Solano County trial binder and trial document requirements
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The short answer
- What the deadlines run off
- Trial Conference (Local Rule 4.10). The court's civil setting guide and Local Rules 4.2(a) and 4.8(c) call the same event a "Trial Management Conference."
- Departments with their own order
- 6 publish their own order
- County trial binder rule
- Yes, in the county rules 6 of its departments require one.
- Rules this court publishes
- 32
The county rule is a floor. Where your department publishes its own order, that order controls and it is usually stricter.
Find your department
6 departments in this county publish their own trial preparation order. Each one below links directly, so you can send a colleague straight to theirs.
| Department | Courthouse | Judge as published |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Hall of Justice, 600 Union Ave, Fairfield (Courtroom 301) | Hon. Stephen Gizzi |
| 7 | Old Solano Courthouse, 580 Texas St, Fairfield (Courtroom II) | Hon. Tim P. Kam |
| 7 (second published instruction, missed by the draft) | Old Solano Courthouse, 580 Texas St, Fairfield (Courtroom II) | Hon. Tim P. Kam |
| 8 | Old Solano Courthouse, 580 Texas St, Fairfield (Courtroom I) | Hon. Wendy G. Getty |
| 8 (second published order) | Old Solano Courthouse, 580 Texas St, Fairfield (Courtroom I) | Not named |
| 22 | Old Solano Courthouse, 580 Texas St, Fairfield (Courtroom III). Split civil and probate calendar. | Hon. Alesia Jones |
Department by department
Department 3, Hall of Justice, 600 Union Ave, Fairfield (Courtroom 301), Hon. Stephen Gizzi
- Trial documents
- Nothing. Department 3 publishes no list of documents to file before trial and no deadline of its own. Everything filed before trial comes from the county rule, Local Rule 4.10.b, which requires a completed Trial Conference Statement filed and served at least ten court days before the Trial Conference, with fifteen enumerated items including witness lists with time estimates, expert lists with narrative reports attached, exhibits identified by page or Bates number, deposition excerpts by page and line, two sets of jury instructions, and copies of all motions in limine. What the department adds is an appearance rule barring Zoom for trial management conferences, mandatory settlement conferences, informal discovery conferences, civil harassment matters, orders of examination and trials. Correction to the draft: the department's daily tentative ruling sheet does NOT repeat that carve out. The September 15, 2026 sheet carries the same four item boilerplate that Departments 7 and 8 carry, "trials, trial management conferences, order for examinations and mandatory settlement conferences," with no mention of informal discovery conferences or civil harassments. The Setting Guide also shows Department 3 carrying the Complex Case Mgt I/II calendar on the first Thursday of the month, which the draft did not report.
- Binder
- Not addressed. Department 3 says nothing about a trial binder, notebook, tabs, index or lodging. The only binder-adjacent instruction in the county scheme is Local Rule 4.10.b, "Use of dividers and/or tabs between each item is requested," and Local Rule 3.18.h, which requires a trial notebook in CEQA mandate actions.
- In limine
- Not addressed at department level. The only published deadline is Local Rule 4.10.b(11), which puts copies of all in limine motions inside the Trial Conference Statement due ten court days before the Trial Conference, numbered consecutively by the party, with the warning that motions left out will not be considered absent good cause.
- Difference
- Narrower than the draft claimed. Two of the five proceedings this department closes to Zoom are already closed county-wide, so they are not departures: orders of examination sit in Local Rule 19.1(a)(5), on the list of matters for which remote proceedings are "normally not authorized." Trials and mandatory settlement conferences sit in the bucket Rule 19.1(a) reserves to the assigned judicial officer, so publishing an answer to that reserved question is the department doing what the rule contemplates. The genuine additions, and they are real, are informal discovery conferences and civil harassment matters, neither of which appears anywhere in Rule 19.1(a). On trial documents there is no divergence at all: Department 3 requires exactly what Local Rule 4.10 requires, no more, no earlier, in the same form.
The order in its own words
ZOOM IS NOT PERMITTED FOR MANDATORY SETTLEMENT CONFERENCES, TRIAL MANAGEMENT CONFERENCES, INFORMAL DISCOVERY CONFERENCES, CIVIL HARASSMENTS, ORDER FOR EXAMINATIONS OR TRIALS
Department 7, Old Solano Courthouse, 580 Texas St, Fairfield (Courtroom II), Hon. Tim P. Kam
- Trial documents
- No department pre-trial filing list and no department deadline. The Trial Conference Statement under Local Rule 4.10.b, due at least ten court days before the Trial Conference, is the whole of what has to be filed. The Guidelines PDF bars Zoom only for mandatory settlement conferences, orders of examination and trials. Note that this department does publish a trial instruction elsewhere, on the Setting Guide page, which is captured as a separate entry below.
- Binder
- Not addressed. No binder, notebook, tab, index or lodging requirement is published for this department.
- In limine
- Not addressed at department level. Local Rule 4.10.b(11) governs: copies go in the Trial Conference Statement, numbered consecutively, ten court days out, or the court will not consider them absent good cause.
- Difference
- Almost nothing, and the draft's central claim about this department does not survive checking. Of the three proceedings closed to Zoom, orders of examination are already closed by Local Rule 19.1(a)(5), and mandatory settlement conferences and trials sit in the bucket Rule 19.1(a) reserves to the assigned judge. So the PDF adds no proceeding the county rule does not already reach. The draft asserted that Department 7 is "the one place where the court's own two publications disagree," on the theory that the tentative ruling sheet adds trial management conferences while the 2022 PDF omits them. The sentence it relied on is not a Department 7 pronouncement. "The parties may appear via Zoom with the exception of trials, trial management conferences, order for examinations and mandatory settlement conferences" is identical boilerplate printed on the Department 3, Department 7 AND Department 8 sheets, and every department's sheet diverges from its own PDF in some direction. Department 3's sheet drops informal discovery conferences and civil harassments; Department 8's drops the ordered-in-person clause; Department 22's uses different wording again. The divergence is real and a practitioner should follow the stricter reading, but it is court-wide, not a Department 7 conflict.
