Stephan Schick at a glance
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- Supreme Court Justice
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- Current term ends 2028
Stephan Schick
Supreme Court Justice · Sullivan County Supreme Court
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Biography
Professional career
- Stephan G. Schick is a Justice of the Sullivan County Supreme Court in New York’s 3rd Judicial District, serving since 2012 and currently on the bench through 2028
- Justice, Supreme Court, Sullivan County, Elected, 2013 to 2024
Education
- New York Law School — J.D.
Additional information
- Registered as a Democrat
- Justice Schick presides over the Sullivan County Supreme Court, which handles civil matters of higher value, divorce, separation, annulment, and certain criminal prosecutions.
Applicable Court Rules & Procedures
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 ↗
Exhibits
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 ↗
Statewide
In New York Supreme Court and County Court civil cases, the court may require indexed trial exhibit binders, notebooks, or electronic equivalents for the court, counsel, and witnesses.
The court may direct that on the first day of trial or at such other time as the court may set, counsel shall submit an indexed binder or notebook, or the electronic equivalent, of trial exhibits for the court's use.Part 202: Uniform Civil Rules for the Supreme Court and the County Court ↗
Statewide
Civil trial counsel in New York Supreme Court and County Court must confer before trial and attempt to agree on exhibits to be offered without objection, unless the court directs otherwise.
Counsel for the parties shall consult prior to trial and shall in good faith attempt to agree upon the exhibits that will be offered into evidence without objection.Part 202: Uniform Civil Rules for the Supreme Court and the County Court ↗
Remote appearances
Statewide
For Commercial Division matters, New York rules encourage Virtual Evidence Courtrooms for managing and presenting trial evidence after authorization by request or court direction.
Virtual Evidence Courtrooms (VECs) may be used to facilitate real-time access to trial exhibits and other relevant documents.Part 202.70 Commercial Division Rules: Virtual Evidence Courtrooms and Trial Exhibits ↗
Statewide
For New York criminal proceedings, virtual and hybrid appearances are governed by Part 200 consent, objection, public-access, and calendar-update requirements.
For all hybrid proceedings, all electronic appearances shall be projected in the physical courtroom in which the in-person portion of the proceeding is taking place in such a manner as to provide a reasonable opportunity for members of the public to view and hear the participants appearing electronically.Part 200: Uniform Rules for Courts Exercising Criminal Jurisdiction ↗
Published courtroom rules
Judge and named-part rules
Published judge / part rules (23 excerpts)
See document heading and cited passage; do not apply outside the issuing part or proceeding.
Official rules document ↗ · Collected 2026-10-27
Communications with chambers
2.0 Notice of Appearance Within one week of written notification of assignment of Judge Schick, or written notification of a Preliminary Conference, whichever first occurs, each attorney must file a Notice of Appearance, which includes the attorney’s name, firm affiliation, mailing address, telephone number, email address, and acknowledgment that counsel is familiar with these rules
Source page 1Communications with chambers
Email sent to shickchambers is accessed by both Ms. Andrewski and Ms. Sullivan. If you send to one of them individually, the other will not see it. If that person is on vacation or very busy, the other person will not know to respond. Accordingly, please send all email to schickchambers@nycourts.gov.
Source page 2Filing and working copies
I. Do not follow up an email with a snail mail copy. If you send us something once, we get it. Multiple copies just cause needless extra filing for Ms. Andrewski and Ms. Sullivan and it makes them very cranky.
Source page 2Motion practice
A. No appearance on return date of motions unless it is an order to show cause.
Source page 2Motion practice
C. Do not send us a courtesy copy of a motion. We get the originals.
Source page 2Filing and working copies
D. If sending a reply affirmation, send us an email to tell us so. Do not send a courtesy copy of the reply, just a brief email , so we
Source page 2Motion practice
E. Article 78 motion terms do not require personal appearance on the return date.
Source page 3Motion practice
F. Any motion papers over three inches thick should be sent in a binder. Thick motion papers should not be used as a mad experimental challenge in alternative binding methods. Binders are beautiful!
