Gerald Lebovits

Judge, New York City Civil Court, Housing Part
Adjunct Professor of Law, St. John's University School of Law

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Legal Writing

Plain English: Eschew Legalese, New York State Bar Association Journal (2008)

Persuading the Judge Through Writing: 15 Ways to Win, The Advocate (Bronx County Bar Journal) (2008)

Do's, Don'ts, and Maybes: Usage Controversies—Part I, New York State Bar Association Journal (2008)

Do's, Don'ts, and Maybes: Legal Writing Punctuation—Part III, New York State Bar Association Journal (2008)

Do's, Don'ts, and Maybes: Legal Writing Punctuation—Part II, New York State Bar Association Journal (2008)

Do's, Don'ts, and Maybes: Legal Writing Punctuation—Part I, New York State Bar Association Journal (2008)

Do's, Don'ts, and Maybes: Legal Writing Grammar—Part II, New York State Bar Association Journal (2008)

Do's, Don'ts, and Maybes: Usage Controversies—Part II, New York State Bar Association Journal (2008)

Fact vs. Fiction: Writing the Facts—Part I, New York State Bar Association Journal (2008)

Fact vs. Fiction: Writing the Facts—Part II, New York State Bar Association Journal (2008)

Do's, Don'ts, and Maybes: Legal Writing Grammar—Part I, New York State Bar Association Journal (2007)

Tanbook, Bluebook, and ALWD Citations: A 2007 Update, New York State Bar Association Journal (2007)

Do's, Don'ts, and Maybes: Legal Writing Don'ts—Part II, New York State Bar Association Journal (2007)

Do's, Don'ts, and Maybes: Legal Writing Don'ts—Part I, New York State Bar Association Journal (2007)

Do's, Don'ts, and Maybes: Legal Writing Do's—Part II, New York State Bar Association Journal (2007)

Do's, Don'ts, and Maybes: Legal Writing Do's—Part I, New York State Bar Association Journal (2007)

Sin and Virtue in Legal Writing: Vanity and Humility, New York State Bar Association Journal (2007)

Comparisons and Logic, New York State Bar Association Journal (2006)

The Department of Redundancy Department: Concision and Succinctness—Part II, New York State Bar Association Journal (2006)

The Department of Redundancy Department: Concision and Succinctness—Part I, New York State Bar Association Journal (2006)

You Think You Have Issues? The Art of Framing Issues in Legal Writing—Part II, New York State Bar Association Journal (2006)

You Think You Have Issues? The Art of Framing Issues in Legal Writing—Part I, New York State Bar Association Journal (2006)

Legal-Writing Myths—Part II, New York State Bar Association Journal (2006)

Legal-Writing Myths—Part I, New York State Bar Association Journal (2006)

Academic Legal Writing: How to Write and Publish, New York State Bar Association Journal (2006)

Learning Disabilities and the Legal Writer, New York State Bar Association Journal (2005)

Problem Words and Pairs in Legal Writing—Part V, New York State Bar Association Journal (2005)

Problem Words and Pairs in Legal Writing—Part IV, New York State Bar Association Journal (2005)

Problem Words and Pairs in Legal Writing—Part III, New York State Bar Association Journal (2005)

Problem Words and Pairs in Legal Writing—Part II, New York State Bar Association Journal (2005)

Problem Words and Pairs in Legal Writing—Part I, New York State Bar Association Journal (2005)

Sentences and Paragraphs: A Revisionist Philosophy , New York State Bar Association Journal (2005)

Write the Cites Right—Part II, New York State Bar Association Journal (2004)

Write the Cites Right—Part I, New York State Bar Association Journal (2004)

Short Judicial Opinions: The Weight of Authority, New York State Bar Association Journal (2004)

A Pox on Vox Pop, New York State Bar Association Journal (2004)

Judges' Clerks Play Varied Roles in the Opinion Drafting Process, New York State Bar Association Journal (2004)

You Can Quote Me: Quoting in Legal Writing—Part II, New York State Bar Association Journal (2004)

You Can Quote Me: Quoting in Legal Writing—Part I, New York State Bar Association Journal (2004)

