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Orange County Superior Court — Department W15 (Hon. Richard Y. Lee): Policies and Procedures (rev. May 19, 2026)

High confidence· verified September 29, 2026Judge PreferencesDepartment W15 (Hon. Richard Y. Lee): Policies and Procedures (rev. May 19, 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/lee/procedures.pdf, fetched 2026-09-29.

Summary

Judge Richard Y. Lee's policies for Department W15 (West Justice Center): remote video hearings for law-and-motion and non-law-and-motion matters when appropriate; non-law-and-motion hearings Thursday 1:30 p.m.; law and motion Thursday 1:30 p.m. by online reservation; jury and court trials Monday through Wednesday 9:00 a.m. under the separate standing order on trials; ex parte Monday through Thursday 1:30 p.m. on telephonic reservation by noon the court day before; electronic signatures by all parties.

Applies to

California > Fourth Appellate District > Orange County > Superior Court of California, County of Orange > Department W15

Source of truth

Superior Court of California County of Orange HONORABLE RICHARD Y. LEE Department W15 CLERK: Taeona Beechum COURT ATTENDANT: Karla Andrade STEPHEN K. TAMURA - WEST JUSTICE CENTER 8141 13TH STREET, WESTMINSTER, CA 92683 (657) 622-5915, www.occourts.org Remote Video Appearance A. Remote Video Hearings The Court allows remote video hearings, when appropriate, for Non-Law and Motion and Law and Motion

Official source: Superior Court of California, County of Orange — court website
Source health: Healthy · checked September 28, 2026
Effective date: May 19, 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/W15__directory__civil__limited-unlimited-civil__calendars__civil__genpolicy__lee__procedures.pdf (327640 bytes, sha256 f40bd9f051c9f6411a9945819e8655700dfbd3e76a8ee2a17fd19d31f2ba609e; 1 page) with the shared verbatim composer (v2 reflow): page numbers 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. Attached to Judge Richard Y. Lee: the document names the judicial officer, and the court's Judicial Officers page lists Judge Richard Y. Lee in Department W15.