Vincent Louis Briccetti at a glance
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Vincent Louis Briccetti
Senior Judge · U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
Service record and verification
Judicial service and assignments
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York · Judge · Senior · April 14, 2011–present · Assignment source ↗
Appointment and verification
- Appointment method
- Presidential appointment with Senate confirmation
- Appointing authority
- Barack Obama
- Source authority
- Federal Judicial Center Biographical Directory
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Biography
Professional career
- Judge, District Court, S.D. New York, 2011-present
- Senior United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York, having assumed senior status on April 21, 2023
- 1992–2011: Partner in private practice, White Plains, NY — first as sole practitioner, then in Briccetti & Calhoun (1993–2000) and Briccetti, Calhoun & Lawrence (2000–2011), specializing in criminal defense
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Southern District of New York, 1985-1989
- Law clerk, Hon. John M. Cannella, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, 1980-1982
- He has lectured extensively on criminal law, federal sentencing, ethics, and cross-examination, and serves as an adjunct professor of law at Fordham University School of Law
Education
- Fordham University — J.D. (1980)
- Columbia University
Additional information
- David S. Michaels Award (NY State Bar Association, 2011) for promoting integrity in the criminal justice system
- Nominated: November 17, 2010, by President Barack Obama to fill the seat vacated by Judge Kimba Wood
- Private practice, Stamford, CT, 1989-1992
- deputy chief appellate attorney, 1988-1989
- Private practice, New York City, 1982-1984
- Born September 27, 1954, Mount Kisco, New York.
- Date of birth: 1954-01-01
- Fox Lane High School
- Birth place: Mt.
- Kisco, NY
Applicable Court Rules & Procedures
Remote appearances
Courtwide
In federal district-court civil proceedings, testimony is ordinarily taken in open court; remote contemporaneous testimony requires good cause in compelling circumstances and appropriate safeguards.
For good cause in compelling circumstances and with appropriate safeguards, the court may permit testimony in open court by contemporaneous transmission from a different location.Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court ↗
Recording and broadcasting
Courtwide
Federal district courts may not permit courtroom photography or broadcasting during criminal judicial proceedings unless a statute or another federal rule provides an exception.
Except as otherwise provided by a statute or these rules, the court must not permit the taking of photographs in the courtroom during judicial proceedings or the broadcasting of judicial proceedings from the courtroom.Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited ↗
Published courtroom rules
Judge and named-part rules
Published judge / part rules (55 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
A. Letters. Except as otherwise provided below, communications with the Court shall be by letter, which shall be filed electronically on ECF. (See SDNY Electronic Case Filing Rules & Instructions, Section 13.1.)
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i. Absent prior permission, letters—inclusive of attached exhibits— may not exceed 5 pages in length.
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ii. Letters between or among parties or their counsel or otherwise not addressed to the Court may not be filed on ECF or sent to the Court (except as exhibits to an otherwise properly filed document).
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iii. In civil and miscellaneous cases, letters to be filed under seal or containing sensitive or confidential information shall be filed in accordance with Paragraph 3 below regarding Electronic Filing Under Seal in Civil and Miscellaneous Cases. If a party wishes to fax or email a document to the Court, it must obtain prior permission to do so. The fax or email must indicate who in Chambers provided such permission, and must be copied to all counsel and unrepresented parties.
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B. Letter-Motions. Letters requesting relief, such as, for example, requests for adjournments, extensions of time, and conferences (including pre-motion conferences with respect to discovery disputes and motions for summary judgment), are considered letter-motions. A letter-motion must be filed via ECF, and identified as a “LETTER-MOTION” using the ECF Filing Event “MOTION,” in compliance with the Local Civil Rules and the SDNY Electronic Case Filing Rules & Instructions, Section 13.1.
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such as, for example, status reports regarding mediation or settlement, and that do not request relief should be filed using the ECF Filing Event LETTER listed under OTHER DOCUMENTS.
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D. Courtesy Copies of Letters and Letter-Motions. Please do NOT provide courtesy copies of letters and letter-motions filed on ECF.
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E. Telephone Calls. Except as provided below, telephone calls to Chambers are permitted only in situations requiring immediate attention. In such situations, call Chambers at (914) 390-4166.
