Los Angeles Superior Court Chambers Communication Rules

WARNING

Prior to these time periods, please refrain from contacting the department to inquire on the status of your documents.

Prior to these time periods, please refrain from contacting the department to inquire on the status of your documents.

WARNING

Contact

Email

To submit on a tentative ruling, parties must email the courtroom (with notice to opposing counsel or self-represented party) before 8:30 am on the hearing day.

Tentative rulings may be posted online in the afternoon before the hearing and are available in the courtroom on the day of the hearing. If the parties wish to submit on the tentative, please email the courtroom with notice to opposing counsel (or self-represented party) before 8:30 am on the day of the hearing.

WARNING

The court requests that, after the parties’ counsel or any self-represented parties electronically lodge a document which requires action by the court (e.g., stipulation and proposed order, and proposed judgment), they refrain from calling the court’s staff to ask about the status of the document, and that they instead follow the document’s progress on the court’s Website (which the court updates as soon and as often as possible).

The court requests that, after the parties’ counsel or any self-represented parties electronically lodge a document which requires action by the court (e.g., stipulation and proposed order, and proposed judgment), they refrain from calling the court’s staff to ask about the status of the document, and that they instead follow the document’s progress on the court’s Website (which the court updates as soon and as often as possible).

WARNING

The court requests that, after the parties' counsel or any self-represented parties electronically lodge a document which requires action by the court (e.g., stipulation and proposed order, and proposed judgment), they please refrain from calling the court's staff to ask about the status of the document, and that they instead follow the document's progress on the court's Website (which the court updates as soon and as often as possible).

The court requests that, after the parties' counsel or any self-represented parties electronically lodge a document which requires action by the court (e.g., stipulation and proposed order, and proposed judgment), they please refrain from calling the court's staff to ask about the status of the document, and that they instead follow the document's progress on the court's Website (which the court updates as soon and as often as possible).

WARNING

Contact

Phone

After electronically lodging a document requiring court action (e.g., stipulation and proposed order, proposed judgment), parties should refrain from calling court staff to ask about it (sentence continues beyond this excerpt).

The court requests that, after the parties' counsel or any self-represented parties electronically lodge a document which requires action by the court (e.g., stipulation and proposed order, and proposed judgment), they please refrain from calling the court's staff to ask

WARNINGCivil cases

Do not call the courtroom to reserve motion dates; use online CRS instead.

Please do not call the courtroom to reserve a motion date.

WARNINGCivil cases

Parties may not call the courtroom to reserve a motion date; reservations must be made online via CRS.

Please do not call the courtroom to reserve a motion date.

WARNING

If parties/counsel are going to be late for a hearing, please contact the court staff prior to the hearing.

If parties/counsel are going to be late for a hearing, please contact the court staff prior to the hearing.

WARNING

If you require the services of an interpreter for your hearing, please advise court staff no later than when you check in. Courtroom interpreters are not always available on the same day as requested. If you contact court staff at least 2 days prior to your hearing with your request for an interpreter, there is a higher chance one will be available at the time of your hearing.

If you require the services of an interpreter for your hearing, please advise court staff no later than when you check in. Courtroom interpreters are not always available on the same day as requested. If you contact court staff at least 2 days prior to your hearing with your request for an interpreter, there is a higher chance one will be available at the time of your hearing.

WARNINGCivil cases

If parties/counsel are going to be late for a hearing, please contact the court staff.

If parties/counsel are going to be late for a hearing, please contact the court staff.

WARNINGCivil cases

Contact

Phone

In lieu of a personal appearance, counsel may appear via LACourtConnect. (See CCP § 367.75; CRC, rule 3.670.) Parties shall arrange telephonic or video appearances through LACourtConnect. (See https://my.lacourt.org/laccwelcome.)

In lieu of a personal appearance, counsel may appear via LACourtConnect. (See CCP § 367.75; CRC, rule 3.670.) Parties shall arrange telephonic or video appearances through LACourtConnect. (See https://my.lacourt.org/laccwelcome.)

WARNINGCivil cases

Contact

Phone to chambers

Mandatory settlement conferences must be scheduled by calling the department's judicial assistant.

MSCs must be scheduled by calling this department's judicial assistant.