The order in its own words
ZOOM IS NOT PERMITTED FOR MANDATORY SETTLEMENT CONFERENCES, ORDER FOR EXAMINATIONS OR TRIALS
Department 7 (second published instruction, missed by the draft), Old Solano Courthouse, 580 Texas St, Fairfield (Courtroom II), Hon. Tim P. Kam
- Trial documents
- This is the only affirmative duty any Solano civil department places on trial counsel in a published document, and the draft reported Department 7 as publishing "nothing of its own." The Department 7 block on the Setting Guide carries an asterisked footnote tied to the Friday jury trial slot: trial counsel must raise scheduling issues with the court at the start of the jury trial, because Friday may be taken by unlawful detainer matters. The same calendar also shows that trial management conferences in this department are "Special set by the Department Only" and mandatory settlement conferences are "Set by Dept only," so neither is a standing calendar slot a party can reserve without contacting the department.
- Binder
- Not addressed.
- In limine
- Not addressed.
- Difference
- Nothing in Rule 4, Rule 14 or Rule 19 imposes any duty on trial counsel to flag scheduling issues at the opening of a jury trial, and no other civil department publishes an equivalent instruction. This is a genuine department level requirement that exists nowhere in the county rules.
The order in its own words
If the Court is in jury trial, trial counsel must notify the Court at the beginning of the jury trial of any scheduling issues as Friday may not be available for jury trial if the court is engaged in unlawful detainer matters.
Department 8, Old Solano Courthouse, 580 Texas St, Fairfield (Courtroom I), Hon. Wendy G. Getty
Who is sitting here
- Trial documents
- No department list and no department deadline. Local Rule 4.10.b supplies everything: Trial Conference Statement filed and served at least ten court days before the Trial Conference, fifteen enumerated items, exhibits identified by page or Bates number, deposition excerpts by page and line, two sets of jury instructions (one with citations and given, refused or withdrawn boxes, one without), and copies of all motions in limine. Department 8 adds three conditions that bite before and during trial. In person appearance is required for mandatory settlement conferences, trial management conferences, orders of examination, trials, and for anyone previously ordered to appear in person. Any attorney or party who elects Zoom for law and motion, an evidentiary hearing or a court trial must have an email address on file and is deemed to agree to electronic service of the order after hearing. And a continuance caused by user error may draw fees, costs or sanctions. The Setting Guide also shows Department 8 running a Complex Case Management calendar on Monday afternoons, which the draft did not report.
- Binder
- Not addressed. Department 8 publishes nothing on trial binders, notebooks, tabs, indexes, paper versus electronic sets, or lodging. The word binder returns zero results in the court's own site search and appears nowhere in the 15,080 lines of the July 2026 local rules.
- In limine
- Not addressed at department level. Local Rule 4.10.b(11) is the only published deadline.
- Difference
- One real departure, not the two the draft claimed. The genuine one is the pair of consequences attached to electing Zoom, neither of which appears in any county rule: the election is treated as consent to electronic service of the order after hearing, and "User error resulting in a need for continuance may serve as basis for award of fees, costs or other sanctions." The claimed departure that fails is the ordered-in-person clause. The draft called Department 8 "the only civil department that extends the bar to PARTIES WHO HAVE BEEN ORDERED TO APPEAR IN PERSON." It is wrong twice: Department 22's guidelines carry the identical clause, as that department's own verbatim in the same draft shows, and Local Rule 19.1(a)(8) already closes Zoom county-wide for "Any other proceeding in which the court has previously denied the ability to appear via remote technology." The same goes for orders of examination, already closed by Rule 19.1(a)(5). On the trial preparation filings themselves, Department 8 tracks Local Rule 4.10 exactly and adds nothing.
The order in its own words
ZOOM IS NOT PERMITTED FOR MANDATORY SETTLEMENT CONFERENCES, TRIAL MANAGEMENT CONFERENCES, ORDER FOR EXAMINATIONS, TRIALS OR FOR PARTIES WHO HAVE BEEN ORDERED TO APPEAR IN PERSON
Department 8 (second published order), Old Solano Courthouse, 580 Texas St, Fairfield (Courtroom I), Not named
Who is sitting here
- Trial documents
- None. This order directs no filing. It is included because it is a department level standing order published by a civil department and because it bears on how the record is made in unlimited civil (CU) and civil harassment (CH) matters in this courtroom. The order recites that as of February 9, 2026 the court employs the equivalent of 9.2 reporters and that since February 1, 2022 reporters have been limited to categories that do not include general civil, then concludes that due process requires electronic reporting where no certified shorthand reporter is available.
- Binder
- Not addressed.
- In limine
- Not addressed.
- Difference
- This is the draft's clearest false departure and it should be corrected before anyone relies on it. The draft said "Local Rule 18 covers court reporters generally and Local Rule 17.4 ... is marked [RESERVED], so the county rules say nothing on this." The county rules say a great deal about it. Rule 18 is titled "Court Reporters and Electronic Recording," and Local Rule 18.3.A, adopted effective July 1, 2025 and headed ELECTRONIC RECORDING AS THE OFFICIAL RECORD, provides that under Government Code section 69957 or by court order "court proceedings may be electronically recorded when a court reporter is not available. The electronic recording serves as the official record of the proceedings in these instances." Local Rule 18.1.A separately states that official reporters "are not normally available in all other civil, family and probate matters including pretrial proceedings ... and court and jury trials," and Rule 18.1.C points parties to a privately retained reporter pro tempore. So the Department 8 order implements the county scheme rather than departing from it, and the practical advice a civil litigator needs, arrange a reporter pro tempore, is county-wide and not a Department 8 quirk. What remains accurate is the tension the draft spotted between this order and the line carried in all four departments' Zoom guidelines that "The court reporter transcript shall be the only official record of the proceeding." That boilerplate is out of step with Rule 18.3.A generally, not just with Department 8.
The order in its own words
Despite statutory limits on the use of electronic reporting, due process requires that electronic reporting be utilized in the absence of a CSR.
Department 22, Old Solano Courthouse, 580 Texas St, Fairfield (Courtroom III). Split civil and probate calendar., Hon. Alesia Jones
- Trial documents
- No department list and no department deadline. Local Rule 4.10.b controls: Trial Conference Statement, at least ten court days before the Trial Conference, fifteen items, motions in limine included. Department 22 publishes the widest in person requirement of the four, covering mandatory settlement conferences, trial management conferences, informal discovery conferences, orders of examination, unlawful detainers, trials and anyone previously ordered to appear in person. Its daily calendar document, which carries both civil tentative rulings and probate pregrants, states the appearance rule differently and adds a dress and conduct instruction: "Remote appearances by Zoom are permitted except for MSCs, TMCs, trials or evidentiary hearings, or cases in which in-person appearances have been ordered. Persons appearing by Zoom are to be in appropriate attire." That list drops informal discovery conferences, orders of examination and unlawful detainers and adds evidentiary hearings, so the two documents do not line up.
