Los Angeles Superior Court Chambers Communication Rules

WARNING

Contact

Email to chambers

A party may submit on the tentative ruling by emailing chambers at smcdept509@lacourt.ca.gov no later than 8:30 a.m. on the day of the hearing, with the caveat that the court may still change its tentative ruling based on the oral argument of appearing parties.

You may submit upon the tentative by via email to smcdept509@lacourt.ca.gov by no later than 8:30 a.m. the day of the hearing. Please send all copy of said email to all counsel (via email, fax, etc.). However, if you submit on the tentative you should note that the court may actually change its tentative ruling (in whole or in part) based upon the oral argument of the parties who actually appear. This is only a "tentative" ruling.

WARNING

After electronically lodging a document requiring court action, parties should not call court staff for status updates and instead track the document's progress on the court's website.

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

Counsel must contact the courtroom within three days to confirm the Informal Discovery Conference is changed from reserved to scheduled.

Counsel are directed to contact the courtroom within three (3) days to ensure that the IDC is changed from reserved to scheduled.

WARNING

Contact

Email to chambers

Parties intending to submit on a tentative ruling should email comdeptp@lacourt.ca.gov, copying all other parties and self-represented litigants, as soon as possible before the hearing.

Parties that intend to submit on this tentative ruling are requested to send an email to the Court, copying counsel for all other parties and all self-represented litigants, at comdeptp@lacourt.ca.gov indicating their intention to submit on the tentative ruling as soon as possible prior to the hearing.

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Phone

Telephonic and video appearances are permitted through LA CourtConnect, except for Final Status Conferences and trials.

Parties may make telephonic and video appearances through LA CourtConnect (please visit www.lacourt.ca.gov/lacc for details) **EXCLUDING FSC AND TRIALS**

WARNINGCivil cases

Contact

Phone

Please also post the announcement on the e-service bulletin board and telephone the courtroom.

Please also post the announcement on the e-service bulletin board and telephone the courtroom.

WARNING

Parties are prohibited from calling the courtroom to reserve a motion date.

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

WARNING

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

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

WARNING

Contact

Email to chambers

Counsel may submit on the tentative by calling the courtroom or emailing the Judicial Assistant by 8:00 a.m. on the hearing day (email must include the case number, identify the submitting party, and cc opposing counsel); if all counsel submit the Court adopts the tentative, and if no notice is received and no one appears the motion may be placed off calendar.

Counsel who intend to submit on the tentative may call the courtroom or send an email to the Judicial Assistant by 8:00 a.m. the day of the hearing. The email must include the case number and identify the party submitting on the tentative with a copy (cc) to opposing counsel. IF ALL counsel submit, the Court will adopt the tentative as the final order. Otherwise, the court will call the matter, and since the ruling is only a Tentative Ruling, the court is free to change the ruling. If the Court does not receive a call/ email indicating all parties are submitting on the tentative and there are no appearances at the hearing, the motion may be placed off calendar.

WARNINGCivil cases

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Phone

Phone

(818) 901-4612

If a party is not admitted to the remote call within 10 minutes, they must call the department at (818) 901-4612.

COURTCONNECT: If you are not admitted to the call within 10 minutes, please call the department at (818) 901-4612.

WARNINGCivil cases

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Email to chambers

However, you may not email the department without prior court approval. The courtroom email is not regularly monitored.

However, you may not email the department without prior court approval. The courtroom email is not regularly monitored.

WARNINGCivil cases

Contact

Phone

Phone

(818) 901-4612

If on hold for more than 10 minutes without audio during a remote appearance, call the department at (818) 901-4612.

If you are on hold for more than 10 minutes and cannot hear anything, please call the department at (818) 901-4612.

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).

WARNINGCivil cases

Do not call the courtroom to reserve a motion date.

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

WARNING

Contact

Phone to clerk

Department 1 does not use the Court Reservation System; attorneys should contact court staff to reserve a motion hearing date (court open 8:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. and 1:30-4:30 p.m. daily).

The Court is open 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily. Department 1 does not use the Court Reservation System (CRS). To set a matter for hearing, attorneys should contact the court staff to reserve a date for their motion.

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Phone

When a motion will not go forward as calendared, the parties should immediately call the Court and post on the bulletin board.

Procedure For Taking Matters Off Calendar: Whenever a motion will not go forward as calendared, the parties should immediately call the Court by and post on the bulletin board.

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A moving party who takes a motion off calendar must confirm that fact to the court clerk in writing.

If the moving party takes a motion off calendar, the moving party shall confirm that fact to the court clerk in writing.

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Parties may not call the courtroom to reserve a motion date.

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

WARNING

Contact

Email to chambers

Counsel submitting on tentative ruling must email court by 8 AM hearing day with case number, party, cc opposing counsel; all submit = final order.

Counsel who intend to submit on the tentative shall send an email to the Court at smcdept511@lacourt.ca.gov by 8:00 a.m. the day of the hearing. The email shall include the case number and identify the party submitting, with a copy (cc) to opposing counsel. If all parties submit, the tentative ruling will become the final order.

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Email to chambers

Counsel shall call or email the Courtroom Assistant (SMCDEPT511@lacourt.ca.gov) to schedule an IDC. Please be prepared with three possible dates.

Counsel shall call or email the Courtroom Assistant (SMCDEPT511@lacourt.ca.gov) to schedule an IDC. Please be prepared with three possible dates.

