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Superior Court Judge · Superior Court of California, County of San Mateo
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99 verified requirements may apply in this courtroom, by layer: 3 published by Judge Michael L. Mau · 83 county-wide · 0 circuit-wide · 13 statewide. Only the judge's own rules are specific to this courtroom; the other layers apply by court, county and state scope, and a court- or case-specific order can displace them.
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Judge — Department 20 (Civil Trial Judge), Northern Branch, 1050 Mission Road, South San Francisco, Superior Court of California, County of San Mateo
On this assignment since August 3, 2026
3 verified rules specific to this judge's division, grouped by requirement category. 99 total requirements apply in this courtroom across all layers — the Full Premium Report assembles the complete stack.
No judge-level deadline on record runs shorter than a statewide deadline with the same trigger. The sentinel compares quoted timing across every published rule scoped to this judge on each visit — a clean result today is re-earned tomorrow.
Department 20 (Northern Branch): dark dates; courtesy copies (documents over five pages in hard copy); ex partes Mondays and Thursdays at 1:30 p.m.; informal discovery conferences; law and motion Fridays at 9:00 a.m. (complex Friday afternoons at 2:00 p.m.); special-set hearings unreported; mandatory settlement conferences in person, statements two court days before; motions in limine (meet and confer, the standard motions deemed granted, no more than five contested without leave); the pretrial orders; TSC/CMCs; Zoom with a functioning camera, no public Zoom observation.
Department 20's Case Management Order No. 1 for complex cases: general matters (familiarity with the Local Rules, the California Rules of Court (CRC) and the Deskbook on the Management of Complex Civil Litigation; the California Attorney Guidelines of Civility and Professionalism; continuances discouraged; notice of settlement); filings and correspondence (e-filing and electronic service; copies to complexcivil@sanmateocourt.org; e-mail correspondence to the department); case management conferences, conducted by the Court rather than the Civil Commissioner, with an e-mail service list and a joint statement in place of Judicial Council Form CM-110; ex parte applications; discovery (meet and confer in person or by videoconference; informal discovery conferences); law and motion (briefing schedules, courtesy copies, proposed orders under rule 3.1312, motions to seal, discovery motions without the separate statement of rule 3.1345); settlement conferences and mediations; and miscellaneous provisions (recording prohibited; court reporters); the plaintiff serves the order on all parties not yet appeared.
Department 20's Pre-Trial Order No. 1 for court and jury trials: serve (but not file) proposed motions in limine, jury instructions, verdict forms, witness lists and exhibit lists at least 42 days before the Pretrial Conference; meet and confer at least 35 days before; file and serve motions in limine (oppositions due 7 days later) at least 21 days before; the trial brief, the joint pretrial conference statement and one binder at least 14 days before; the Pretrial Conference at least 14 days before the Trial Date; at least four (4) sets of trial exhibits in binders and on a thumb drive at least 7 days before the Trial Date; in all Unlawful Detainer cases the pre-trial requirements due at the joint pre-trial conference and trial date; then motions in limine, witness lists, trial exhibits and the meet and confer.
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last checked September 28, 2026
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Judge — Department 20 (Civil Trial Judge), Northern Branch, 1050 Mission Road, South San Francisco, Superior Court of California, County of San Mateocurrent
August 3, 2026 — present
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