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Contra Costa County Superior Court — Department 14 (Judge Kirk Athanasiou) Pre-Trial Orders and Trial Protocol (updated January 8, 2026)

High confidence· verified October 8, 2026Judge PreferencesDepartment 14 (Judge Kirk Athanasiou) Pre-Trial Orders and Trial Protocol (updated January 8, 2026), Superior Court of California, County of Contra Costa; posted on the court's General Civil Departments page (https://contracosta.courts.ca.gov/divisions/civil/general-civil-departments) at https://contracosta.courts.ca.gov/system/files/general/dept-14-standing-pre-trial-orders-court-trial-3.pdf, fetched 2026-10-08.

Summary

Department 14's pre-trial orders and trial protocol (all trials in person): trial exhibits 14 days before trial (numbers for Plaintiff, letters for Defendant, Respondent's numbered exhibits from R500); trial briefs filed at least 10 days before trial (not over twenty (20) pages), witness lists and motions in limine; and the additional trial requirements (court hours 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., computer devices, evidence, scheduling, closing trial briefs).

Applies to

California > First Appellate District > Contra Costa County > Superior Court of California, County of Contra Costa > Department 14

Source of truth

HONORABLE KIRK ATHANASIOU DEPT. 14 PRE TRIAL ORDERS and TRIAL PROTOCOL ALL TRIALS ARE IN PERSON Before the long-cause trial or hearing of any issue, the parties are ordered to comply with the following requirements in addition to the Local Rules of Court. The Court will not accept late documents without good cause. Failure to comply may result in sanctions being imposed or a delay in the trial. TR

Official source: Superior Court of California, County of Contra Costa — court website
Source health: Healthy · checked September 28, 2026
Effective date: January 8, 2026
Last verified: October 8, 2026benchpath-ca-t4-contra-costa-2026-10-08

Reviewer note: Composed 2026-10-08 (California T4 Contra Costa build 2026-10-08) from BenchPath custody ca/t4/ca-contra-costa/docs/general/dept-14-standing-pre-trial-orders-court-trial-3.pdf (219714 bytes, sha256 7488eec1b0772cead88d6a5b5204de0d8ab066a516ba96600e3c77958b347088; 3 pages) with the shared verbatim composer (v2 reflow): page marks and running headers or footers removed as chrome; lines reflowed into the document's paragraphs; proof 1 (whitespace-only) and proof 2 (same character multiset as the text layer minus chrome) pass. Attached to Judge Kirk J. Athanasiou: the card is Department 14's, where the court's Directory of Judicial Departments (effective September 14, 2026) seats Judge Kirk J. Athanasiou.