- Binder
- Not addressed. No binder, notebook, tab, index, copy count or lodging instruction is published for this department.
- In limine
- Not addressed at department level. Local Rule 4.10.b(11) is the only published deadline.
- Difference
- Two genuine departures, and one claim in the draft that the court's own pages contradict. The real ones: informal discovery conferences and unlawful detainers are closed to Zoom here and appear nowhere in Local Rule 19.1(a), and Local Rule 14.2 (Trial Management) governs unlawful detainer trial management county-wide without saying anything about appearance mode. Department 22 also treats an election to appear by Zoom for law and motion, an evidentiary hearing or a court trial as consent to electronic service of the order after hearing, and warns that user error causing a continuance may draw fees, costs or sanctions, neither of which is in any county rule. The claim that does not hold: the draft said Department 22 "is the one department that still pushes a Zoom calendar invitation to counsel of record rather than posting a standing link," and stated it as present practice. Local Rule 19.1(c) does name Department 22 that way, but the court's Remote Appearance page posts a standing ZoomGov link for Department 22 exactly as it does for the other three (Meeting ID 160 941 6482, passcode 693685), and the department's own daily calendar document prints the same meeting ID and passcode. Two court publications conflict and a practitioner should watch for both. Orders of examination and the ordered-in-person clause are not departures, being already covered by Rule 19.1(a)(5) and (a)(8). On trial preparation filings Department 22 adds nothing to Local Rule 4.10.
The order in its own words
ZOOM IS NOT PERMITTED FOR MANDATORY SETTLEMENT CONFERENCES, TRIAL MANAGEMENT CONFERENCES, INFORMAL DISCOVERY CONFERENCES, ORDER FOR EXAMINATIONS, UNLAWFUL DETAINERS, TRIALS OR FOR PARTIES WHO HAVE BEEN ORDERED TO APPEAR IN PERSON
Why your department can set a different date
Substantial, and it is where the practical answers live. The county rule sets the contents of the Trial Conference Statement and the ten court day deadline, and stops there. Three things are handed to the assigned department. First, the date. Solano direct calendars every civil case to one judge for all purposes (Local Rules 1.3 and 3.2), and no rule states when the Trial Conference or the Mandatory Settlement Conference is calendared relative to trial, so the department sets both. The published civil setting guide gives each civil department's standing days: Dept 3 (Hon. Stephen Gizzi, Hall of Justice) Tuesday 1:30 p.m. for Trial Management Conferences or Settlement Conferences; Dept 7 (Hon. Tim P. Kam, Old Solano Courthouse) Friday 10:00 a.m., special set by the department only; Dept 8 (Hon. Wendy G. Getty, Old Solano Courthouse) Wednesday and Thursday 9:30 a.m. and Thursday 1:30 p.m.; Dept 22 (Hon. Alesia Jones, Old Solano Courthouse) Monday 9:00 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Second, paper copies. Local Rule 4.12(i) leaves it to the assigned judicial officer whether parties must deposit an additional copy of specific documents directly with the department, which is the hook a judge would use to require a physical trial binder. The Civil Court division page separately says no courtesy copies are required for motion papers. Third, relief. Local Rule 4.12(e) lets the court excuse any Rule 4 requirement for good cause, and Rule 4.10(c) puts the good cause escape from automatic evidence preclusion in the trial judge's sole discretion. Practice point: with no civil standing orders posted and no published interval between the conference and trial, the Trial Conference date and any department-specific binder or copy demand have to come from the assigned department's judicial assistant. Direct numbers are on the civil setting guide (Dept 3 707-207-7303, Dept 7 707-207-7307, Dept 8 707-207-7308, Dept 22 707-207-7322).
How your courthouse changes things
The court sits in four buildings: the Hall of Justice at 600 Union Avenue and the Law and Justice Center at 530 Union Avenue in Fairfield, the Old Solano Courthouse at 580 Texas Street in Fairfield, and the Solano Justice Center at 321 Tuolumne Street in Vallejo. The trial preparation rules do not vary by building. Rule 4.1(a) applies Rule 4 to all general civil actions across the court, and Rule 1.1 defines "court" as the Superior Court of California, County of Solano as a whole. Per the civil setting guide, civil matters are heard in four departments, all in Fairfield: Dept 3 (Hon. Stephen Gizzi) in Courtroom 301 of the Hall of Justice, and Depts 7 (Hon. Tim P. Kam), 8 (Hon. Wendy G. Getty) and 22 (Hon. Alesia Jones) in the Old Solano Courthouse. Civil filing is centralized at the Old Solano Courthouse, 580 Texas Street, by appointment, with after hours drop boxes at both the Fairfield and Vallejo locations. What varies by department is the calendar, not the requirements: each department has its own standing day and time for Trial Management Conferences and Settlement Conferences, and Dept 7 sets its trial management conferences only on its own motion.
County rules, area by area
These are the 32 rules this court publishes county wide. They apply everywhere in the county, and your department can require more.
Trial readiness conference
At the trial readiness conference Lead trial counsel must personally appear at the Trial Conference, unless the court excuses the appearance, and must be ready to answer the court's questions about the case.
Rule text and note
The lead trial counsel shall, unless excused by the court, appear at the Trial Conference prepared to respond to any questions the court may pose about the case.
Page 4-17. Rule 4 applies to all general civil actions per Rule 4.1(a) and does not reach uninsured motorist, coordinated or collections cases until they come under the Trial Court Delay Reduction Act. The rule does not say when the court sets the conference. The court's civil setting guide and Rules 4.2(a) and 4.8(c) call the same event a Trial Management Conference.
Set by the court In an unlawful detainer case set for jury trial, the court may in its discretion order the parties to a trial management conference, a settlement conference, or both.
Rule text and note
The court may, in its discretion, order the parties to an unlawful detainer matter to participate in a trial management conference and/or settlement conference in cases where the case is to be tried by a jury.
Rule 14.2 heading is TRIAL MANAGEMENT. Discretionary and jury trials only. Rule 14 does not say whether the Rule 4.10(b) fifteen item Trial Conference Statement attaches to a UD trial management conference. Rule 4.1(a) applies Rule 4 to all general civil actions without carving out unlawful detainer, but Rule 3.1 excludes unlawful detainer from Rule 3, so the interaction is unresolved on the face of the rules.
