Cherokee County District Courts Service and Proof of Service Rules

Civil cases

By the applicable expert designation date, each party must serve the listed information about its testifying experts on attorneys of record.

As to all of plaintiff’s and defendant’s testifying experts - serve upon the attorneys of record: 1. The expert’s name, address and telephone number; 2. The subject matter on which the expert will testify; 3. The general substance of the expert’s mental impressions and opinions, and a brief summary of the basis for them (or if the expert is not retained by, employed by, or otherwise subject to plaintiff/defendant’s control - documents reflecting such information).

Civil cases

By the applicable expert designation date, parties must serve specified materials and the expert’s current resume and bibliography for controlled testifying experts.

Additionally, as to all of plaintiff’s/defendant’s testifying experts who are retained by, employed by, or otherwise subject to the control of plaintiff/defendant - serve upon the attorneys of record: 4. All documents, tangible things, reports, models, or data compilations that have been provided to, reviewed by, or prepared by or for the expert in anticipation of the expert’s testimony; and 5. The expert’s current resume and bibliography.

Civil cases

Outgoing and responsive discovery must be served and answered by opposing counsel by the specified deadline.

All outgoing and responsive discovery, including interrogatories, requests for production, requests for admission, request for disclosure, etc., must be served and responded to by opposing counsel on or before the date specified.

Civil cases

The requester certifies that a copy of the request has been sent to all other attorneys or parties of record by an identified delivery method.

Further, I certify that a copy of this request for setting has been mailed, e-mailed, faxed and or delivered to all other attorneys or parties of record.

Notice of the standing order must be posted in the courthouse.

Notice of this standing order shall be given by the posting in the Cherokee County courthouse, publication on the webpage for the 369TH District Court of Cherokee County, and service upon lead counsel.