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This Court will admit to practice successful bar candidates on January 15, 2025. In order to be eligible for admission, your completed application and all required affidavits and certificates must be postmarked on or before October 7, 2024. Please be advised if you miss the deadline date, the next bar admission ceremony will be held on June 9, 2025. More...
Each year the Fourth Department, Attorneys for Children Advisory Committee, selects two outstanding attorneys for children from each of the Fifth, Seventh and Eighth Districts to receive the Hon. Michael F. Dillon Award. More...
Bar admission ceremony at the Hochstein School. Rochester, New York More...
This Court will admit to practice successful bar candidates on June 17, 2024. In order to be eligible for admission, your completed application and all required affidavits and certificates must be postmarked on or before April 9, 2024. Please be advised if you miss the deadline date, the next bar admission ceremony will be held in January 2025. More...
The Court is aware of the lake effect storm warning in Erie, Genesee, and Wyoming counties. If you are impacted by this storm so that you are unable to travel safely to the bar admission ceremony on January 17th, the Court will contact you regarding an alternate date and time for your admission ceremony, which will take place next week. All other candidates will be admitted at the ceremony on January 17th More...
This Court will admit to practice successful bar candidates on January 17, 2024. In order to be eligible for admission, your completed application and all required affidavits and certificates must be postmarked on or before October 4, 2023. Please be advised if you miss the deadline date, the next bar admission ceremony will be held on June 17, 2024. More...
Judicial Portrait Unveiling More...
Each year the Fourth Department, Attorneys for Children Advisory Committee, selects two outstanding attorneys for children from each of the Fifth, Seventh and Eighth Districts to receive the Hon. Michael F. Dillon Award. More...
This Court will admit to practice successful bar candidates on June 12, 2023. More...
This Court will admit to practice successful bar candidates on June 12, 2023. In order to be eligible for admission, your completed application and all required affidavits and certificates must be postmarked on or before April 3, 2023. Please be advised if you miss the deadline date, the next bar admission ceremony will be held on January 2024. More...
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Ann Dillon Flynn, Esq.The Supreme Court of the Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department hears appeals from the state's trial courts located in the 22 Central and Western New York counties assigned to the Fifth, Seventh, and Eighth Judicial Districts. More »
Dedicated on January 22, 1999, the courthouse is located in the East End community in downtown Rochester, New York. More »
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