Mandatory settlement conference
At the mandatory settlement conference Lead trial counsel, the parties, and persons with full settlement authority must personally attend the MSC unless excused for good cause. For an insured party, an authorized representative of the carrier with full settlement authority attends instead of the client. Full settlement authority means physically present in the courthouse and able to decide without calling anyone. An independent adjuster never satisfies the requirement. In a professional negligence case where the defendant holds the right to refuse settlement, that defendant's participation is mandatory.
Rule text and note
The lead trial counsel, parties, and persons with full settlement authority shall personally attend the Mandatory Settlement Conference unless excused by the court for good cause. In the case of an insured principal, the authorized representative of the insured's insurance company must be present in lieu of the client, and must have full settlement authority. For purposes of these rules, "full settlement authority" means persons physically present in the courthouse who are empowered to make settlement decisions without telephone consultation with others. In no event will an independent adjuster satisfy the above requirement. In any professional negligence case in which the defendant retains the right to refuse settlement, participation of that defendant in the settlement conference is mandatory.
Page 4-15. Physically present in the courthouse is the operative test, which matters when a carrier wants to attend by phone. Rule 19.1(a) reinforces it: the ability to appear remotely at an MSC is addressed case by case by the assigned judicial officer at trial setting or in the Notice of Trial and Trial Management Orders. No local rule says when the MSC is set relative to trial.
10 days before the mandatory settlement conference No later than ten calendar days before the MSC, trial counsel and everyone with ultimate settlement authority must meet to discuss settlement, in person, or by telephone if all parties agree.
Rule text and note
No later than ten (10) calendar days before the date set for the mandatory settlement conference, trial counsel and all persons with ultimate authority to settle the case shall meet in person or, if all parties agree, by telephone to discuss settlement of the case.
Page 4-15. Ten CALENDAR days here, against ten COURT days for the Trial Conference Statement. The default is in person; telephone requires the agreement of all parties.
See the rule, keyed to the mandatory settlement conference The settlement conference statement filed under California Rules of Court rule 3.1380(c) must carry ten additional items in Solano, including pertinent medical reports, other expert reports, the pictorial and documentary evidence anticipated at trial, a high and low estimate of the verdict range, and the highest previous offer and lowest previous demand.
Rule text and note
All settlement conference statements filed and served per California Rules of Court, rule 3.1380, subdivision (c), shall contain the following additional information: (1) A statement of the factual and legal contentions in dispute; (2) A list of all special damages claimed;
Pages 4-15 and 4-16. Items (3) through (10) continue on page 4-16 and read: copies of pertinent medical reports; other reports by experts; pictorial or documentary evidence anticipated to be presented at trial; an estimate of the lowest and highest possible award by a trier of fact; the highest previous offer and the lowest previous demand; the date of the last face to face or telephonic settlement discussion between all parties; a statement as to any special problems relating to settlement such as lack of or disputed insurance coverage; and a statement regarding the party's position regarding settlement. The quoted text is truncated at the page break only. The local rule adds content but sets no local deadline. The filing date comes from California Rules of Court rule 3.1380(c), verified against the Judicial Council Title 3 PDF at p. 232, which requires submission and service no later than five court days before the INITIAL date set for the settlement conference. Item (5) means expert photographs and documentary exhibits go to the settlement judge, which in a defect case overlaps heavily with the Rule 4.10(b)(6) exhibit list.
At the mandatory settlement conference Failing to prepare for, appear at, or meaningfully participate in a settlement conference without good cause is treated as unlawful interference with the proceedings of the court. The court may impose monetary sanctions payable to the court or to other parties, including costs, actual expenses and counsel fees, and may change the calendar status of the case.
Rule text and note
Failure of any attorney, adjustor, and/or party to prepare for, appear at, or meaningfully participate in a settlement conference, unless good cause is shown for any such failure, is an unlawful interference with the proceedings of the court, and the court may impose sanctions, including but not limited to, any or all of the following: monetary sanctions to be paid to the court; monetary sanctions to be paid to other parties which may include, among other things, costs, actual expenses, and counsel fees; and the court may order an appropriate change in the calendar status of the action.
Page 4-16. Reaches the adjuster by name, not just counsel and the party.
Trial binder
10 court days before the trial readiness conference There is no required binder. The court asks that the Trial Conference Statement package be tabbed, with dividers or tabs between each of the fifteen items. The court publishes an optional cover sheet that may be used in front of the exhibits and the motions in limine. Use of that form is not mandatory.
Rule text and note
The form designated by the court may be used as a cover sheet for all exhibits and motions in limine, but use of the court form is not mandatory. Each counsel shall complete, file and serve on all parties a completed Trial Conference Statement at least ten (10) court days before the date set for the Trial Conference. Use of dividers and/or tabs between each item is requested.
Page 4-17. Closest thing in the Solano rules to a trial binder requirement for a general civil case. Tabs are requested, not ordered. No number of copies, no index, no page limit and no delivery location is specified. The referenced court form does not appear in the July 2026 alphabetical index of local forms, which was checked and carries no civil trial conference, settlement conference or exhibit form.
Set by the court Bench or chambers copies of specific documents are not required as a matter of course. The assigned judicial officer may require a party to deposit an additional copy directly with the assigned department.
Rule text and note
At the discretion of the judicial officer assigned to the case, parties may be required to deposit an additional copy of specific documents directly with the assigned judicial department.
Page 4-21. Subdivision heading is BENCH COPIES OR CHAMBERS COPIES. This is one of two delegation hooks a judge would use to require a paper trial binder; the other is Rule 20.2(g). Both are permissive. The Civil Court division page states separately that no courtesy copies are required for motion papers.
Set by the court Paper courtesy copies of electronically filed documents are not required as a matter of course. The court may order them.
Rule text and note
The court may order the delivery of paper courtesy copies of electronically filed documents.
Page 20-2. Subdivision heading is COURTESY COPIES. Added on review because the draft's bench copies analysis rested on Rule 4.12(i) alone. In an e-filing court this is the more direct provision, and it is the likelier route to a demand for a paper Trial Conference Statement package. Separately, the Civil Court division FAQ tells filers to provide an original and two copies when filing a document, and answers No courtesy copies required for motion papers.
