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Los Angeles County Superior Court — Stanley Mosk Courthouse, Department 516 (Judge James Isaac Montgomery, Jr.): Courtroom Information

High confidence· verified September 29, 2026Judge PreferencesCourtroom Information, Stanley Mosk Courthouse, Department 516, 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/516/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.

Summary

Department 516's courtroom information (Stanley Mosk Courthouse): civility and professionalism; mandatory e-filing; ex parte applications (8:30 a.m., Monday through Friday, after the morning calendar; e-filed by 10:00 a.m. the court day before); hearings in general; case management conferences; law and motion (reserving the hearing date; text-searchable, bookmarked papers; withdrawing motions; motions to compel further responses; motions for summary judgment or adjudication); settlement and the court's settlement programs; non-compliance; tentative rulings (usually online by 4:00 p.m. the court day before); court reporters; final status conferences (frequently Tuesdays at 9:00 a.m., six days before a Monday trial); trial procedures (trials usually set on Mondays at 9:00 a.m.; meeting and conferring; trial briefs, motions in limine, the statement of the case, witness and exhibit lists, jury instructions, the verdict form, exhibits and digital devices); and trial (jury selection, jury fees, court reporters) - with the department's Trial Preparation Order (meeting and conferring; trial briefs; joint witness and exhibit lists; a joint statement to be read to the jury; joint and contested jury instructions; verdict forms; a joint chart of deposition designations; motions in limine; exhibit binders; the trial binder).

Applies to

California > Second Appellate District > Los Angeles County > Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles > Stanley Mosk Courthouse > Department 516

Source of truth

COURTROOM INFORMATION / DEPARTMENT 516 JUDGE: James I. Montgomery, Jr. JUDICIAL ASSISTANT: Chiquita Johnson COURTROOM ASSISTANT: Robert E. Lee DEPARTMENT: 516, Room 516, 5th Floor, Stanley Mosk Courthouse 111 North Hill Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012 TELEPHONE NUMBER: (213) 633-06516 COURTROOM HOURS: 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Welcome to Department 516. The court appreciates attorneys and self-represent

Official source: Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles — Courtroom Information (courtroom information sheets)
Source health: Healthy · checked September 29, 2026
Effective date: —
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_516.pdf (574384 bytes, sha256 53274f58e69cd450e395e3fab37be2b6de1bb64345acdd56f99bbb42f9fd5e2a; 24 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. The two-column pleading caption of the trial orders it reproduces is set left cell, then right cell (the “)” column and the box's rule left out). Running footers or headers printed on only some pages, or at shifting heights, are named for this sheet and left out as page marks. Attached to Judge James Isaac Montgomery, Jr.: the sheet names the judicial officer, and the court's Courtroom Information application and Judicial Officer Search both place Judge James Isaac Montgomery, Jr. in Department 516 of the Stanley Mosk Courthouse.