10th Judicial Circuit Court, Jefferson County, Alabama Pre-Motion Conference Requirements

When a scheduling conflict cannot be resolved by arranging substitute counsel or consulting adverse counsel, the attorney must promptly file an appropriate motion.

When an attorney is scheduled to appear in more than one court at the same time, or within such a short period that the attorney cannot reasonably be expected to appear in both courts, he or she shall, upon receipt of the notice producing the conflict, immediately attempt to make adequate arrangements for representation of each client's interest by substitution of counsel or shall otherwise attempt to resolve the conflict by consulting with counsel representing the adverse parties in the conflicting cases. If the attorney is unable to resolve the conflict by the means suggested in the last paragraph, he or she shall promptly attempt to resolve the conflict by filing an appropriate motion with one or more of the courts involved.