14 days before trial In a CEQA mandate action only, petitioner must prepare a trial notebook and file it with the designated CEQA department fourteen days before the hearing. The notebook holds the petition, the answers, the briefs, any motions set for hearing at trial, the statement of issues, and anything else the parties agree on or the court orders.
Rule text and note
Petitioner shall prepare a trial notebook which shall be filed with the designated CEQA Department fourteen (14) days before the date of the hearing. The trial notebook shall consist of the petition, the answer(s), the briefs, any motions set to be heard at trial, the statement of issues, and any other document(s) agreed upon by the parties or ordered by the court.
Pages 3-12 and 3-13. The only trial notebook or binder rule anywhere in the Solano local rules, and it is confined to CEQA writ proceedings. It does not reach an ordinary civil jury trial. The burden falls on petitioner alone, so it is a single notebook rather than one per party. The rule's own anchor is the date of the hearing, which in a CEQA writ proceeding is the merits hearing. Calendar days, not court days.
Trial documents
10 court days before the trial readiness conference Each counsel must complete, file and serve a Trial Conference Statement at least ten court days before the Trial Conference. This is the single filing that carries every trial document the court requires. Fifteen contents are mandatory, listed in the rows below.
Rule text and note
Each counsel shall complete, file and serve on all parties a completed Trial Conference Statement at least ten (10) court days before the date set for the Trial Conference.
Page 4-17. Each counsel files separately. Nothing in the rule is joint. The deadline runs backward from the CONFERENCE, not from trial, and no local rule states how far before trial the conference is set. Ten court days, so count under Code of Civil Procedure section 12c and take court holidays off the Judicial Council calendar. The rule closes with 'At a minimum, the report shall include the following:' before the fifteen items.
Witness lists
10 court days before the trial readiness conference The Trial Conference Statement must name every non-expert witness who may be called at trial, other than impeachment and rebuttal witnesses, and for each one give a concise statement of the anticipated testimony and a time estimate covering direct and cross.
Rule text and note
The names of any non-expert witnesses who may be called at trial, except for impeachment or rebuttal. State concisely the anticipated testimony of each non-expert witness and the time estimate for testimony, including direct and cross-examination;
Page 4-18. Omission is preclusive under Rule 4.10(c) absent a good cause showing to the trial judge.
10 court days before the trial readiness conference The Trial Conference Statement must name every expert witness who may be called and state the expertise, the anticipated testimony, and a time estimate covering direct and cross. Any narrative report the expert provided has to be attached to the statement.
Rule text and note
The names and expertise of any expert witnesses who may be called at trial, except for impeachment or rebuttal. State concisely the anticipated testimony of each expert witness and the time estimate for testimony, including direct and cross-examination. In addition, attach any narrative reports provided by the expert witness;
Page 4-18. The attachment obligation carries real weight in a construction defect or other expert heavy case. Narrative expert reports go into the package, which is what makes the filing bulky enough to need the requested tabs.
Exhibit lists
10 court days before the trial readiness conference The Trial Conference Statement must list every document, exhibit, blowup and photograph the party expects to offer at trial, other than impeachment and rebuttal. Documents are identified by page number or Bates number. Photographs are identified separately.
Rule text and note
A list of all documents, exhibits, blowups, and/or photographs that the party expects to offer at trial, except for impeachment or rebuttal. Documents shall be identified by page number or Bates-stamp number as applicable (e.g. "Jane Doe's Medical Records, pages 1 through 326"). Photos shall be separately identified;
Page 4-18. This is a list, not a lodging of the exhibits themselves. The rules are silent on when and where physical exhibits get delivered for an in person trial, and Rule 17.4 on lodging, storage and return of trial exhibits is expressly reserved.
See the rule, keyed to trial Trial exhibits are not e-filed. Exhibits to be lodged for hearings or trials are on the list of documents exempt from mandatory electronic filing, so they move on paper.
Rule text and note
Absent any statute or California Rule of Court to the contrary, the following documents are exempt from e-filing: ... Exhibits to be lodged for Hearings or Trials;
Page 20-3. Subdivision heading is DOCUMENTS EXEMPT FROM E-FILING. Electronic filing and service is mandatory for attorneys in civil, family and probate cases under Rule 20.2(a), adopted effective January 1, 2025, which makes this exemption the operative direction on exhibit delivery. The rule does not say when or where the exhibits are lodged. The ellipsis replaces the other twelve exempt document types on the same list; jury instructions are not among them.
10 days before trial For a remote evidentiary proceeding, documentary and physical evidence cannot be presented remotely. The exhibits must actually be received by the court and by every other party no less than ten calendar days before the hearing, unless the assigned judicial officer expressly orders otherwise. Exhibits must come in under a cover pleading carrying the caption, the case number, a title, and an itemized list of the attached exhibits. An appointment can be made with the clerk's office to submit them, and the drop box may not get them processed in time. Late exhibits may be excluded.
Rule text and note
Documentary or physical evidence may not be presented remotely. Should a party intend to present documentary or physical evidence, the party shall cause the exhibits to actually be received by the court and the opposing party or parties no less than 10 calendar days prior to the hearing unless otherwise expressly ordered by the assigned judicial officer. ... Exhibits may not be filed with the court without a cover pleading which includes a caption identifying the parties, the case number and a title of the pleading (i.e. Trial Management Packet, Declaration, List of Exhibits, etc.) and a list that itemizes the attached exhibits. It is the burden of the party presenting evidence at a remote hearing to ensure that the evidence is actually received by the court in a timely fashion prior to the hearing. The failure to timely submit documentary or physical exhibits for use during any evidentiary proceeding may result in the exclusion of that evidence.
Page 19-3. Subdivision heading is PRESENTATION OF EVIDENCE. The only Solano rule that puts a deadline on getting physical exhibits to the court, and it applies ONLY when the proceeding is remote. The rule's own anchor is the hearing, not the trial date, so it reaches any remote evidentiary proceeding; the trial_date anchor here is the trial use case, not the rule's full scope. Note also that Rule 19.1(a) does not authorize remote civil trials or trial management conferences by default: the assigned judicial officer addresses them at trial setting or in the Notice of Trial and Trial Management Orders. The rule's own example of a cover pleading title is Trial Management Packet, which is the court's working name for the Rule 4.10 package. The ellipsis skips a sentence about making an appointment with the clerk's office and the drop box caution, both stated in the requirement above. This is Rule 19.1, the civil subdivision; Rule 19.3 is the parallel family rule and does not apply.
