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The Preface to Local Rules and Standards of Professional Conduct (Rules 0.10 and 0.20): the court endorses the “CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY GUIDELINES OF CIVILITY AND PROFESSIONALISM” adopted by the State Bar of California on July 20, 2007 and encourages all attorneys practicing before it to comply with these guidelines (Preface); lawyers must observe all rules of law, including the California Rules of Professional Conduct and the State Bar Act (Business and Professions Code section 6068), honor their commitments and the integrity of the system of justice, not compromise their integrity for a client, case or cause, and conduct themselves in a professional manner guided by a fundamental sense of fair play (0.10); and lawyers to be courteous, respectful and candid with the court, dressed neatly and appropriately - the court deems it inappropriate for any attorney to appear in court wearing jeans or tennis shoes - on time and prepared, to attempt to resolve procedural and discovery differences by agreement, to decline litigation without merit, to avoid communication about a pending case with a judge except as permitted, to refrain from impugning the integrity of the judicial system, and to set a proper example for pro per litigants, the term counsel or attorney including self-represented parties (0.20).
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PREFACE TO LOCAL RULES AND STANDARDS OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT The Amador County Superior Court endorses the “CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY GUIDELINES OF CIVILITY AND PROFESSIONALISM” adopted by the State Bar of California on July 20, 2007, and hereby encourages all attorneys practicing before it to comply with these guidelines. In addition, the Court adopts the following rules of conduct: 0.10 GENERAL A. Lawyers must observe all rules of law, including the California Rules of Professional Conduct and the State Bar Act, particularly Business and Professions Code section 6068. B. Lawyers should honor their commitments. C. Lawyers should honor and maintain the integrity of our system of justice. D. Lawyers should not compromise their integrity for the sake of a client, case or cause. E. Lawyers should conduct themselves in a professional manner. F. Lawyers should be guided by a fundamental sense of fair play in all professional dealings. 0.20 DUTIES OWED IN PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE COURT A. Lawyers should always be courteous and respectful to the court. B. Lawyers should always be candid with the court. C. Lawyers and clients appearing in court should be dressed neatly and appropriately when they enter the courtroom. The court deems it inappropriate for any attorney to appear in court wearing jeans or tennis shoes. D. Lawyers should be on time. E. Lawyers should be prepared for all court appearances. F. Lawyers should attempt to resolve, by agreement, their differences relating to procedural and discovery matters. G. Lawyers should discourage and decline to participate in litigation that is without merit or is designed primarily to harass or drain the financial resources of the opposing party. H. Lawyers should avoid any communication, direct or indirect, about a pending case with a judge except as permitted by court rules or otherwise authorized by law. I. Lawyers should refrain from impugning the integrity of the judicial system, its proceedings, or its members. J. Lawyers should be cognizant of the fact that when they appear in court at the same time pro per litigants are appearing, the pro per litigants may look to the lawyers to set the standards of conduct. Lawyers should endeavor to set a proper example in their dealings with the court, opposing counsel, and opposing parties. K. For purposes of these rules, the term counsel or attorney shall include self-represented parties. (Effective 7/1/2015)
PREFACE TO LOCAL RULES AND STANDARDS OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT The Amador County Superior Court endorses the “CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY GUIDELINES OF CIVILITY AND PROFESSIONALISM” adopted by the State Bar of California on July 20, 2007, and hereby encourages all attorneys practicing before it to comply with these guidelines. In addition, the Court adopts the following rules of conduct: 0.10 GENERAL A. Law
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-10-12 (California T4 Amador build 2026-10-12) from BenchPath custody ca/t4/ca-amador/docs/local-rules/2025-01-01_local-rules-court-accessible.pdf (the court's rule book, its cover “SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF AMADOR Local Rules of Court Effective Date: January 1, 2025”, as fetched 2026-10-12; 2731170 bytes, sha256 a1d85880106808eb0665ed0313fc1d63b254623347ace78066f5cee3167f614e; 86 pages; this part PDF pages 6 to 7, printed pages 5 to 6) with the shared verbatim composer (v2 reflow): the preface and the rules (PDF pages 6 to 70, printed 5 to 69) composed as one text and cut at the preface's heading and the eighteen chapter headings, each matched once as a whole line (no chapter opens a page of its own); each page's running header (“State of California Superior Court” / “County of Amador”) and running footer (“Revised 01/01/2025”, the page number, “Z/local rules/2025-01.01”, “www.amadorcourt.org”) removed as chrome (390 lines); lines reflowed into the rules' paragraphs, each rule's number set with its title, each lettered or numbered subdivision starting a line and each rule's history (“(Effective ...)”) on a line of its own; no table in the rules; the strike report (review/strike-report-2026-10-12.txt) lists 20 struck runs on 23 pages - every mark, rendered and read (review/render/strike-marks-2026-10-12.png), is a short filled tick, red or black, crossing one printed letter or a space inside a word, or a forms table's rule (PDF pages 72 and 85) - no text is struck, and the book is composed without strike-out; 5 whitespace-only fixes (build/book-fixes.json: the headings of Rules 1.02, 13.10 and 17.05, each printed on a line of its own, set apart from the first sentence the reflow ran onto them; Rule 8.14(F)'s heading, printed “F. Time” / “Limits:”, set as one line; two bullets of Rule 11.06(A)'s list of calendars, which the reflow joined, set apart); the vertical-gap, short-line, page-break, bold, false-break, fragment and row audits (custody file book_extra_audits.py; review/book-extra-audits-2026-10-12.txt and review/book-audits-after-fixes-2026-10-12.txt) list candidates read one by one (build/book_fixes.py) - one gap junction, two page breaks, two fragments, four two-line rule titles and Rule 6.04(C)(1)'s unfinished last sentence kept as printed; proof 1 (whitespace-only) and proof 2 (same character multiset as the text layer minus chrome) pass. The cover (PDF page 1), the table of contents (2 to 5), the appendix of local forms (71 to 72), the filing instructions and summary of changes (73), the alphabetical index (74 to 78), the list of effective dates (79 to 84) and the appendix of local forms ordered by name (85 to 86) belong to no card.
Division XI: information forms for data processing (Rule 11.2); required action - action taken on all calendared cases and a future date always set (Rule 11.19); and pro tem judges - an attorney named as a plaintiff in a civil or small claims case may not sit as a judge pro-tem during the case or within six months following its resolution, nor one named as a defendant in two or more such cases (Rule 11.22). Rules 11.1, 11.3 to 11.5, 11.7 to 11.18, 11.20 and 11.21 are repealed, and Rule 11.6 (voluntary arbitration; see Local Rule 10.2) was repealed and renumbered.
Duval County's indigent-defense and magistration rules under the Texas Fair Defense Act (S.B. 7): who may be booked into the county jail and on what paper; arrest-case numbering; presentment to a magistrate within 48 hours (art. 15.16); the magistrate's warnings, counsel inquiry, interpreter duty, indigence determination and appointment of counsel within 24 hours of a request; the alternative appointment plan under art. 26.04(g)-(h) with annual applications, seven attorney categories (capital, first and second degree, third degree/state jail/misdemeanor, competency, appeals, post-conviction, extradition), CLE and experience standards, random rotation within each category, written acceptance within 48 hours, first contact by the end of the next working day, replacement and suspension of counsel, fee applications within five days of completing services and the compensation attachment ($500 pleas; $175/$150 hourly; $1,400 per jury-trial day; appellate caps); bail schedules by offense class with a personal bond office (fee $20 or 3%), pre-trial supervision and revocation hearings within two working days; arraignment settings and notice; repeal of conflicting rules.