That's the Way It Is: "That" and "Which" in Legal Writing, New York State Bar Association Journal (2004)

Apostrophe's and Plurals', New York State Bar Association Journal (2004)

Free at Last from Obscurity: Clarity—Part II, New York State Bar Association Journal (2004)

Free at Last from Obscurity: Clarity—Part I, New York State Bar Association Journal (2003)

The Devil's in the Details for Delusional Claims, New York State Bar Association Journal (2003)

Judicial Jesting: Judicious?, New York State Bar Association Journal (2003)

Technique: A Legal Method to the Madness—Part II, New York State Bar Association Journal (2003)

Technique: A Legal Method to the Madness—Part I, New York State Bar Association Journal (2003)

Uppercasing Needn't Be a Capital Crime, New York State Bar Association Journal (2003)

Writing on a Clean Slate: Clichés and Puns, New York State Bar Association Journal (2003)

Ineffective Devices: Rhetoric That Fails, New York State Bar Association Journal (2003)

The Bottom Line On Footnotes [Fn. 1] and Endnotes [Fn. 2], New York State Bar Association Journal (2003)

If I Were a Lawyer: Tense in Legal Writing, New York State Bar Association Journal (2002)

Writers on Writing: Metadiscourse, New York State Bar Association Journal (2002)

Poetic Justice: From Bad to Verse, New York State Bar Association Journal (2002)

Not Mere Rhetoric: Metaphors and Similes—Part I, New York State Bar Association Journal (2002)

The Pause That Refreshes: Commas—Part 2, New York State Bar Association Journal (2002)

The Pause That Refreshes: Commas—Part I, New York State Bar Association Journal (2002)

He Said—She Said: Gender-Neutral Writing , New York State Bar Association Journal (2002)

Not Mere Rhetoric: Metaphors and Similes—Part II, New York State Bar Association Journal (2002)

What's Another Word for ''Synonym''?, New York State Bar Association Journal (2002)

''Of'' With Their Heads: Concision, New York State Bar Association Journal (2001)

Getting to Yes: Affirmative Writing, New York State Bar Association Journal (2001)

On Terra Firma With English, New York State Bar Association Journal (2001)

Dress for Success: Be Formal But Not Inflated, New York State Bar Association Journal (2001)

What Readers of Legal Writing Like: The Top 29 Selections, Landlord-Tenant Practice Reporter (2001)

What Readers of Legal Briefs Hate: The Top 30 Sins, Landlord-Tenant Practice Reporter (2000)

Ethics

Ethical Judicial Opinion Writing (2008)

Ethical Judicial Writing—Part III, New York State Bar Association Journal (2007)

Ethical Judicial Writing—Part II, New York State Bar Association Journal (2007)

Ethical Judicial Writing—Part I, New York State Bar Association Journal (2006)

Professionalism in the Legal Profession (2006)

Legal-Writing Ethics—Part I, New York State Bar Association Journal (2005)

Legal-Writing Ethics—Part II, New York State Bar Association Journal (2005)

Judicial Ethics, Law Clerks and Politics (1996)

Landlord-Tenant Law

Residential Landlord-Tenant Appeals in the Appellate Term, New York Real Property Law Journal (2008)

Cooperatives and Condominiums in the New York City Housing Court, NYSBA N.Y. Real Property Law Journal (2008)

Guardians Ad Litem in Housing Court, Landlord-Tenant Monthly (2008)

Residential Landlord-Tenant Appeals in the Appellate Term—Part I, Landlord-Tenant Monthly (2008)

Residential Landlord-Tenant Appeals in the Appellate Term—Part II, Landlord-Tenant Monthly (2008)

Residential Landlord-Tenant Appeals in the Appellate Term—Part III, Landlord-Tenant Monthly (2008)

Residential Landlord-Tenant Appeals in the Appellate Term—Part IV, Landlord-Tenant Monthly (2008)

Section 8: New York's Legal Landscape—Part I, Landlord-Tenant Monthly (2008)

Single Room Occupancy Law in New York City, NYSBA N.Y. Real Property Law Journal (2008)