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G. Requests for Adjournments or Extensions of Time. All requests for adjournments or extensions of time must be made in writing and filed on ECF as letter-motions. (In civil and miscellaneous cases, if a request contains sensitive or confidential information, it shall be filed on ECF in accordance with Paragraph 3 below. In criminal cases, if a request contains sensitive or confidential information, it may be submitted by email to the Courtroom Deputy Clerk or by fax, hand, regular mail, or overnight
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ii. the number of previous requests for adjournments or extensions, and the reason(s) therefor;
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If the requested adjournment or extension affects any other scheduled dates, a proposed Revised Civil Case Discovery Plan and Scheduling Order must be attached.
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denied if not made before the expiration of the original deadline. If the request is for an adjournment of a court appearance, absent an emergency, the request shall be made at least 2 business days prior to the scheduled appearance.
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H. Non-Electronic Documents. Certain documents may not be electronically filed. See SDNY Electronic Case Filing Rules & Instructions, Sections 6.15, 6.16, and 18.
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A. Courtesy Copies. One courtesy hard copy of all pleadings (complaint, answer, reply) and motion papers (with the exception of letter-motions and motions for admission pro hac vice), shall be submitted to Chambers as soon as practicable after filing. Courtesy copies should be clearly marked as such. If hand-delivered, courtesy copies should be delivered to the Clerk’s office on the first floor of the Courthouse, not to Chambers.
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i. Motions. All courtesy hard copies of papers submitted in connection with motions must be bound in any manner that is secure, does not obscure the text, and permits the document to lie reasonably flat when open. Courtesy copies should either be spiral-bound or be stapled using a single staple in the upper left- hand corner of the document. Courtesy copies should NOT be velobound. Also, rather than submitting large documents that do not lie reasonably flat when open, parties should submit multiple volumes.
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i. Discovery motions. For discovery motions, follow Local Civil Rule 37.2, which requires the moving party to request an informal conference with the Court before the filing of any such motion. Strict adherence to Fed. R. Civ. P. 37(a)(1), the “meet and confer” rule, is required. The parties should be prepared to describe the time, place, and duration of the meeting, and to identify the counsel involved.
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ii. Summary Judgment motions. A pre-motion conference is required before making a motion for summary judgment. To request a pre- motion conference, the moving party shall file, on ECF, a letter- motion for a conference, not to exceed 3 pages, setting forth the basis for the anticipated motion. Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, within 7 business days, the opposing party shall file a letter response on ECF, also not to exceed 3 pages, setting forth its position.
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iii. Other substantive motions. A pre-motion conference is not required for other substantive motions.
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i. Motions for reconsideration shall comply with the formatting and length requirements set forth in Local Civil Rule 6.3.
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i. As required by Local Civil Rule 56.1(e), in any case where all parties are represented by counsel, any party moving for summary judgment must provide all other parties with an electronic copy, in a standard word processing format, of the moving party’s Statement of Material Facts. In any case where all parties are represented by counsel, the counterstatement required by Local Civil Rule 56.1 must include each entry in the moving party’s statement and set out the opposing party’s response directly beneath it.
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iii. Each citation to evidence required by Local Civil Rule 56.1(d) must identify, when applicable, specific portions of the record, including page, line, and paragraph numbers.
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iv. The parties’ memoranda of law shall include citations to the underlying exhibits supporting their propositions.
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v. With respect to any deposition transcript that is supplied, whether in whole or in part, in connection with a summary judgment motion, the index to the deposition should be included if it is available.
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vi. Except in pro se cases, the parties should provide the Court with an electronic, text-searchable courtesy copy of any hearing or deposition transcript, or portion thereof, on which the parties rely, if such a copy is available, unless doing so would be unduly burdensome. Parties should provide these materials on a CD or DVD (not on a memory stick and not by email).
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F. Special Rules for Motions to Withdraw as Attorney. In addition to the requirements of Local Civil Rule 1.4, when a motion to withdraw as attorney of record would, if granted, leave the party unrepresented, counsel must indicate whether the party consents to the motion to withdraw.
