Civil Litigation Preferences
(for info on criminal procedures and preferences, please call the Judge’s bailiff) |
General
See Ohio Rules of Civil Procedure and the Franklin County Rules of Practice for the Court of Common Pleas – General Division. |
Status Conferences
Not part of the original case schedule, but will be set at parties’ request. |
Pre-Trials
Not part of the original case schedule, but will be set at parties’ request. |
Motion Practice
See Local Rules 11, 12, 21, 53, and 57, and the dispositive motion deadline in the original case schedule. |
Discovery
See Local Rule 47 and the discovery cut-off date in the original case schedule. |
Settlement Conferences
Court will refer cases to the Magistrate for mediation, so long as the mediation does not interfere with the trial date assigned in the original case schedule. |
Continuances or Amended Case Schedules
All continuances and amendments to the original case schedule, even if agreed to by all parties, must be submitted to the Court for its approval. |
Trials- All pre-trial statements shall be submitted and filed with the Court by the date of the pre-trial conference, if set, or fourteen days prior to trial.
- Counsel shall prepare proposed jury instructions and forward them as an e-mail attachment fourteen days prior to the trial date to my staff attorney, Kelle Andrews, at Kelle_Andrews@fccourts.org.
- All motions in limine shall be filed thirty days prior to the trial date, and shall also be e-mailed to my staff attorney at Kelle_Andrews@fccourts.org.
- Any party intending to use a power-point presentation during opening statements shall submit a copy of their presentation to the Court for its approval, 14 days before the trial date.
- All voir dire shall be limited to thirty minutes per side, and the Court will conduct preliminary questioning of the jurors.
- Opening statements will not exceed 30 minutes per side and closing arguments will not exceed 45 minutes per side
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