) and section 202.20-f. It is the policy of this Part to not accept letters as good faith efforts, unless a series of letters indicates an interaction among counsel and not just a one-sided request or threat. If after a true good faith effort to resolve the discovery issues has been made without success, counsel for the moving party MUST arrange for a conference to be held among counsel for all parties and the Court to discuss the issues involved and the possible resolution of those issues. Requests for discovery related conferences must be submitted on the Pre-Motion Discovery Conference Request Form (you can find it here) and must be sent to chambers by email.
Source page 2Adjournments
2. Appearances: Counsel are not required to appear on the return date of a motion unless directed by the Court or unless there is a contested application for adjournment.
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3. Oral Argument: The Court generally will not entertain oral argument of motions, however, a pro se party or counsel may request oral argument by letter accompanying the motion papers in accordance with 22 NYCRR 202.8-f. Should the Court determine that oral argument is warranted, attorneys for all parties and pro se litigants will be contacted and advised of the date for oral argument.
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4. Adjournments: Motion adjournment requests must be made through the Courtroom Clerk of this part or by submitting to chambers the Request for Adjournment Form (you can find it here) prior to the return date. The Court will consider granting such request upon good cause shown and with the consent of all parties. A date certain consented by all parties must be requested at the time the adjournment is sought. The Court is inclined to allow each side a brief one-time adjournment over objection upon good cause if it is the party/counsel’s first request for same. If there is no consent to adjourn the motion, all counsel or pro se parties must appear in court in person regarding the adjournment on the scheduled motion date.
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6. Orders to Show Cause: Motions may be brought by Order to Show Cause only when there is a genuine urgency, a stay is required, or a statute mandates so proceeding. (22 NYCRR 202.8-d).
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Any Order to Show Cause seeking injunctive relief, including a stay or TRO, must be made in accordance with 22 NYCRR 202.7(f). Accordingly, any application for temporary injunctive relief shall contain an affirmation demonstrating that there will be significant prejudice to the party seeking the restraining order by giving notice. In the absence of a showing of significant prejudice, the affirmation must demonstrate that a good faith effort has been made to notify the party against whom the restraining order is sought. Where there has been no significant prejudice shown, the Court Page 3 of 10
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requires that the party seeking temporary injunctive relief give the opposing side 24 hours’ notice in advance of presentment of the Order to Show Cause to the Court. Notice should be given by telephone, and/or email and an affirmation/affidavit stating that such notice has been provided to the opposing party/counsel must be filed and uploaded to NYSCEF. Upon such notice, any party/counsel seeking to be heard in opposition to the request for injunctive relief must email the Court, on notice, to all parties, requesting a time to appear for same.
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8. Cross-motions: Submission of a cross-motion with a stated return date that is beyond the return date of the original motion will not serve to adjourn the original motion. No reply affirmations will be permitted on cross-motions.
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10. Interim Partial or Full Settlement: If all or part of a submitted motion is settled, a letter or stipulation shall be sent to the court, on notice to all parties/counsel, and same shall be uploaded to NYSCEF. Such notice shall set forth the date that the motion was submitted, what aspects of the motion have been settled, and what issues, if any, remain to be decided. If any motion is resolved, in whole or part, on the record, counsel shall obtain such transcript so that same can be “so ordered,” unless the Court otherwise directs.
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11. Withdrawn Motions: If a motion is being withdrawn, a letter from the movant requesting withdrawal may be sent to chambers by email or fax and must be uploaded to NYSCEF.
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12. Summary Judgment: Motions for summary judgment shall be filed no later than 90 days after the filing of a Note of Issue.
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13. Motions brought pursuant to CPLR 3211, 3212 or 3213 shall not stay discovery unless specifically ordered by the Court.
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14. All motions, briefs, and pleadings seeking relief must include a certification as set forth in Appendix A. (See Page 11)
Source page 4Communications with chambers
A. All communications with chambers shall me made via email (to JudgeRiciglianoRemote@nycourts.gov). In all communications with chambers, the title of the action, full names of the parties and index number shall be set forth, with copies simultaneously delivered to all counsel. Do not assume that communications submitted through e-filing are seen by Chambers.