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A. Sealing/Redactions Not Requiring Court Approval. Fed. R. Civ. P. 5.2 describes sensitive information that must be redacted from public court filings without seeking prior permission from the Court. Such sensitive information includes: Social Security numbers; names of minor children;
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B. Sealing/Redaction Requiring Court Approval. Motions or letter- motions for approval of sealed or redacted filings, and the subject documents, including the proposed sealed document(s), must be filed electronically through the Court’s ECF system in conformity with the Court’s standing order, 19-mc-00583, and SDNY Electronic Case Filing Rules & Instructions, Section 6.
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The motion must be filed in public view, must explain the reasons for seeking to file that information under seal, and should not include confidential information sought to be filed under seal. Supporting papers must be separately filed electronically and may be filed under seal or redacted only to the extent necessary to safeguard information sought to be filed under seal.
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The proposed sealed document must be contemporaneously filed, under seal, in the ECF system, as electronically related to the motion. The summary docket text, but not the sealed document, will be open to public inspection and should not include confidential information sought to be filed under seal.
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When the motion seeks approval to redact information from a document that is to be publicly filed, the filing party shall: (i) publicly file the document with the proposed redactions; and (ii) electronically file, under seal, a copy of the unredacted document with the proposed redactions highlighted. Both documents must be electronically filed through the ECF system and be related to the motion.
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To be approved, any redaction or sealing of a court filing must be narrowly
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Any party unable to comply with the requirement for electronic filing under seal through the ECF system, or who has reason to believe that a particular document should not be electronically filed, must move for leave of the Court to file in the traditional manner, on paper.
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A. Joint Pretrial Orders in Civil Cases. Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, within 30 days after the deadline for completion of discovery in a civil case, or, if a dispositive motion has been filed, within 30 days after a decision on the motion, the parties shall submit to the Court for its approval a Joint Pretrial Order, with one courtesy hard copy for Chambers.
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The Joint Pretrial Order shall include the information required by Fed. R.
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vi. A statement as to whether all parties have consented to trial of the case by a magistrate judge (without identifying which parties have or have not so consented).
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B. Filings Prior to Trial in Civil Cases. Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, each party shall file the following documents (and submit one courtesy hard copy to Chambers) 21 days before the date of commencement of trial if such a date has been fixed, or 30 days after the
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and a joint verdict form. The parties’ proposed jury instructions shall consist of a single document, noting any areas of disagreement between the parties. The proposed instructions shall include both the text of any requested instruction as well as a citation to the authority from which it derives. Each proposed jury instruction must contain a citation to the source/authority for the proposed instruction, or the request will be disregarded. In addition to being filed in the normal manner, voir dire questions, joint requests to charge, and a joint verdict form should be emailed to Judge Briccetti’s law clerk. Counsel should call Chambers at (914) 390-4166 to make arrangements for same.
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ii. In non-jury cases, proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law. Proposed findings of fact should be detailed and cite whenever possible to evidence expected to be presented at trial. Proposed conclusions of law should include a statement of the elements of each claim or defense.
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iii. In all cases, motions addressing any evidentiary or other issues that should be resolved in limine.
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C. Filings in Opposition. Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, any party may file (and submit one courtesy hard copy to Chambers) the following documents within one week of the filing of any document described in
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D. Additional Submissions in Non-Jury Cases. Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, each party shall submit to the Court (including two courtesy copies to Chambers) and serve, but not file, the following materials 21 days before the date of commencement of trial if such a date has been fixed, or 30 days after the filing of the Joint Pretrial Order if no date has
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Three business days after submission of such affidavits, counsel for each party shall submit a list of all affiants whom he or she intends to cross-examine at trial. Only those witnesses who will be cross- examined need to appear at trial. The original signed affidavits shall be marked as exhibits at trial. NOTE: Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Court prefers live direct testimony in non-jury cases.
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Counsel are responsible for raising promptly any issue concerning the accuracy of transcripts certified by the Court Reporter to be used for purposes of appeal. Counsel perceiving an error that is material shall stipulate to the appropriate correction or, if agreement cannot be reached, shall proceed by motion on notice.
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A party that wishes to obtain a default judgment must proceed by way of order to show cause. Follow the Default Judgment Procedure, attached hereto as Attachment A.
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The page limits in Local Civil Rule 7.1(c) must be observed.
