Disclosure in Civil Litigation: Rules and Challenges

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Effective July 10, 2023, the Honorable Deborah Karalunas was appointed Administrative Judge of the Fifth Judicial District. In 2002, Justice Karalunas was elected to serve as a Supreme Court Justice in the 5th Judicial District. She presides over a wide range of civil cases including commercial, personal injury, medical malpractice, intellectual property, constitutional, and environmental. In 2007, Justice Karalunas was appointed Presiding Justice of the Supreme Court, Commercial Division, Onondaga County, and in 2017, she was appointed to the New York State Committee on Pattern Jury Instructions. Justice Karalunas is a member of the New York State Bar Association, Central New York Women’s Bar Association, Onondaga County Bar Association, and Armenian Bar Association. In addition to leading various committees and sections, Justice Karalunas served on the Board of Directors of the Onondaga County Bar Association and the Central New York Women’s Bar Association. She was President of the Central New York Women’s Bar Association, Presiding Member of the Judicial Section of the New York State Bar Association, Trustee of the Onondaga County Bar Foundation, and President of the Association of Justices of the Supreme Court of the State of New York. Justice Karalunas teaches New York Civil Practice at the College of Law. She was Editor of the Judicial Dispatch and author of a chapter in the treatise Commercial Litigation in New York State Courts. Justice Karalunas is a longstanding faculty member of the New York State Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Trial Academy, and lectures frequently on many substantive law and trial practice topics.