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B. Copies of correspondence between counsel shall not be sent to the Court and will not be read or placed in the Court’s files, except in the limited circumstances provided within these Part Rules and as 22 NYCRR 202.7 directs.
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D. No out of court settlement will be recognized or accepted unless counsel submits a letter, on notice to opposing counsel/parties, submitting the executed settlement agreement/stipulation or certifying that such agreement/stipulation has, in fact, been executed.
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G. Except as provided herein, telephone calls to chambers are not permitted absent emergency situations requiring immediate attention.
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H. Adjournment requests that are left on Chamber’s voicemail shall be disregarded. All requests for adjournments must be made in accordance with the directives of these Part Rules.
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A. The Court will not consider an application for sanctions unless the moving party first seeks withdrawal or discontinuance of the offending act or action or demands a required or necessary action which is refused. Proof of such request must be made a part of the sanction application.
Source page 5Discovery
A. Jury Trials: A trial conference with the Court shall be held immediately prior to the commencement of all jury trials. Counsel should come prepared to discuss demands and offers of settlement. At the trial conference, counsel shall supply the Court with all pleadings, all bills of particulars, witness lists, exhibit lists and any deposition transcripts that will be used at trial. If any expert witnesses are to be called, counsel
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shall provide the information required by CPLR 3101(d)(1)(I). All trial exhibits shall be pre-marked for identification and, where possible, counsel shall stipulate to the admissibility of documents and records and shall notify the Court of their inability to stipulate to the admission of any exhibits to be offered at trial. Counsel shall further provide the Court with proposed jury charges and proposed jury verdict sheets at the trial conference. The filing of a Note of Issue is a condition precedent to the commencement of any trial.
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B. Motions in Limine: Counsel shall notify the Court as soon as the trial assignment is made, or at the trial conference if unable to do so sooner, of any motions in limine and any supporting authority or case law. Counsel shall submit a brief written affirmation and/or memorandum of law setting forth the nature of the application and any supporting authority or case law. Motions in limine should be e-filed as “Pre-Trial Memorandum” document type on NYSCEF and emailed to tkwittig@nycourts.gov and JudgeRiciglianoRemote@nycourts.gov.
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C. Scheduling: Generally, trial will begin at 9:30 a.m.- 9:45 a.m. each day and go until 12:30 p.m.- 1:00 p.m. and then resume between 2:00 p.m.- 2:15 p.m. and go until 4:30 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. Each side should have their next witness available to testify when the prior witness finishes. Counsel should bring any scheduling issues to the Court’s attention as soon as possible.
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D. Counsel shall notify the Court if a witness requires a language interpreter as soon as the case is assigned so that timely arrangements can be made.
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E. Subpoenaed Records: Counsel are reminded of their authority to issue subpoenas under applicable law. Subpoenas seeking documents from a state agency must comply with CPLR 2307 and be accompanied by an affirmation of counsel setting forth the potential relevance of the information sought. The Court as a practice only “so orders” subpoenas to be served upon a library, or department or bureau of a municipal corporation or of the state. See CPLR 2307. Except as otherwise permitted by the CPLR, subpoenaed records for trial must be sent to the Subpoenaed Records Room. Trial authorizations should be filled out accordingly.
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G. Malpractice “Departures”: In cases involving claims of professional negligence, on the next trial session after a party rests, or such other time as the Court may direct, each party [plaintiff] shall furnish the Court and counsel for all parties with a list of departures from the standards of good and accepted practice which that party asserts were testified to by its expert witness or witnesses. Where the testimony has been transcribed, page references will be required.
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H. Openings: Openings will be limited to 30 minutes. This time frame applies to all manner of cases and can only be extended by the Court, on proper advance application, based upon the complexity of the case and number of witnesses. If during either lawyer’s pending a visual aid or prospective evidentiary exhibit is to be used, opposing counsel and the Court must be notified of that prior to the opening.