Jury instructions
10 court days before the trial readiness conference All requested jury instructions go in with the Trial Conference Statement. Each instruction is typed in full, numbered consecutively, with every blank filled in and every CACI alternative chosen. Two copies go to the court: one with citations to authority and given, refused and withdrawn boxes, and one clean copy with neither.
Rule text and note
All requested jury instructions and verdict forms in compliance with the California Rules of Court. Each instruction shall be typed in full and numbered consecutively, with the submitting attorney having filled in all blanks and having made a decision as to all alternatives in the CACI instructions. Two copies of the requested jury instructions shall be submitted to the court. One copy shall have citations to authority and boxes for the court's use regarding whether the instruction is given, refused, or withdrawn, and one copy shall be presented without citations to authority and boxes regarding given, refused, or withdrawn;
Page 4-18. The two copy requirement is the only place in the Solano civil rules that specifies a number of paper copies of a trial document. The rule does not say whether the two copies are filed or hand delivered to the department, and Rule 20.2(j) does not list jury instructions among the documents exempt from mandatory e-filing.
10 court days before the trial readiness conference The Trial Conference Statement must include a list of all agreed jury instructions.
Rule text and note
A list of all agreed-upon jury instructions; and
Page 4-19. Agreement has to be reached before the ten court day deadline, and the rule sets no separate meet and confer date to get there.
10 court days before the trial readiness conference The Trial Conference Statement must include a list of the disputed jury instructions.
Rule text and note
A list of disputed jury instructions.
Page 4-19.
Verdict forms
10 court days before the trial readiness conference Requested verdict forms are submitted with the Trial Conference Statement, in compliance with the California Rules of Court, on the same ten court day schedule as the jury instructions.
Rule text and note
All requested jury instructions and verdict forms in compliance with the California Rules of Court.
Page 4-18. Verdict forms appear only in the first sentence of subdivision (b)(10). The formatting and two copy directions that follow are written for instructions, not verdict forms, and the rule says nothing about whether verdict forms must be joint or proposed separately.
Statement of the case
10 court days before the trial readiness conference The Trial Conference Statement must describe the nature of the case and summarize each party's allegations and supporting facts. If any party has requested a jury, it must also include an agreed statement of the case to be read to the jury panel.
Rule text and note
A statement of the nature of the case, with a summary of each party's allegations and supporting facts. Include an agreed-upon statement of the case to be read to the jury panel, if a jury has been requested by any party;
Page 4-17. The jury panel statement has to be agreed, so counsel have to confer on it before the ten court day deadline even though the rule sets no separate meet and confer date.
Deposition designations
10 court days before the trial readiness conference The Trial Conference Statement must list every witness who is unavailable and whose testimony will come in by deposition, along with the facts supporting unavailability.
Rule text and note
A list of all witnesses who are unavailable and whose testimony will be presented by deposition, along with the facts supporting that unavailability;
Page 4-18. Separate from subdivision (b)(7), which governs the page and line designations themselves.
10 court days before the trial readiness conference The Trial Conference Statement must carry a column format list of every portion of a deposition, interrogatory answer and request for admission response the party expects to offer, other than impeachment and rebuttal. Deposition excerpts are identified by page and line. Written discovery is identified by the type of request and the response number.
Rule text and note
A specific list in column form of all portions of depositions, answers to interrogatories and responses to request for admissions that the party expects to offer at trial, except for impeachment or rebuttal. All portions of depositions shall be identified by page and line number(s), while responses to written discovery must be identified by the manner of discovery request and the response number (e.g. "Response to Plaintiff's Special Interrogatories, Set One, Interrogatory Number 4"; "Amended Response to Defendant's Request for Admissions, Set Three, Request Number 7");
Page 4-18. Column form is specified. Rule 4.10 contains no counter designation procedure and no separate deadline for the other side to respond to designations.
Motions in limine
10 court days before the trial readiness conference Copies of every motion in limine the party expects to bring go in with the Trial Conference Statement, numbered consecutively by that party. A motion in limine left out of the statement will not be considered at trial unless good cause is shown to the trial court.
Rule text and note
Copies of all in limine motions that the party expects to submit at trial. Each in limine motion provided shall be numbered consecutively by the party. (Note that any in limine motions not included will not be considered by the court, unless good cause is presented to the trial court);
Page 4-19. A hard deadline for motions in limine, ten court days before the Trial Conference, which is earlier than most California courts. The preclusion language sits in the subdivision itself, not only in Rule 4.10(c). Rule 4.10(b) is the only place in the twenty rules that mentions motions in limine.
Other
10 court days before the trial readiness conference If anything since the trial setting has changed the estimated length of trial, the Trial Conference Statement must explain what changed and how the estimate should move.
Rule text and note
If there have been developments since the trial setting affecting the estimated length of trial, an explanation as to what those developments are and how the estimated length of trial should be changed as a result;
Page 4-18.
10 court days before the trial readiness conference The Trial Conference Statement must include a specific list of every anticipated evidentiary dispute with citation to authority.
Rule text and note
A specific list of all anticipated evidentiary disputes with citation to authority;
Page 4-18. Subdivisions (b)(8) and (b)(9) are the closest Solano comes to a trial brief. Neither uses the phrase and neither calls for argument, only a list with citations. The phrase trial brief appears nowhere in the twenty rules.
10 court days before the trial readiness conference The Trial Conference Statement must include a specific list of every anticipated non-evidentiary dispute with citation to authority.
Rule text and note
A specific list of all anticipated non-evidentiary disputes with citation to authority;
Page 4-18.
10 court days before the trial readiness conference The Trial Conference Statement must include all stipulations requested or proposed at trial.
Rule text and note
All stipulations requested or proposed at trial;
Page 4-19.
10 court days before the trial readiness conference The Trial Conference Statement must state whether any witness needs an interpreter, and name the interpreter and the language. Arranging the interpreter is the obligation of the party calling the witness.
Rule text and note
A statement as to whether there are any witnesses that need an interpreter. State the name of the interpreter and the language that must be interpreted (If an interpreter is needed, it is the obligation of the party calling the witness to make arrangements for an interpreter);
Page 4-19.
At the trial readiness conference Anything left out of the Trial Conference Statement is excluded at trial. Witness testimony, documents, other exhibits, deposition excerpts, interrogatory answers and admission responses not listed in the statement are inadmissible, subject only to the trial judge's discretion on a showing of good cause.
