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Los Angeles County Superior Court — Stanley Mosk Courthouse, Department 511 (Judge Upinder S. Kalra): Courtroom Information (Updated 4.17.26)

High confidence· verified September 29, 2026Judge PreferencesCourtroom Information, Stanley Mosk Courthouse, Department 511, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/LAM/courtrooms/511/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.

Summary

Department 511's courtroom information (Stanley Mosk Courthouse): courtroom hours; case management conferences (8:30 a.m.); discovery; law and motion (from 9:00 a.m.; hearing dates reserved through the Court's Reservation System; tentative rulings by 4:30 p.m. the court day before; submitting by email by 8:00 a.m.); ex parte applications (Monday through Friday at 8:30am; filed by 10:00 a.m. the court day before); orders to show cause (cause shown by written declaration); settlement conferences (the court's programs, and settlement conferences the judge will conduct); and the department's trial preparation order (final status conferences at 9:30 a.m.; joint exhibit and witness lists, a concise joint statement, a joint proposed verdict form, motions in limine, experts, joint jury instructions and bench trials).

Applies to

California > Second Appellate District > Los Angeles County > Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles > Stanley Mosk Courthouse > Department 511

Source of truth

DEPARTMENT 511 | COURTROOM INFORMATION Updated 4.17.26 JUDGE: Upinder S. Kalra JUDICIAL ASSISTANT: Catherine Crow COURTROOM ASSISTANT: Alison Alba LOCATION: 5th Floor, Stanley Mosk Courthouse Los Angeles, CA 90012 TELEPHONE NUMBER: (213) 633-0351/0350 EMAIL: smcdept511@lacourt.ca.gov COURTROOM HOURS: Monday through Friday 8:30 A.M. – 12:00 P.M. 1:30 P.M. – 4:30 P.M. (Closed for Lunch: 12:00 P.M. –

Official source: Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles — Courtroom Information (courtroom information sheets)
Source health: Healthy · checked September 29, 2026
Effective date: April 17, 2026
Last verified: September 29, 2026benchpath-ca-t3-los-angeles-2026-09-29

Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-29 (California T3 Los Angeles build 2026-09-29) from BenchPath custody ca/t3/ca-los-angeles/dept/CourtroomInformation_LAM_511.pdf (286255 bytes, sha256 b9601d08b0a83ee73414c488b7a2a139035bdf4712917fdae5afa6f9b131a726; 8 pages) with the shared verbatim composer (v2 reflow, drawn-glyph reading): page numbers, pleading line numbers and running headers or footers removed as chrome; lines reflowed into the sheet's paragraphs; proof 1 (whitespace-only), proof 2 (same character multiset as the text layer minus chrome) and proof 3 (same characters as the glyphs drawn on the page) all pass. 1 documented layout fix (whitespace or line order only; the proofs hold). Attached to Judge Upinder S. Kalra: the sheet names the judicial officer, and the court's Courtroom Information application and Judicial Officer Search both place Judge Upinder S. Kalra in Department 511 of the Stanley Mosk Courthouse.