WARNING

The court requests that, after the parties' counsel or any self-represented parties electronically lodge a document that requires action by the court (e.g., stipulation and proposed order, and proposed judgment), they please refrain from calling the court's staff to ask about the status of the document, and that they instead follow the document's progress on the court's Website (which the court updates as often as possible).

The court requests that, after the parties' counsel or any self-represented parties electronically lodge a document that requires action by the court (e.g., stipulation and proposed order, and proposed judgment), they please refrain from calling the court's staff to ask about the status of the document, and that they instead follow the document's progress on the court's Website (which the court updates as often as possible).

WARNINGCivil cases

Phone

(626) 396-3117

Parties must check in with the Judicial Assistant before any hearing — remotely, 10 minutes prior to the hearing time, or in person with a business card listing the calendar number, party represented, bar number, and interpreter needs.

Please check in with the Judicial Assistant before any hearing. If appearing remotely, please be prepared to check in 10 minutes prior to the hearing time. If in person, please provide a business card to the Judicial Assistant that also states: (1) the calendar number of the matter; (2) the party you represent; (3) your bar number; and (4) whether interpreter services will be needed and in which language.

WARNING

Contact

Email to chambers

To submit a motion on the tentative ruling, a party must email the courtroom with notice to opposing counsel (or self-represented party) before 8:30 a.m. on the morning of the hearing.

If parties wish to submit on the tentative, please email the courtroom (smcdept309@lacourt.ca.gov) with notice to opposing counsel (or self-represented party) before 8:30 a.m. on the morning of the hearing.

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Contact

Phone

Hearing dates must be reserved by calling the courtroom (the CRS Online system is not used), and parties must not call the courtroom on Wednesdays and Fridays before 1:30 p.m.

This department DOES NOT use the CRS Online reservation system. Please call the courtroom to reserve your hearing date. Please do not call the courtroom on Wednesdays and Fridays before 1:30 p.m., as court will be in session during those mornings.

WARNING

Contact

Email to chambers

When continuing or withdrawing a motion via CRS, parties must also email the courtroom so it is aware of the change.

Parties must use CRS to continue or withdraw motions; please also email the courtroom so we are aware of the change.

WARNINGCivil cases

The plaintiff or cross-complainant must immediately notify the Court if they will file an amended complaint/cross-complaint instead of opposing a demurrer.

The plaintiff or cross-complainant must notify the Court immediately if they will be filing an amended complaint/cross-compliant in lieu of an opposition to a demurrer.

WARNINGCivil cases

Contact

Phone

Parties must not call the court to verify whether an appearance is required on a non-appearance date.

Please DO NOT CALL the court to verify if an appearance is required on a "non-appearance" date.

WARNINGCivil cases

Contact

Email to clerk

Parties must complete the MSC intake form and email it to sscmsc@lacourt.ca.gov.

The parties must complete the intake form and email the completed form to sscmsc@lacourt.ca.gov.

WARNINGCivil cases

Prior to these time periods, please refrain from contacting the Department to inquire on the status of your documents.

Prior to these time periods, please refrain from contacting the Department to inquire on the status of your documents.

WARNINGCivil cases

Prior to contacting the courtroom staff, confer with all involved parties and then provide the courtroom Judicial Assistant with four (4) possible dates that are agreeable to all involved parties.

Prior to contacting the courtroom staff, confer with all involved parties and then provide the courtroom Judicial Assistant with four (4) possible dates that are agreeable to all involved parties.

WARNINGCivil cases

Counsel must not call the department to inquire about tentative ruling postings.

Do not call the department to inquire about the posting of the tentative.

WARNING

Contact

Phone

please also call the courtroom so we are aware of the change.

please also call the courtroom so we are aware of the change.

WARNING

Parties may not call the courtroom to reserve motion dates; reservations must be made online via CRS.

Please do not call the courtroom to reserve a motion date.

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Contact

Phone to chambers

Motions in cases assigned to Judge Riff for all purposes may not be scheduled through the Court Reservation System (CRS); parties must instead schedule by calling the courtroom.

Department 534 does not use the Court Reservation System (CRS) to schedule motions in cases assigned to Judge Riff for all purposes.

