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Contra Costa County Superior Court — Department 30 (Judge Virginia M. George) Pre-Trial Order and Instructions (January 2020)

High confidence· verified October 8, 2026Judge PreferencesDepartment 30 (Judge Virginia M. George) Pre-Trial Order and Instructions (January 2020), Superior Court of California, County of Contra Costa; posted on the court's General Probate Departments page (https://contracosta.courts.ca.gov/probate-departments) at https://contracosta.courts.ca.gov/system/files/general/dept30-pretial-orders.pdf, fetched 2026-10-08.

Summary

Department 30's pre-trial order: discovery complete and expert witnesses disclosed 30 days before trial (CCP §2034.230); the non-expert witness list 14 days before; exhibits (pre-marked, in binders with an exhibit list; not lodged in advance) and trial briefs 7 days before; stipulations; service 7 days or fewer before trial by hand delivery; and court reporters (the Civil Protocols for Use of Private Pro Tempore Court Reporters packet).

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California > First Appellate District > Contra Costa County > Superior Court of California, County of Contra Costa > Department 30

Source of truth

January 2020 PRE-TRIAL ORDER AND INSTRUCTIONS For Department 30 Before the trial of any issue, the parties are ordered to comply with the following requirements. Failure to comply may result in sanctions, including issue sanctions. 30 days before the date set for trial: Discovery: Discovery must be complete 30 days before trial, except that any expert witness may be deposed as late as 10 days befo

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

Reviewer note: Transcribed 2026-10-08 (California T4 Contra Costa build 2026-10-08) by eye from BenchPath custody ca/t4/ca-contra-costa/docs/general/dept30-pretial-orders.pdf (59294 bytes, sha256 7788db878a0f41c43f4980da8796b242535430a74a516182d8553385ea779450; 2 pages), a scan with no text layer: page 1 read on its 200-dpi render; page 2, a blank exhibit list form (EX-03/DT/Rev. 10-13-98), noted and not transcribed. Checked against two machine readings never published (RapidOCR on the whole page and on each printed line): every 6-word window looked up and each span neither reading holds read again on the page image (vision/check-log.md). Attached to Judge Virginia M. George: the card is Department 30's, where the court's Directory of Judicial Departments (effective September 14, 2026) seats Judge Virginia M. George. Review note: Page 2, the blank Exhibit List form, prints the court's former branch addresses. The order is dated January 2020 and cites "Local Rule 24" (the book in force numbers its court reporting rules 2.50 to 2.54); its statement that the civil courts no longer provide court reporting services predates the Notice of Availability of Court Reporting Services (rev. 3/23/26: Limited Services Available in Department 30) - whether the 2020 order is current is a review task.