Specific Comments or Advice for Litigants
Specific Requirements or Preferences
Please provide orders for stipulations and motions: If you have a stipulation to a basic extension or other motion, please submit an order with the motion that sets forth the precise relief you are requesting/stipulating to.
Trial Schedule
Trials begin at 10:30 a.m. and break for lunch from 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. There will be a midafternoon break as well. No trials are held on Fridays, however, jurors can deliberate on Fridays, so the attorneys need to be available for any questions or verdicts.
Jury Selection
We utilize the remote juror questionnaire process. One week prior to trial you will receive an email from staff asking for any questions that you wish to have included in the questionnaire. The responses will be available and reviewed in court two to three days prior to the start of the trial. Any juror who did not complete the questionnaire will fill it out the morning of trial. The attorneys and the Court will then review those responses in Court at 10:30 am. Voir Dire of all remaining juror will begin at 1:30 pm.
Courtroom Etiquette
Recording is not allowed in the court without prior permission. Please be courteous to my staff and remember that they are there to help you.