WARNING

Contact

Phone to clerk

During jury deliberations, parties and counsel must stay within fifteen minutes of the courthouse and provide the Court clerk a telephone number for immediate contact.

During jury deliberations, the parties and counsel must stay within fifteen minutes from the courthouse, unless granted leave to do otherwise, and must provide the Court clerk with a telephone number that allows for immediate contact.

WARNING

Contact

Email to clerk

All counsel and self-represented parties that intend to submit on the tentative ruling and do not wish oral argument, should advise the Court's clerk.

All counsel and self-represented parties that intend to submit on the tentative ruling and do not wish oral argument, should advise the Court's clerk.

WARNING

Contact

Phone

Participants using LACourtConnect for telephonic appearances must check in by 8:15 a.m. to be connected for all 8:30 a.m. appearances.

LACourtConnect is available for telephonic appearances as permitted by CRC 3.670. You must check in with LACourtConnect by 8:15 a.m. so that you can be connected to the court for all 8:30 a.m. appearances.

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Contact

Phone to chambers

If opposing counsel declines to stipulate to extend the deadline to file a discovery motion and the deadline is forthcoming, counsel should call the courtroom to reserve a hearing date and allow for the filing of the discovery motion.

If opposing counsel declines to stipulate to extend the deadline to file a discovery motion and the deadline is forthcoming, counsel should call the courtroom to reserve a hearing date and allow for the filing of the discovery motion.

WARNING

Contact

Phone to chambers

Please do not contact the courtroom staff to ask if a tentative ruling will be issued. Tentatives normally are posted by the afternoon before the hearing but may be posted on the morning of the hearing or not at all.

Please do not contact the courtroom staff to ask if a tentative ruling will be issued. Tentatives normally are posted by the afternoon before the hearing but may be posted on the morning of the hearing or not at all.

WARNING

Contact

Phone to clerk

Phone

(213) 633-0647

If all counsel and self-represented parties intend to submit on the tentative ruling and do not wish oral argument, please advise the Court's clerk by calling (213) 633-0647 before the scheduled time for the hearing.

If all counsel and self-represented parties intend to submit on the tentative ruling and do not wish oral argument, please advise the Court's clerk by calling (213) 633-0647 before the scheduled time for the hearing.

WARNING

Contact

Email to chambers

Parties may submit on the tentative ruling by emailing SMCDept507@lacourt.org no later than 8:30 a.m. on the day of the hearing.

The parties may also submit on the tentative ruling via email to SMCDept507@lacourt.org no later than 8:30 a.m. on the day of the hearing.

WARNINGCivil cases

Contact

Phone to chambers

Phone

(213) 633-0158

Before booking an informal discovery conference, the requesting party must obtain three dates when all participants can attend in person and then call the Courtroom Assistant to book one.

Requesting party to first reach-out to all necessary participants and obtain three (3) dates when all can be physically present in Department 38 for the IDC. Requesting party to then contact the Courtroom Assistant (Nancy Del Real) to book one (1) of the three IDC dates at (213) 633-0158.

WARNINGCivil cases

A law-and-motion date reserved through CRS cannot be adjusted or changed by telephone.

Dates reserved on CRS cannot be adjusted or changed telephonically.

WARNINGCivil cases

Contact

Phone to clerk

Phone

(213) 633-0158

The requesting party must call the Courtroom Assistant to book one of the three IDC dates.

Requesting party to then contact the Courtroom Assistant (Nancy Del Real) to book One (1) of the three IDC dates at (213) 633-0158.

WARNINGCivil cases

Contact

Phone to chambers

Phone

(213) 633-0158

For qualifying continuance requests, contact Department 412 directly by telephone; acceptance is case-by-case.

Department 412 may accept telephonic continuances of non-trial related and non-law & motion matters on a case-by-case basis by contacting Department 412 directly at (213) 633-0158.

WARNING

Contact

Phone to clerk

Parties who cannot check in with the clerk by 8:45 a.m. must call the courtroom directly.

If you have not been able to check in with the clerk by 8:45 a.m., call the courtroom directly.

WARNING

Contact

Phone to clerk

Phone

(213) 830-0400

For technical issues with remote appearances, call the Service Desk at (213) 830-0400 immediately.

