Lorain County Court of Common Pleas, Ohio Chambers Communication Rules

CRITICALCivil cases

If the specified relationship and domestic-abuse conditions apply, the parties or their counsel must disclose that information to mediation staff.

If the opposing parties to any case have either resided in a common residence or are related by blood, adoption, or marriage (or have been married), and have known or alleged domestic abuse at any time prior to the mediation, then the parties or their counsel have a duty to disclose such information to the mediation staff.

CRITICALCivil cases

Counsel or a mediation party must promptly inform the mediator and assigned Judge if they learn that an unjoined person or entity whose consent is required to resolve the dispute has been identified.

If counsel or any mediation party becomes aware of the identity of a person or entity whose consent is required to resolve the dispute, but who has not yet been joined as a party in the pleadings, they shall promptly inform the mediator as well as the assigned Judge of such fact.

CRITICALCivil cases

When the stated relationship and domestic-abuse conditions apply, the parties and counsel must disclose that information to the Mediation Office and participate in required screening.

If the opposing parties to any case have either resided in a common residence or are related by blood, adoption, or marriage, and have known or alleged domestic abuse at any time prior to the mediation, then the parties and their counsel have a duty to disclose such information to the Mediation Office and have a duty to participate in any screening required by local rule and by the Supreme Court of Ohio’s Rules of Superintendence Rule 16.

CRITICAL

The referring attorney must confirm available dates with the Mediation Office.

The referring attorney confirms available dates with the Mediation Office.

CRITICAL

Requests for permission to record, broadcast, televise, or photograph courtroom proceedings must be made in writing to the presiding judge or the judge’s designated courtroom employee.

Requests for permission to broadcast, televise, record, or take photographs in the courtroom shall be in writing to the Judge presiding over the matter or the judge’s designated courtroom employee.

WARNING

Attorneys must notify the court when their status or contact information changes.

Attorneys are under an ongoing obligation to notify the court of changes in their status and contact information.

WARNING

An attorney must advise the mediator if their client is or has been a victim of domestic violence involving another party to the case.

If you are or have been a victim of domestic violence with any other party to the case, your attorney must advise the mediator.

WARNINGCivil cases

Contact

Phone

If you determine that readiness is unlikely, please call the Mediation Office immediately.

If you determine that readiness is unlikely, please call the Mediation Office immediately.

WARNING

Contact

Phone

If you do not have an attorney, please call the Mediation Office prior to the mediation.

If you do not have an attorney, please call the Mediation Office prior to the mediation.

WARNINGCivil cases

Contact

Letter fax

Expert reports should be faxed to the Mediation Office, and reports and damage summaries are recommended several weeks before mediation.

Expert reports should be faxed to the Mediation Office. A summary of the damages is also helpful. We recommend that those reports and summaries be sent several weeks prior to the mediation so that the Mediator will have time to review those materials.