Post-Eviction Motions to Restore—Part II, Landlord-Tenant Monthly (2007)

Post-Eviction Motions to Restore—Part I, Landlord-Tenant Monthly (2007)

HP Proceedings: A Primer, Legal Update for Judges & Court Attorneys (2007)

Drug Holdover Proceedings: An Overview from "Knew," to "Should Have Known," to "Strict Liability", NYSBA N.Y. Real Property Law Journal (2007)

Roommates in New York Law, NYSBA N.Y. Real Property Law Journal (2006)

Service of Process and Traverse Hearings in Landlord-Tenant Actions and Proceedings, NYSBA N.Y. Real Property Law Journal (2006)

Subletting in New York, NYSBA N.Y. Real Property Law Journal (2006)

Nonprimary-Residence Holdover Proceedings, NYSBA N.Y. Real Property Law Journal (2006)

Military Law in New York Landlord-Tenant Actions and Proceedings, NYSBA N.Y. Real Property Law Journal (2005)

Nuisance Holdovers in New York, NYSBA N.Y. Real Property Law Journal (2005)

The Illegal Multiple Dwelling in New York City, NYSBA N.Y. Real Property Law Journal (2004)

Legal Research: Riding the Landlord-Tenant Super-Highway, Landlord-Tenant Practice Reporter (2001)

Nonpayment Proceedings: The So-Called Spiegel Defense—Part II, Landlord-Tenant Practice Reporter (2001)

Nonpayment Proceedings: The So-Called Spiegel Defense—Part I, Landlord-Tenant Practice Reporter (2001)

Appellate Practice, Practice Update: New Procedure to Settle Transcripts for Appeals to the Appellate Term, Landlord-Tenant Practice Reporter (2001)

Housing Part Proceedings: The Tenuous Nature of the Economic-Infeasibility Defense, Landlord-Tenant Practice Reporter (2000)

Appellate Practice, Winning Residential Appeals: Perfecting, Briefing, and Orally Arguing Appeals in the Appellate Term and Beyond, Landlord-Tenant Practice Reporter (2000)

Appellate Practice, Winning Residential Appeals: Notices of Appeal, Stays Pending Appeal, and Cross-Appeals in the Appellate Term, Landlord-Tenant Practice Reporter (2000)

Appellate Practice, Winning Residential Appeals, Landlord-Tenant Practice Reporter (2000)

Family Law

Introductory Guide to the New York City Family Court, New York City Bar Association (2006)

Best Interests of the Child Remain Paramount in Proceedings to Terminate Parental Rights, New York State Bar Association Journal (2001)

Moving from Criminal to Family Court, New York Law Journal (1999)

Handling Abuse and Neglect Cases under the Family Court Act, New York Law Journal (1999)

Paternity Proceedings in Family Court, New York Law Journal (1997)

Enforcing Child Support Orders in Family Court, New York Law Journal (1997)

Small Claims

Special Procedures Apply to Enforcing Judgments in Small Claims Court, New York State Bar Association Journal (1999)

Small Claims Courts Offer Prompt Adjudication Based on Substantive Law, New York State Bar Association Journal (1998)

Equal Justice, Cornerstone of Freedom, May Be Found in Small Claims Court, New York Law Journal (1998)

How to Help Judgment Creditors Collect: The Effective Use of Civil Court Act Article 18, New York Law Journal (1998)

Freedom and Equal Justice in Small Claims Court, New York Law Journal (1997)

Practitioner's Guide to Small Claims Part, New York Law Journal (1997)

Miscellaneous

Getting to Trial in Supreme Court, Civil Term (2008)

Effective Oral Argument: 15 Points in 15 Minutes (2008)

Book Review, Goldfeder's Modern Election Law (2008)

The Third Series: A Review (2005)

A Canadian's View from the Staten Island Ferry (2002)

New Edition of State's "Tanbook" Implements Extensive Revisions in Quest for Greater Clarity (2002)

Defending Physicians Charged With Misconduct (2001)

Litigators Who Untangle the Web Will Find Scores of Valuable Sites (1997)