Source page 3Filing and working copies
G. Do not use staples on any submission. The County Clerk will not accept papers with staples.
Source page 3Conferences and appearances
A. Please send in a concise statement of the facts at least 24 hours before the conference.
Source page 3Adjournments
C. Any request for an adjournment must be done via email, with any adversaries on notice in the “to” or “cc” line of the email. The matter is not adjourned unless you receive an email reply from Chambers adjourning the matter.
Source page 3Communications with chambers
E-Courts is a convenience. It is not meant to be relied upon over written orders or common sense. If you have a written order with a conference date, and that conference date is not on e-courts, you still have to appear. Chambers has nothing to do with e- courts. We do not enter the information. We cannot amend the information. We have no control over any aspect of it. So if Chambers tells you one thing and e-courts another, listen to Chambers.
Source page 3Adjournments
When an action is discontinued, send a copy of the discontinuance to Chambers. We do not need a date stamped copy, simply email a copy of the fully executed stipulation.
Source page 4Adjournments
When you file a stipulation of discontinuance with the County Clerk, Chambers is not sent a copy of the stip by the Clerk’s Office. We do not know the case is over unless you send us a copy of the stip. Moreover, until Chambers processes the stipulation, the case remains open in the Court system. Accordingly, we keep working on the file.
Source page 4Conferences and appearances
This is very frustrating: please keep us informed. Moreover, as the case is still open in the Court system, appearances are required at any scheduled conference and non-appearance is subject to sanction.
Source page 4Communications with chambers
B. In all cases, final conferences will be scheduled by Chambers after the filing of a note of issue. Counsel should contact their client(s), witnesses and experts before this conference to determine their availability for trial.
Source page 4Conferences and appearances
C. Counsel attending the Final Conference must be familiar with the case, have pertinent portions of the file with them and have authority to settle the case. Client(s) are required to be present
Source page 4Conferences and appearances
D. All counsel must confer prior to the date of the conference to discuss settlement, the resolution of any trial issues, and whether the parties will agree to alternate dispute resolution.
Source page 5Adjournments
E. Postponement of any trial after the Final Conference is strongly discouraged and will not be granted absent extraordinary circumstances.
Source page 5Motion practice
10.0 Orders If an order is submitted with motion papers, it must be detached from the motion papers and placed on top of the motion papers.
Source page 5Communications with chambers
A. All exhibits must be pre-marked. Chambers will facilitate a conference with the stenographers in order to accomplish this.
Source page 5Communications with chambers
D. Provide Chambers with a list (without the charge) of all PJI jury requests. Non-PJI requests must be typed on separate sheets with appropriate sources and/or citations.
Source page 5Trial exhibits and witnesses
E. The Court may preside over a portion of or the entire jury selection process. Time limits on counsel may be imposed. Counsel must confine voir dire to the qualifications of the jurors.
Source page 5Shared court rules
22 NYCRR Part 200 — Uniform Rules Courts Exercising Criminal Jurisdiction
Sullivan 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
Sullivan 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
Sullivan 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
Sullivan 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
Identity source checked July 26, 2026.
Biography sources checked August 2, 2026.
New York State Unified Court System Judicial Directory official judicial roster
Identity source · HTML · Source checked July 26, 2026
View New York State Unified Court System Judicial Directory official judicial roster ↗Part 29: Electronic Recording and Audio-Visual Coverage in Court Facilities and of Court Proceedings
Statewide source · HTML · Source checked July 26, 2026
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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View Guide to New York Evidence: Article 1, General Provisions and Court's Role ↗Part 202: Uniform Civil Rules for the Supreme Court and the County Court
Statewide source · HTML · Source checked July 26, 2026
View Part 202: Uniform Civil Rules for the Supreme Court and the County Court ↗Part 202.70 Commercial Division Rules: Virtual Evidence Courtrooms and Trial Exhibits
Statewide source · HTML · Source checked July 26, 2026
View Part 202.70 Commercial Division Rules: Virtual Evidence Courtrooms and Trial Exhibits ↗Part 200: Uniform Rules for Courts Exercising Criminal Jurisdiction
Statewide source · HTML · Source checked July 26, 2026
View Part 200: Uniform Rules for Courts Exercising Criminal Jurisdiction ↗