Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas, General Division Document Format Requirements

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The proposed Entry accompanying a dispositive motion must be Word-formatted.

A courtesy copy of dispositive motions, along with a Word-formatted proposed Entry, must be emailed to AHarrison@hamiltoncountycourtsoh.gov

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Counsel must submit complete proposed jury instructions in Word format before the pretrial conference.

Counsel must prepare complete proposed jury instructions and submit them to AHarrison@hamiltoncountycourtsoh.gov in Word format prior to the pretrial conference.

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Civil jury-trial proposed instructions and interrogatories must also be submitted to the Court’s staff attorney in Word format.

In addition to filing proposed jury instructions and interrogatories, the parties shall submit the same to the Court’s staff attorney in Word format.

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A motion to continue a set civil trial date must be made in writing even if both parties agree.

Motions for continuances of a set trial date in civil cases must be made in writing even if both parties agree.

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Each dispositive motion must be emailed to the Staff Attorney as a Word document.

Additionally, each dispositive motion shall be submitted to the Staff Attorney as a Word document via email.

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A proposed Entry sent with a dispositive motion must be Word-formatted.

Please send a courtesy copy of dispositive motions, along with a Word-formatted proposed Entry, to ljohnson@hamiltoncountycourtsoh.gov.

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Format

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File proposed jury instructions 14 days before trial and email them to the Staff Attorney in Word format.

File proposed instructions 14 days before trial and email to the Staff Attorney in Word format.

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Format

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Exhibits must be pre-marked, tabbed, paginated, and bound, with three hard copies submitted three business days before trial.

All exhibits must be pre-marked, tabbed, paginated, and bound. Submit three hard copies three business days before trial.

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Format

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Submit three hard copies of formatted exhibits three business days before trial and include expert CVs; email electronic copies for virtual trials.

Submit three hard copies of all pre-marked, tabbed, paginated, and bound exhibits three business days before trial. Include the CV of any expert witness. For virtual trials, email electronic copies.

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Format

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Submit three hard copies of marked, bound, paginated, and tabbed exhibits three business days before trial, including any expert witness's CV as a marked exhibit.

Submit three hard copies of exhibits, pre-marked, bound, paginated, and tabbed, three business days before trial. Include the CV of any expert witness as a marked exhibit.

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Plaintiff’s counsel must ensure proposed jury instructions and verdict forms are emailed to the Staff Attorney in Word format at least 14 days before trial.

Counsel for the plaintiff shall be responsible for ensuring that a copy of the proposed jury instructions and verdict forms are emailed in word format to the staff attorney at least fourteen (14) days before the scheduled trial date.

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Exhibits must be bound and marked before trial and submitted to the court before trial.

Exhibits shall be bound and marked before trial and submitted to the court prior to trial.

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Exhibits should be marked with exhibit numbers or letters.

All exhibits, marked with exhibit numbers/letters, should be submitted to the Court at least three business days before the trial.

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The Court does not require a particular exhibit-labeling system, but requests that opposing parties use different types of symbols, such as numbers for one party and letters for the other.

The Court does not have preferences for using numbers or letters for exhibits. However, the Court requests that parties do not use the same type of symbol (i.e., if Plaintiff uses numbers, Defendant should use letters).

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A proposed entry should be emailed to the Court’s staff attorney in Word format when a civil motion is filed.

A proposed entry should be provided to the Court’s staff attorney in Word format via email at the time of filing of a civil motion.

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Motions with more than three exhibits should be submitted with a tabbed binder as a courtesy copy to the Court.

Motions with more than 3 exhibits should provide a tabbed binder as a courtesy copy to the Court.

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Format

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A courtesy copy in Word format should be emailed to the Staff Attorney.

A courtesy copy in a Word format should be emailed to the Staff Attorney.

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Electronic copies of the pretrial statement and jury instructions should be in Word or WordPerfect format.

At pretrial, attorneys should give the court a hard copy of the pretrial statement, jury instructions, and an electronic copy in Word or WordPerfect of these documents.

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All exhibits, marked with exhibit numbers/letters, should be submitted to the Court at least three business days before the trial.

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Exhibits shall be bound and marked before trial and submitted to the Court prior to trial.

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Exhibits shall be bound and marked before trial and submitted to the Court at one week prior to trial.

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Format

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Exhibits must be pre-marked, paginated, tabbed, and bound. Submit three hard copies to the Court at least three business days before trial. Each party must include the curriculum vitae of any expert who may testify.

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Please send these in Word format for easy editing.

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Counsel should follow the format of the Local Rules.

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Please send these in Word format for easy editing.