Jefferson Circuit Court Pre-Motion Conference Requirements
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Pre-motion conference and letter requirements before filing motions, including sequential steps. This page is scoped to Jefferson Circuit Court; use the court rules overview to switch categories without leaving this court.
Before filing a discovery motion, counsel must make a good-faith effort to resolve the dispute and certify that counsel conferred, could not reconcile the differences, and exhausted other extrajudicial means.
Counsel in civil and criminal cases shall make a good faith effort to resolve disputes among themselves which arise in the course of discovery. No motions pertaining to discovery shall be made to the Court without a certificate of counsel that she has conferred with opposing counsel, that they are unable to reconcile their differences and that she has otherwise exhausted all extrajudicial means in an effort to reconcile her differences with opposing counsel
Does Jefferson Circuit Court require a pre-motion conference or letter before filing a motion?
Jefferson Circuit Court rules set a pre-motion procedure for discovery. Before filing a discovery motion, counsel must make a good-faith effort to resolve the dispute and certify that counsel conferred, could not reconcile the differences, and exhausted other extrajudicial means.
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