For any technical issues with remote appearances, call the Service Desk at (213) 830-0400 immediately.

WARNING

Contact

Phone

Litigants who have not checked in with the clerk by 8:45 a.m. must call the courtroom directly.

If you have not been able to check in with the clerk by 8:45 a.m., call the courtroom directly.

WARNING

Contact

Phone

Phone

(213) 830-0400

Technical issues with remote appearances must be reported immediately by calling the Service Desk at (213) 830-0400.

For any technical issues with remote appearances, call the Service Desk at (213) 830-0400 immediately.

WARNING

Following the lodgment or filing of any document which requires action by the Court (e.g., stipulation and proposed order, proposed order and/or proposed judgment), the Court requests that parties refrain from calling Department 207 to inquire about the status of the document. Instead, parties should first check on the status through the Case Access function on the Court's website -https://www.lacourt.org/casesummary/ui/index.aspx?casetype=civil

Following the lodgment or filing of any document which requires action by the Court (e.g., stipulation and proposed order, proposed order and/or proposed judgment), the Court requests that parties refrain from calling Department 207 to inquire about the status of the document. Instead, parties should first check on the status through the Case Access function on the Court's website -https://www.lacourt.org/casesummary/ui/index.aspx?casetype=civil

WARNING

Contact

Email to chambers

Counsel submitting on the tentative ruling must email chambers at cwarren1@lacourt.ca.gov by 8:00 a.m. the day of the hearing, including the case number, identifying the submitting party, and cc'ing opposing counsel.

Counsel who intends to submit on the tentative may send an email to the court at cwarren1@lacourt.ca.gov by 8:00 a.m. the day of the hearing. If counsel submits on the tentative, counsel's email must include the case number and identify the party submitting on the tentative with a copy (cc) to opposing counsel.

WARNING

Contact

Email to chambers

[Please provide a word document for the Court to.mark its rulings and send a copy to all counsel and the Court via the department's email address]

[Please provide a word document for the Court to.mark its rulings and send a copy to all counsel and the Court via the department's email address]

WARNING

Contact

Phone to clerk

Phone

562-256-2237

If a matter is to be taken off calendar, counsel should call the clerk at 562-256-2237 as soon as possible.

If a matter is to be is taken off calendar, counsel is urged to call the Clerk as soon as possible. Please call 562-256-2237.

WARNING

Contact

Email to chambers

The Court requests one electronic copy of the instructions to the Department's email box (LBCDeptS29@lacourt.org) for display to the jury

The Court requests one electronic copy of the instructions to the Department's email box (LBCDeptS29@lacourt.org) for display to the jury

WARNING

Contact

Phone to clerk

All counsel and self-represented parties that intend to submit on the tentative ruling and do not wish oral argument, should advise the Court's clerk.

All counsel and self-represented parties that intend to submit on the tentative ruling and do not wish oral argument, should advise the Court's clerk.

WARNING

Disability accommodation requests must be made to courtroom staff at least five days in advance and may be made by filing Judicial Council Form MC-410.

If you require an accommodation relating to a disability, please inform the courtroom staff at least five (5) days in advance so we can attempt to facilitate your request. Request can be made by filing Judicial Council Form MC-410.

WARNINGCivil cases

Contact

Phone to chambers

Phone

818-265-6413

Telephone calls to Department D (818-265-6413) are accepted 8:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. and 1:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m.; calls before 11:00 a.m. should be limited to calendared cases for that day.

Telephone Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. (Phone calls from 8:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. should be limited to matters pertaining to calendared cases for that day. The best time to reach Department D staff is between 11:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.)

WARNINGCivil cases

Contact

Phone to chambers

Phone

(818) 265-6414

Parties may call the Court at (818) 265-6414 to notify it when both sides agree to submit on the tentative ruling, but if only one party agrees, the Court may still hold the hearing without them and issue a ruling different from the tentative.

The Court usually posts tentative rulings on the court's website prior to the hearing. If both parties agree to submit on the tentative, you may let the Court know by calling the Court at (818) 265-6414. However, if you agree to submit, and the other party does not, the Court may proceed with the hearing even if you do not appear and may issue a ruling different from the tentative.