Judge Thomas W. Wills

Applies to

Motion or brief

The caption page of every motion and brief must state that the matter has been deemed complex and assigned for all purposes to a Complex Litigation Judge.

Applies to

Case management conference statement

The Case Management Conference Statement must be a detailed prose document, not the standardized Judicial Council form, and must address the listed case status, discovery, settlement, meet-and-confer, motion, trial-date, related-case, and court-ruling or scheduling topics.

Applies to

Stipulation

Before filing a motion, the parties must complete a standard form stipulation to use the Program.

Deadline

15 court days

Counsel should file a joint written Case Management Conference Statement 15 court days before the CMC, using the new date as operative if the CMC is continued.

The Program stipulation extends the 45-day deadline for filing a motion seeking additional discovery responses.

Deadline

7 court days

Parties are encouraged, but not required, to notify the court of their Program participation at least seven court days before the hearing.

Applies to

Notice of termination of facilitation

If pre-filing facilitation does not resolve the dispute, the Facilitator must serve each party with a Notice of Termination of Facilitation.

Applies to

Stipulation and order

The parties must send the Center a copy of the stipulation and order simultaneously with submission to the court.

Applies to

Notice of termination of facilitation

If post-filing facilitation does not resolve the dispute, the Facilitator must file and serve a Notice of Termination of Facilitation.

All motions and briefs must conform to the California Rules of Court, including Rule 3.1113.

Paper and electronic versions of the same document, transcript, or record must have consistent pagination.

Electronically filed document pages must be consecutively numbered in Arabic numerals beginning with 1 on the first page.