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Courtroom information posted for Department 532 (Stanley Mosk Courthouse, 5th Floor, Room 532); the sheet itself is headed “Department 89”: courtroom hours; pre-trial information - filings (mandatory electronic filing since January 2, 2019), ex parte applications (filed by 10:00 a.m. the court day before), continuances, case management, mediation and ADR, telephonic and video appearances, law and motion (hearing dates through the judicial assistant), tentative rulings (not posted online) and discovery; trial procedures (the jury typically at 9:00 a.m., counsel at 8:30 a.m.; a long cause trial package - time estimates, motions in limine, the joint witness list, joint exhibits list and exhibit books, jury instructions and verdict forms); and jury fees.
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COURTROOM INFORMATION DEPARTMENT 89 STANLEY MOSK COURTHOUSE 111 North Hill Street, Los Angeles CA 90012 5th Floor, Room 532 GENERAL INFORMATION JUDGE ASSIGNED: Ruth Ann Kwan JUDICIAL ASSISTANT: Stephanie Barrera COURTROOM HOURS: 8:30 A.M. to 12:00 P.M. and 1:30 P.M. to 4:30 P.M. TELEPHONE: (213) 633-0689 ****************************************************************************** PRE-TRIAL INFORMATION FILINGS: Since January 2, 2019, the Los Angeles Superior Court mandates electronic filing of all documents in all Civil matters. Please review the latest Amended General order on Electronic Filing. EX PARTES: Ex parte application and all documents in support thereof must be filed no later than 10:00 a.m. the court day before the ex parte hearing. CONTINUANCES: This Court does not accept telephonic continuances. However, the Court will entertain stipulated continuance requests and telephonic conference to discuss trial continuance issues. CASE MANAGEMENT: The Court follows and applies the case management rules specified by CRC 3.700 et seq. MEDIATION/ADR: The Court will refer/order the matter to mandatory settlement conference on Court’s own motion or at parties’ request. TELEPHONIC AND VIDEO APPEARANCE: You may sign up for telephonic or video remote appearance via LACourtConnnectTeams. To register, please visit: https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/. LAW & MOTION: A hearing date must be obtained through the Judicial Assistant prior to filing any motions. TENTATIVE RULINGS: The court does not post tentative rulings on the Court’s website. DISCOVERY: If discovery issues arise, counsel is to fully meet and confer. The parties are encouraged to schedule an informal discovery conference with the court. Informal resolution will often save parties time and money. Please call the Judicial Assistant at (213) 633-0689. TRIAL PROCEDURES: Trials are usually set for Monday through Friday. Typically the jury will appear at 9:00 a.m., and counsel will appear ½ hour earlier, at 8:30 a.m. The parties are to meet and confer and submit a Long Cause Trial Package to the Court. 1. TRIAL TIME ESTIMATE: Counsel must provide the court with reasonable time estimates and be familiar with Local Rule 3.25(h) regarding trial time estimate. 2. MOTIONS IN LIMINE: Motions in Limine will be heard at the Final Status Conference or on other dates as designated by the Court. 3. JOINT WITNESS LIST: Parties are to submit an updated joint list of all witnesses that each party intends to call by the final status conference. 4. JOINT EXHIBITS LIST AND EXHIBIT BOOKS: Parties are to comply with rules for exhibits set in Local Rules 3.152, 3.153, and 3.151. Counsel must bring to trial at least 3 notebooks or binders of exhibits: one for opposing counsel, one for the witness and one for the court. The exhibits must be Bates stamped and tabbed with exhibit numbers that correspond to those on the updated joint exhibit list. 5. JURY INSTRUCTIONS: A joint set of agreed upon instructions and a set of instructions from each side to which there are objections shall be submitted. Before delivery of instructions, counsel shall fill in the blanks and make all modifications. 6. VERDICT FORMS: The parties are to meet and confer and file any proposed general or special verdicts. JURY FEES: Jury fees must be paid on a daily basis, in room 102, on the first floor. [“LACourtConnnectTeams” is as printed.]
COURTROOM INFORMATION DEPARTMENT 89 STANLEY MOSK COURTHOUSE 111 North Hill Street, Los Angeles CA 90012 5th Floor, Room 532 GENERAL INFORMATION JUDGE ASSIGNED: Ruth Ann Kwan JUDICIAL ASSISTANT: Stephanie Barrera COURTROOM HOURS: 8:30 A.M. to 12:00 P.M. and 1:30 P.M. to 4:30 P.M. TELEPHONE: (213) 633-0689 ****************************************************************************** PRE-TRIAL INFOR
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_532.pdf (203583 bytes, sha256 310b7ec3212ac662dd87c766cab3306558e1637190d2688477ff7853b47a6270; 2 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 the department only (review task): The sheet is headed Department 89 and names Judge Ruth Ann Kwan, who is not on the court's current bench; the app lists no judicial officer for Department 532.
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