Rule text and note
The testimony of witnesses who are not listed in the Trial Conference Statement, or documents, or other exhibits, portions of depositions, answers to interrogatories or responses to requests for admissions, which are not listed in the Trial Conference Statement, shall not be admitted at the trial. However, the trial judge, in his or her sole discretion and upon a showing of good cause, may permit the testimony of witnesses who are not listed in the Trial Conference Statement and may allow the admission of exhibits or portions of discovery which are not listed in the Trial Conference Statement.
Page 4-19. Subdivision heading is EXCLUSION OF EVIDENCE AND TESTIMONY AT TRIAL. This is the enforcement teeth on the whole Rule 4.10 package and by its terms it is automatic exclusion, not a discretionary sanction. The good cause escape is committed to the trial judge's sole discretion.
Varies, keyed to the court's order For non-compliance with any of these local rules, on motion or on the court's own motion, the court may impose monetary sanctions, evidentiary sanctions barring designated matters from evidence, striking of pleadings, dismissal, default judgment, or contempt. Notice and an opportunity to be heard come first. The court may also order the non-complying party or counsel to pay the moving party's reasonable expenses and attorney fees, and where the failure is counsel's fault the penalty falls on counsel personally.
Rule text and note
Upon the motion of a party or on the court's own motion, the court may impose sanctions for non-compliance with these rules. Sanctions will not be imposed without prior notice to, and an opportunity to be heard by, the party or attorney against whom the sanction or penalty is sought to be imposed. Available sanctions include, but are not limited to: (1) Monetary sanctions; (2) Evidentiary sanctions prohibiting the introduction of designated matters into evidence; (3) Striking out all or any part of any pleading; (4) Dismissal of an action, proceeding, or any part thereof; (5) Entering judgment by default against a party; and, (6) Contempt sanctions.
Pages 4-22 and 4-23. The general sanctions rule covering a late or incomplete Trial Conference Statement. It sits alongside the automatic exclusion in Rule 4.10(c). Rule 4.13(b) adds the moving party's reasonable expenses including attorney fees; Rule 4.13(d) puts the penalty on counsel personally where the failure is counsel's responsibility and bars it from adversely affecting the party's cause of action or defense.
Varies, keyed to the court's order Any requirement of the Rule 4 civil administration rules, the Trial Conference Statement deadline and contents included, may be excused by the court on a showing of good cause.
Rule text and note
Any requirement of these rules may be excused by the court upon a showing of good cause.
Page 4-21. Also relevant: Rule 4.12(a) requires any request for an extension of time under these rules to be filed with due diligence and made on the form provided by the court, and Rule 4.13(c) imposes monetary sanctions, and in the court's discretion more severe sanctions, on a bad faith or unjustified extension request.
What happens if you miss it
Three layers, and the first is the sharp one. Automatic preclusion under Local Rule 4.10(c): witness testimony, documents, other exhibits, deposition excerpts, interrogatory answers and admission responses not listed in the Trial Conference Statement "shall not be admitted at the trial," subject only to the trial judge's sole discretion on a showing of good cause. That is stated as an exclusion rule, not as a sanction the court may elect. Rule 4.10(b)(11) repeats the point for motions in limine: an in limine motion not included with the statement "will not be considered by the court, unless good cause is presented to the trial court." Second, the general sanctions rule, Local Rule 4.13(a), which covers a late or incomplete statement and reaches monetary sanctions, evidentiary sanctions prohibiting designated matters from evidence, striking all or part of a pleading, dismissal, default judgment and contempt, always after notice and an opportunity to be heard. Rule 4.13(b) adds the moving party's reasonable expenses and attorney fees, and Rule 4.13(d) puts the penalty on counsel personally where the failure is counsel's responsibility rather than the client's. Third, settlement conference specific: Local Rule 4.9(d) treats a failure to prepare for, appear at, or meaningfully participate in a settlement conference as unlawful interference with the proceedings of the court, with monetary sanctions payable to the court or to other parties, costs, actual expenses, counsel fees, and a change in the calendar status of the action. It names the adjuster alongside counsel and the party. On the remote side, Local Rule 19.1(e) says failure to timely submit documentary or physical exhibits for a remote evidentiary proceeding "may result in the exclusion of that evidence." Rule 4.12(e) is the safety valve: any Rule 4 requirement may be excused on a showing of good cause.
Is a trial binder required at all?
No trial binder or trial notebook is required in an ordinary Solano civil case. What the court requires instead is a single tabbed filing, the Trial Conference Statement under Local Rule 4.10(b), due at least ten court days before the Trial Conference. Each counsel files and serves their own; nothing is joint. The court asks for dividers or tabs between each of the fifteen required items ("Use of dividers and/or tabs between each item is requested"), and it publishes an optional cover sheet that may go in front of the exhibits and the motions in limine, though use of that form is not mandatory. The rule sets no index requirement, no number of copies, no page limit, no paper or electronic direction, and no delivery location. The one copy count anywhere in the package is in subdivision (b)(10): two copies of the requested jury instructions, one with citations and given, refused and withdrawn boxes, one clean. The statement is bulky in practice because subdivision (b)(4) makes counsel attach every narrative expert report and subdivision (b)(11) makes counsel attach copies of every motion in limine. The only true trial notebook in the Solano rules is Local Rule 3.18(h), which is confined to CEQA mandate actions: petitioner alone prepares it and files it with the designated CEQA department fourteen days before the hearing, and it holds the petition, answers, briefs, motions set for trial and the statement of issues. On physical exhibits, the rules are close to silent. Rule 20.2(j) exempts "Exhibits to be lodged for Hearings or Trials" from mandatory e-filing, so they move on paper, but Rule 17.4, "Lodging, Storage, and Return of Trial Exhibits," is expressly reserved and says nothing. The only exhibit delivery deadline in the set is Rule 19.1(e), and it applies only to a remote evidentiary proceeding: exhibits actually received by the court and every other party no less than ten calendar days before the hearing, under a cover pleading with a caption and an itemized list.
What this page does not tell you
Not published by this court
Finding
- No trial brief is required. Local Rule 4.10(b) enumerates fifteen mandatory contents of the Trial Conference Statement and no item is a trial brief, a memorandum of contentions of fact and law, or a points and authorities. A full-text search of the complete July 2026 rule set returns zero occurrences of the phrase trial brief anywhere in the twenty rules. The closest the court comes are Rule 4.10(b)(8) and (b)(9), which require specific lists of anticipated evidentiary and non-evidentiary disputes with citation to authority, but neither calls for argument.