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I. Witnesses/Clients: In preparing the witnesses, each counsel should advise them as
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If a question calls for a “yes” or “no” answer, they should answer “yes” or “no” without any further explanation. In the rare instance that a “yes” or “no” answer would be incorrect the witness should simply state that they cannot answer the question “yes” or “no.” But, they cannot decline to answer yes or no simply because they want to further explain their answer.
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The lawyers may only ask questions of a witness. NO INTRODUCTORY
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If any counsel believes a witness should be instructed by the Court in a particular way, make that application to the Court outside the presence of the jury. There is one exception to that rule: a request to have a witness answer yes or no may be made during examination in the presence of the jury when the witness is plainly and unequivocally not answering yes or no to questions plainly and unequivocally calling for that answer. The Court’s initial instruction will be, in essence, that the witness answer such questions yes or no, if the witness can, and if the witness cannot, the witness should indicate that he or she cannot. If the witness says he or she cannot answer yes or no, counsel must decide whether to take the answer or ask another question.
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J. Expert Witnesses: After counsel who called the witness believes he/she has properly qualified the expert, do not ask the Court in the presence of the jury to find that the witness is an expert. Simply ask the Court if you can “ask questions of the witness” in the particular field of expertise which you believe the witness has been qualified. If opposing counsel is of the opinion that the witness has not been properly qualified, i.e., that the appropriate foundation has not been laid for the
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K. Stipulations: Do not ask opposing counsel in the presence of the jury to stipulate to anything. That request must be made outside the presence of the jury.
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L. Judicial Notice: Do not ask the Court to take judicial notice of anything in the presence of the jury. That request must be made outside the presence of the jury.
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M. Procedures/Exhibits: Explanation of objections in the presence of the jury should be limited to the specific ground for the objection, e.g. “hearsay,” “compound question,” “leading.” If there is an extended basis for arguing the objection, the Court will hear counsel outside the presence of the jury, and at a point in time the Court finds it does not unreasonably interfere with the progress of the trial.
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There must be no courtroom colloquy between the lawyers. During any proceeding in or out of the presence of the jury, or at the bench, the lawyers speak to the Court one at a time, and not to each other.
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The Court will permit, and encourages, pre-trial markings of exhibits for identification. The exhibits should be shown first to opposing counsel. If there is no objection to marking it for identification, then have the Court Reporter do so. If there is an objection, then advise me. All exhibits over 50 pages MUST BE BATE
Source page 8Motion practice
The Court also encourages the parties stipulating uncontested documents e.g., properly certified hospital records into evidence. But, the Court does not permit documents to be submitted into evidence “subject to redaction.” Any arguments concerning redactions should be made as part of a motion in limine prior to the start of trial.
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Permission must be asked of the Court prior to publishing any exhibits to the jury. Copies of all exhibits published to the jury must be provided to the Court. It is not the Court’s practice to permit the jurors to take notes of the testimony of a witness.
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N. Proposed Charges/Charge Conference: Plaintiff’s request to charge and proposed verdict sheet shall be provided no later than the next trial session after the party rests. The Court will conduct a formal charge conference on the record before summations. Prior to that, there may be informal conferences. The charge settled upon before summations will, however, be subject to change after summations if required by what is said or not said by each counsel in summation that was not anticipated by the Court prior to summations.
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O. Summations: Summations will be limited to 45 minutes. This time limit may be extended by the Court only based upon the complexity of the case and number of witnesses. Any requests to exceed 45 minutes must be made prior to summations.
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If during summation, a visual aid, which is not in evidence, is to be used, opposing counsel and the Court must be notified of that prior to the summations.
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P. Non-Jury Trials: Non-Jury trials are subject to scheduling upon forty-eight hours’ notice. An in person conference with the Court shall proceed the commencement of all non-jury trials, at which time counsel shall provide the Court with the following: (1) a copy of marked pleadings, amendments thereto, and all bills of particulars; (2) a list of pre-marked exhibits and the identification of those exhibits which counsel cannot stipulate to admit into evidence at trial; (3) a list of witnesses and if any be experts, the information required by CPLR 3101(d)(1)(I); (4) a list of the causes of action to be tried; and (5) pre-trial memorandums of law, if any. The parties shall be required to provide the Court with a transcript of the trial. It is the obligation of the counsel or unrepresented parties to contact the Court within 48 hours prior to the start of the trial to confirm all parties will appear. Failure to contact the Court can result in the trial date being changed or vacated. The filing of a Note of Issue is a condition precedent to the commencement of trial.
