Trial Practice and Courtroom Procedures 

• General Information

  • General Matters
  • Communications with Chambers
  • Facilities
  • Court Hours and Promptness
  • Copies of Motions and Briefs
    
    
• Pre-trial Information (Criminal)
  • Guilty Pleas
  • Motion Practice
  • Final Pre-trial Conferences
    
    
• Pre-trial Information (Civil)
  • Motion Practice
  • Discovery and Settlement
  • Pre-trial Conference
    
    
• Trial Information (Criminal and Civil)
  • General Trial Procedures
  • Venire and Voir Dire
  • Preliminary Jury Instructions and Jury Notetaking
  • Opening Statements
  • Examination of Witnesses/Objections/Marking of Exhibits
  • Depositions
  • Jury Instructions and Procedures
  • Closing Arguments
  • Communication with Jurors
    
    
• Miscellaneous
  • Stipulations
  • Media Equipment
  • Experts
  • Transcripts

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