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prompt initial conference, at which the defendant will be present. The Assistant United States Attorney (“AUSA”) shall provide to Chambers, as soon as practicable, a courtesy copy of the Indictment or Information, and a courtesy copy of the complaint, if one exists.
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B. Guilty Pleas. Guilty pleas will ordinarily be taken by Judge Briccetti and will not be assigned to Magistrate Judges by standing order. Permission for a guilty plea to be taken before a Magistrate Judge may be given under special circumstances. The AUSA shall provide a courtesy copy of any plea agreement or related documents to Chambers as soon as practicable.
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1. After obtaining a Clerk’s Certificate of Default (see Local Civil Rule 55.1; SDNY Electronic Case Filing Rules & Instructions, Section 16.1), prepare a proposed Order to Show Cause Without Emergency Relief and make the Order returnable before Judge Briccetti in Courtroom 620 of the United States Courthouse, 300 Quarropas Street, White Plains, NY. Leave blanks for the Court to fill in (i) the date and time of the hearing, (ii) the date by which opposing papers must be served and filed, and (iii) the date by which the moving party must serve the Order and supporting documents on the non-moving party.
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5. After Judge Briccetti signs and dockets the Order to Show Cause, serve a copy of the Order and attachments on defendant(s) as directed. At least three business days before the return date, electronically file a certificate of service of the signed Order to Show Cause that complies with Local Civil Rule 55.2(a)(3).
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ECF Filing. Except for submissions to be filed under seal or in redacted form, every document in a sentencing submission, including letters, must be filed on
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Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, a defendant’s sentencing submission shall be filed at least 14 days in advance of the date set for sentence. The government’s sentencing submission shall be filed at least 7 days in advance of the date set for sentence. The parties should provide the Court with a courtesy copy of each submission when it is filed.
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Letters should be grouped and filed together as attachments to a single document marked SENTENCING MEMORANDUM with the caption and docket number clearly indicated. The defendant is responsible for filing all letters submitted on behalf of the defendant, including those from friends and relatives. The government is responsible for filing all letters from victims.
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In this regard, the parties are referred to E-Government Act of 2002 and the SDNY Electronic Case Filing Rules & Instructions, Section 21, Privacy and Public Access to ECF cases, (“Privacy Policy”) and reminded not, unless necessary, to include the 5 categories of “sensitive information” in their submissions (i.e., social security numbers; names of minor children [use the initials only]; dates of birth [use the year only]; financial account numbers; and home addresses [use only the city and state]).
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proprietary or trade secret information; and information regarding an individual’s cooperation with the government) as described in the Privacy Policy, without application to the Court. If any material is redacted from the publicly filed document, only those pages containing the redacted material will be filed under seal. Bring a copy of those pages to the sentencing proceeding, marked to indicate what information has been redacted from the publicly filed materials, to give to the Court for filing under seal.
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If a party redacts information beyond the 11 categories of information identified in the Privacy Policy, an application to do so must be served and filed at the time the sentencing submission is served. The application should clearly identify the redaction and explain the reasons for the redaction. The application will be addressed at the sentencing proceeding.
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SDNY and EDNY — Joint Local Civil and Criminal Rules
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
Federal district-court proceedings only. Civil and criminal sections have distinct scope and district-specific exceptions. Not Bankruptcy Court rules.
Official source ↗ · Collected 2026-10-27Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, December 1, 2025
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
Civil actions in United States District Courts; Rule 81 exceptions apply. Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule.
Official source ↗ · Collected 2026-10-27Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, December 1, 2025
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
Criminal proceedings in United States District Courts; this conservative mapping does not distribute appellate-specific provisions to appellate judges. Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule.
Official source ↗ · Collected 2026-10-27Sources
Identity source checked July 25, 2026.
Biography sources checked August 2, 2026.
Federal Judicial Center biography
Identity source · HTML · Federal Judicial Center Biographical Directory · effective April 14, 2011 · Source checked July 25, 2026
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Identity source · HTML · CourtListener / Free Law Project · Source checked August 2, 2026
View CourtListener judicial biographical directory ↗Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court
Courtwide source · HTML · Supreme Court of the United States and Judicial Conference of the United States · Source checked July 26, 2026
View Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court ↗Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited
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View Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited ↗