Judge Samuel Todd Spalding

Applies to

Motion and correspondence

Must include

case number

Motions and correspondence must include the case number, parties’ names, date, and motion type.

Applies to

Merits motion

A motion going to the merits must be accompanied by a memorandum stating its grounds and citing the authorities relied upon.

Applies to

Opposition

A party properly served with a motion and supporting memorandum must file an opposing memorandum citing supporting authorities.

Deadline

6 working days

Motions must be filed and clocked in with the circuit clerk by 4:30 p.m. at least six working days before the Rule Day hearing.

Deadline

24 hours

A response must be filed at least 24 hours before the hearing time specified in the motion notice.

When no pretrial order is entered at the conference, attorneys must submit the order no later than ten days afterward.

A party desiring assignment of a civil jury trial date shall confer with all other exchange witness lists, and file the pretrial memoranda set out in Rule 702 prior counsel and tender a proposed scheduling order to complete discovery, C. to a Pretrial Conference date set out in the proposed order.

Unless good cause is shown, parties in personal-injury tort actions must be prepared to exchange discoverable medical reports, medical bills, or evidence of special damages before the pretrial conference.

The adoption checklist requires confirmation that all parties have been properly served.

Contact

Phone to chambers

A call to the presiding Judge’s office is required to schedule an appointed time.

Counsel planning to test electronic media at trial must schedule an appropriate test date and time with the Circuit Court Clerk.

If the parties cannot agree on a mediator or mediation service, they must notify the court so it can select one.