- No trial binder or trial notebook is required in an ordinary civil case. The only trial notebook rule in the entire Solano local rule set is Rule 3.18(h), which by its heading and placement applies to mandate actions arising under the California Environmental Quality Act. Rule 4.10, the rule governing trial conferences in general civil actions, requests dividers and tabs and offers an optional cover sheet but requires no binder, no index, and no set number of copies except the two copies of jury instructions under Rule 4.10(b)(10).
- The court publishes no rule on lodging, storing or returning trial exhibits. Local Rule 17.4 exists and is expressly empty: the heading reads 17.4 LODGING, STORAGE, AND RETURN OF TRIAL EXHIBITS [RESERVED], with no text under it. The subject matter index lists the same reserved entry. So there is no published direction on when or where physical trial exhibits are delivered for an in person civil trial, and none on their return.
- The court has no separate final status conference, trial readiness conference or issue conference. Rule 4 provides one pretrial conference for a general civil action, the Trial Conference under Rule 4.10, which the civil setting guide and Rules 4.2(a) and 4.8(c) call a Trial Management Conference. Rule 4.9 provides the Mandatory Settlement Conference. No other pretrial conference appears anywhere in Rules 3 or 4.
- No local rule fixes when the Trial Conference or the Mandatory Settlement Conference is set relative to the trial date. Rule 4.6 schedules case management conferences by reference to the filing of the complaint (approximately 120 days) and says nothing about trial conferences. Rules 4.9 and 4.10 both run their deadlines backward from the conference date itself, never from trial. A full-text search of the rule set for before trial, prior to trial, set for trial and trial setting returns no provision establishing an interval; the only prior to trial reference in Rule 4 is the ninety day cutoff in Rule 4.8(b)(3) for stipulating into the mediation program.
- The rules require no exchange, meet and confer or joint submission on exhibits, witness lists, deposition designations or jury instructions before the Trial Conference Statement is due. Rule 4.10(b) requires each counsel to file and serve their own statement, and its only two agreement items, the agreed jury panel statement of the case in (b)(1) and the list of agreed jury instructions in (b)(14), carry no separate deadline or conferral procedure. There is no counter designation deadline for deposition excerpts anywhere in Rule 4.10.
- No standing requirement of bench or chambers copies. Local Rule 4.12(i) makes an additional copy deposited with the assigned department a matter of the individual judicial officer's discretion, and the court's Civil Court division page states that no courtesy copies are required for motion papers.
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Gap
- The court form referenced in Local Rule 4.10(b) as a cover sheet for exhibits and motions in limine was not located. The July 2026 alphabetical index of local forms carries no civil trial conference, settlement conference or exhibit form, and the civil forms page lists no such form. Use of it is not mandatory in any event, so this affects convenience rather than compliance, but its content might reveal the court's expected package structure.
- How far in advance of trial each civil department calendars the Trial Conference. The published setting guide gives the weekly slot for each department but no interval, and no minute order or department order stating one was found on the open web.
- Whether any of the four civil departments (3, 7, 8, 22) issues a trial preparation or trial binder standing order that is not posted. The court's local rules page has a Standing Orders accordion with a Civil Orders heading, and that heading is currently empty. The only department standing order reachable on the civil side of the site is a Department 8 order on electronic recording in civil harassment and related matters, linked from the setting guide, which does not touch trial preparation.
- Where and when physical trial exhibits are delivered for an in person civil trial. Rule 20.2(j) exempts them from e-filing and Rule 17.4 on lodging, storage and return is reserved, so the practice is presumably departmental but is not published.
- Whether the two copies of jury instructions required by Rule 4.10(b)(10) are filed with the clerk or hand delivered to the department, and how that squares with mandatory e-filing under Rule 20.2(a). The rule says only that they shall be submitted to the court.
- Whether the Rule 4.10 Trial Conference Statement requirements attach to a discretionary unlawful detainer trial management conference ordered under Rule 14.2. Rule 4.1(a) applies Rule 4 to all general civil actions without expressly excluding unlawful detainer, and Rule 14.2 says nothing about a statement.
- Whether cases designated TRACK C complex under Rule 4.2 carry any different trial preparation schedule. Rule 4.15 addresses only electronic service in complex litigation, and no complex-specific trial conference provision was found.
Sources
Superior Court of California, County of Solano. Effective July 1, 2026.
Every document read for this county, 8 items
Effective July 1, 2026. Cover page reads "Local Rules of Court Adopted July 1, 1988" with the last revision line "Revised July 1, 2026"; every page footer reads "July 2026".
- Official Solano Superior Court local rules index. Lists the complete July 1, 2026 rule set, per-rule PDFs, the forms and subject matter indexes, and a Standing Orders accordion broken into Administrative Orders, Civil Orders, Criminal Orders and Family Orders. The Civil Orders heading is present with no entries under it.
- Complete Solano County local rules, effective July 1, 2026, 20 rules. Read in full for Rule 3 (Civil Cases), Rule 4 (Administration of Civil Litigation), Rule 14 (Unlawful Detainer), Rule 17 (Miscellaneous), Rule 19 (Remote Appearances) and Rule 20 (Electronic Filing, Service, and Evidence). Every quotation in the rows below was copied from this document.
- Standalone Rule 4 PDF, July 2026. Pulled separately to confirm the Rule 4.10 text extracted from the complete set, including the ten court day deadline and the exclusion of evidence provision.
- Detailed table of contents, July 2026. Confirms Rule 3 is Civil Cases and Rule 4 is Administration of Civil Litigation, and that Rule 4.10 (Trial Conferences) sits at page 4-17.
- Alphabetical index of local forms, July 2026. Searched for a Trial Conference Statement form. No civil trial conference, settlement conference or exhibit form is listed.
- Civil setting guide. Names the four civil departments and judges (Dept 3 Gizzi, Dept 7 Kam, Dept 8 Getty, Dept 22 Jones), gives each department's weekly calendar including Trial Management Conference days, and links one department standing order (Dept 8, electronic recording in CU and CH matters).
- Civil forms, fees and filing instructions. Local civil form list checked for a trial conference statement form. Confirms mandatory e-filing for attorneys as of January 2, 2025 under Local Rule 20.
- Civil Court division page. Court states no courtesy copies are required for motion papers, and describes assignment of one judge for all purposes.
Court rules change and department assignments change every January. Check the court’s own page and your department’s order before relying on this.
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