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Q. Disposition of Cases: If a pending action has been settled, counsel shall notify chambers by email or fax that the matter has been settled and shall upload such notice to NYSCEF. Counsel shall further upload settlement documents within 2 days.
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B. Compromise Applications: All applications for court approval of a proposed compromise of an infant or other disabled party’s claim must be submitted through the Special Term, with proof of service on all remaining parties. Compliance with the provisions of CPLR Sections 1207, 1208, and 22 NYCRR 202.67 and a proposed distribution of net amounts to be recovered by the disabled plaintiff that is consistent with the provisions of the CPLR 1206 is required. The Court will not accept medical reports/affidavits executed more than six months prior to the submission date. The report must indicate whether the injured plaintiff has fully recovered, and if not, the nature and the extent of the injuries and the costs of future treatment. Since the Court may direct that notice of the application be given to all persons who possess claims against the proceeds recoverable under the compromise, including those with statutory liens, the names and addresses of all such person and the amount of their prospective claims must be set forth in the
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petition. If no person has asserted such a claim, the petition must so state. Once the submissions are complete, an appearance date shall be scheduled by the Court.
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D. Stipulations to be “so ordered”: Absent good cause to do so, stipulations executed by all parties/counsel will not be “so ordered” by the Court. Should there be a significant reason that same is requested, the stipulation may be sent to chambers by email with a cover letter requesting said relief and the reason for requesting it, with copies to all counsel/ pro se parties.
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E. Paper Submission to NYSCEF: Counsel must seek permission of the Court for the submission of “evidentiary” materials to NYSCEF, unless such materials are exhibits to a formally submitted motion or an approved filing. The abuse of the NYSCEF filing system may be sanctionable by the Court.
Source page 10Shared court rules
22 NYCRR Part 200 — Uniform Rules Courts Exercising Criminal Jurisdiction
Nassau County Supreme Court
State criminal proceedings only; section-specific court and case exceptions remain applicable.
Official source ↗ · Collected 2026-10-2722 NYCRR Part 202 — Uniform Civil Rules Supreme Court And County Court
Nassau County Supreme Court
Civil actions and proceedings only; section-specific and specialized-part restrictions remain applicable.
Official source ↗ · Collected 2026-10-27Part 29: Electronic Recording and Audio-Visual Coverage in Court Facilities and of Court Proceedings
Nassau County Supreme Court
Scope is limited to the court class in the source claim. Shared court context only; case-type restrictions, exceptions, later amendments and case orders apply. This is not a personal preference or a complete rules inventory.
Official source ↗ · Collected 2026-07-26Part 29: Electronic Recording and Audio-Visual Coverage in Court Facilities and of Court Proceedings
Nassau County Supreme Court
Scope is limited to the court class in the source claim. Shared court context only; case-type restrictions, exceptions, later amendments and case orders apply. This is not a personal preference or a complete rules inventory.
Official source ↗ · Collected 2026-07-26Sources
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New York State Unified Court System official judicial roster
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View New York State Unified Court System official judicial roster ↗CourtListener judicial biographical directory
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View CourtListener judicial biographical directory ↗Nassau County Supreme Court current roster, IAS Part 20
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View Nassau County Supreme Court current roster, IAS Part 20 ↗Justice Francis Ricigliano IAS Part 20 Rules and Procedures
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View Justice Francis Ricigliano IAS Part 20 Rules and Procedures ↗Part 29: Electronic Recording and Audio-Visual Coverage in Court Facilities and of Court Proceedings
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View Part 29: Electronic Recording and Audio-Visual Coverage in Court Facilities and of Court Proceedings ↗Guide to New York Evidence: Article 1, General Provisions and Court's Role
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