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Los Angeles County Superior Court — Stanley Mosk Courthouse, Department 531 (Judge Gregory Wilson Alarcon): Courtroom Information

High confidence· verified September 29, 2026Judge PreferencesCourtroom Information, Stanley Mosk Courthouse, Department 531, 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/531/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.

Summary

Department 531's final trial preparation requirements (Stanley Mosk Courthouse), under S.C.L.A.C. Rule 3.25(f)-(h): general decorum; the statement of the case; jury selection (hardship and comfort questions prohibited; selecting fourteen jurors on stipulation; jury questionnaires); the exhibit list; motions in limine (with examples of impermissible ones); jury instructions; the witness list; direct and cross examination; closing argument; the verdict form; and post-verdict issues.

Applies to

California > Second Appellate District > Los Angeles County > Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles > Stanley Mosk Courthouse > Department 531

Source of truth

Hon. Gregory W. Alarcon S.C.L.A.C. Department 531 FINAL TRIAL PREPARATION All lawyers are expected to act with the highest standards of civility and respect the time of the court and the jurors. See Superior Court Los Angeles County Court Rule 3.26, Appendix 3.A: Guidelines for Civility in Litigation. The Court and staff are committed to ensuring that there is a fair and just trial in each case. T

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_531.pdf (271352 bytes, sha256 59a4383348dd0ec86a7909a56db6b259e660e92a54e682e86757074faeffee41; 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. Attached to Judge Gregory Wilson Alarcon: the sheet names the judicial officer, and the court's Courtroom Information application and Judicial Officer Search both place Judge Gregory Wilson Alarcon in Department 531 of the Stanley Mosk Courthouse.