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Orange County Superior Court — Department C44 (Hon. Thomas James Lo): General Policies and Procedures (rev. July 31, 2026)

High confidence· verified September 29, 2026Judge PreferencesDepartment C44 (Hon. Thomas James Lo): General Policies and Procedures (rev. July 31, 2026), Superior Court of California, County of Orange; linked from the court's Unlimited Civil Courtroom Schedule & Requirements web application (https://voypubapps.occourts.org/civil-calendar), at https://www.occourts.org/directory/civil/limited-unlimited-civil/calendars/civil/genpolicy/larsh/procedures.pdf, fetched 2026-09-29.

Summary

Judge Thomas J. Lo's general policies and procedures for Department C44 (Central Justice Center): calendar (order to show cause, case management, post-arbitration, review and default prove-up hearings Friday 8:30 a.m.; settlement conferences Friday 9:00 a.m.; law and motion Thursday 8:30 a.m.; trials Monday through Wednesday 8:30 a.m.; ex parte Monday through Thursday 1:30 p.m. on reservation by 10:00 a.m. the day before), the Local Rule 315 meet and confer, case management and settlement conferences, continuances; ex parte applications (papers by noon the business day before; content under rules 3.1200–3.1207); law and motion; and trial procedures, with the department's conduct-in-trials rules and trial forms.

Applies to

California > Fourth Appellate District > Orange County > Superior Court of California, County of Orange > Department C44

Source of truth

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF ORANGE JUDGE THOMAS J. LO DEPARTMENT C44 CLERK: Miranda Flores Central Justice Center 700 Civic Center Dr. West Santa Ana, CA 92701 (657) 622-5244 www.occourts.org I. GENERAL CALENDAR INFORMATION A. Order to Show Cause Hearings: Friday at 8:30 a.m. B. Case Management Conferences: Friday at 8:30 a.m. C. Mandatory Settlement Conferences: Friday at 9:00 a.m. D.

Official source: Superior Court of California, County of Orange — court website
Source health: Healthy · checked September 28, 2026
Effective date: July 31, 2026
Last verified: September 29, 2026benchpath-ca-t3-orange-2026-09-29

Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-29 (California T3 Orange build 2026-09-29) from BenchPath custody ca/t3/ca-orange/dept/C44__directory__civil__limited-unlimited-civil__calendars__civil__genpolicy__larsh__procedures.pdf (593866 bytes, sha256 74143d9bbb2f3e42fad8570137ac6d781d101887adae8d7eaec5467b1673ae13; 16 pages) with the shared verbatim composer (v2 reflow): page numbers and the running footer “(rev. 7/31/26)” removed as chrome, lines reflowed into the document's paragraphs; proof 1 (whitespace-only) and proof 2 (same character multiset as the text layer minus chrome) both pass. Pages 11–16: the forms attached to the policies (Joint Exhibit List, exhibit tags, Statement of Compliance, Procedural Stipulations, Joint List of Anticipated Witness Trial Testimony), not transcribed; a bracketed note in the text says so. Attached to Judge Thomas James Lo: the document names the judicial officer, and the court's Judicial Officers page lists Judge Thomas James Lo in Department C44. The document prints the judge's name “Thomas J. Lo”.