Brian Graifman

August 26, 2024 | New York Law Journal

A New York-based partner reflects on his use of a legal standard developed through by former Appellate Division, Second Department Justice Sondra Miller, who died earlier this month.

By Brian Graifman

2 minute read

September 25, 2023 | New York Law Journal

For New York state litigators, being served with a motion presents both a challenge and an opportunity. CPLR 2215 permits a non-moving party to move by cross-motion demanding relief against the moving party.

By Katryna L. Kristoferson, David Paul Horowitz, Judge Barbara Jaffe and Brian Graifman

10 minute read

September 15, 2021 | New York Law Journal

In this Arts & Crafts of Litigation column, Brian Graifman addresses hyperlinking: why now (electronic filing, new rules, and the pandemic), how, and how it has heralded a new method for crafting civil motions.

By Brian Graifman

6 minute read

July 07, 2021 | New York Law Journal

This article addresses recent statewide rules impacting motion practice, found in disparate rule sections, overlapping with CPLR provisions, and provides a practitioner's chart of the most common rules applicable to motions.

By Brian Graifman

6 minute read

April 08, 2020 | New York Law Journal

There are options for moving one's non-essential e-filed case forward—options well worth understanding, and available even after the present health emergency subsides.

By Brian Graifman

8 minute read

October 07, 2015 | New York Law Journal

A recent rash of government employees and politicians citing religion and its government-intertwining as a basis for refusals to perform legal duties makes imperative a serious reevaluation of judicial invocations of a deity.

By Brian Graifman

3 minute read

October 06, 2015 | New York Law Journal

A recent rash of government employees and politicians citing religion and its government-intertwining as a basis for refusals to perform legal duties makes imperative a serious reevaluation of judicial invocations of a deity.

By Brian Graifman

3 minute read