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Email to chambers

Please send an editable Word version to the Court’s resource account (SMCDept511@lacourt.ca.gov) in the final format that will be actually presented to the jury.

Please send an editable Word version to the Court’s resource account (SMCDept511@lacourt.ca.gov) in the final format that will be actually presented to the jury.

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Phone to chambers

Motion hearing dates must be reserved via CRS; do not call courtroom to reserve.

Law and motion hearings are conducted beginning at 9:00 a.m. Hearing dates must be reserved through the Court’s Reservation System (CRS). Please do not call the courtroom to reserve a motion date.

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Phone to chambers

To schedule an IDC, the parties must meet and confer and jointly telephone the courtroom; IDCs are held Mondays at 1:30 p.m. subject to calendar availability.

To schedule an IDC, counsel or parties must meet and confer on a date and jointly telephone the courtroom to request a mutually agreeable date. IDCs are conducted at 1:30 p.m. on Mondays, if availability exists on the Court's calendar.

WARNING

Contact

Email to chambers

Tentative rulings are posted the afternoon before the hearing, and counsel may accept the tentative by emailing SMCDept529@lacourt.ca.gov by 8:00 a.m. on the hearing day with the case name/number and all counsel copied; if all counsel submit, the tentative becomes the final order.

The court will post a tentative ruling on most motions the afternoon prior to the hearing. Counsel may submit to the court's tentative ruling by emailing the court at SMCDept529@lacourt.ca.gov by 8:00 a.m. the day of the hearing, indicating the case name and number and copying all counsel on the email. If all counsel submit, the court will adopt the tentative as the final order.

WARNING

Contact

Phone to chambers

Phone

(213) 633-0156

If parties/counsel are going to be late for a hearing, please contact court staff prior to the hearing at (213) 633-0156.

If parties/counsel are going to be late for a hearing, please contact court staff prior to the hearing at (213) 633-0156.

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Phone

Phone

213-633-0156

If parties/counsel are going to be late for a hearing, please contact court staff prior to the hearing at (213) 633-0156.

If parties/counsel are going to be late for a hearing, please contact court staff prior to the hearing at (213) 633-0156.

WARNING

Contact

Phone to chambers

Interpreter requests should be made to Court Staff at least 2 days before the hearing (and no later than check-in) to improve the chance an interpreter is available.

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 we will have one available at the time of your hearing.

WARNINGCivil cases

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Email to chambers

IDC requests are made by emailing smcdept413@lacourt.ca.gov with three available 11:00 a.m. dates; the clerk confirms the date and provides the call-in number.

To request an IDC, counsel should email the Court smcdept413@lacourt.ca.gov with three dates when counsel are available at 11:00 a.m. The courtroom clerk will confirm the IDC date and provide the phone number that counsel must call.

WARNINGCivil cases

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

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

INFO

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Email

Counsel and self-represented litigants are encouraged to ensure the Court has their current email address so the Court can reach them regarding scheduling or matters requiring immediate attention.

The Court occasionally must communicate with counsel or parties regarding scheduling or other matters requiring immediate attention. Counsel and all self-represented litigants are encouraged to ensure that the Court has current email addresses and direct telephone numbers whenever available.

INFO

Contact

Phone to chambers

Phone

(310) 787-3713

Department E's courtroom telephone number is (310) 787-3713, reachable during courtroom hours of 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. / 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

COURTROOM TELEPHONE: (310) 787-3713

INFO

Contact

Email to chambers

COURTROOM EMAIL: tordepte@lacourt.ca.gov

COURTROOM EMAIL: tordepte@lacourt.ca.gov

INFO

If all parties are prepared to submit on the tentative ruling, they may contact the Judicial Assistant to have the tentative ruling adopted as the ruling.

If all parties are prepared to submit on the tentative, contact the Judicial Assistant and the Tentative Ruling will be adopted as the ruling.

INFO

Contact

Phone to chambers

Phone

(310) 787-3713

COURTROOM TELEPHONE: (310) 787-3713

COURTROOM TELEPHONE: (310) 787-3713

INFO

Contact

Email to chambers

Department E's courtroom email address is tordepte@lacourt.ca.gov.

COURTROOM EMAIL: tordepte@lacourt.ca.gov

INFO

Voluntary settlement conferences in Dept E are scheduled by contacting the department and speaking with the courtroom assistant or judicial assistant.

To schedule a VSC, contact Dept E and speak with the courtroom assistant or judicial assistant.

INFO

To schedule an informal discovery conference, contact Dept E and speak with the courtroom assistant or judicial assistant; IDCs are generally conducted via LACourtConnect at 1:30 p.m. on any day the Court is not in trial.

To schedule an IDC, contact Dept E and speak with the courtroom assistant or judicial assistant. Generally, IDCs are conducted via LACourtConnect at 1:30 p.m any day the Court is not in trial.

INFOCivil cases

Contact

Phone to chambers

After filing the joint statement, the moving/propounding party should reserve the IDC by calling Department 78's staff.

Thereafter, the moving/propounding party should reserve an IDC by calling Dept. 78's sta .

INFOCivil cases

Contact

Phone to chambers

Phone

(213) 830-0878

Department 78 chambers phone contact: (213) 830-0878, available during courtroom hours 8:30 AM-12 PM and 1:30 PM-4:30 PM.

TELEPHONE NUMBER: (213) 830-0878 COURTROOM HOURS: 8:30 a.m. to 12 noon and 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.