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Rule 5 (Rule 5.0): mandatory settlement conferences - mandatory in unlawful detainers with a jury demand and otherwise as ordered by the Presiding Judge; a specially set conference on ex parte application (responses within two (2) court days) or through the ADR Coordinator; attendance in person by trial counsel, each party and an insured's representative with authority to settle; liens; the plaintiff's demand not less than five (5) court days before the conference and the defendant's offer within two (2) court days after; the statements and materials exchanged and delivered five (5) court days before; and requests to continue or vacate a conference.
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5 Settlement Conference and Settlement Calendar 5.0 Mandatory Settlement Conferences. A. Settlement conferences may be offered to the parties as part of the pretrial processes of the Superior Court. A failure of any person to prepare for, appear at or participate in good faith in a settlement conference as required by these rules and the CRC may constitute an unlawful interference with the proceedings of the Superior Court and sanctions may be imposed. B. Settlement conferences are mandatory in unlawful detainers where there is a jury demand. In all other cases, Mandatory Settlement Conferences may be ordered by the Presiding Judge under the appropriate circumstances within the Court’s discretion. LRSF 5.0 applies to any settlement conference so ordered. C. A party to any limited or unlimited jurisdiction civil proceeding, short or long cause, may apply to the Presiding Judge for a specially set settlement conference by filing an ex parte application which must include a proposed order and proof of service. A response to the application may be filed by opposing parties within two (2) court days of being served with the application. Courtesy copies must be delivered to the Civil Case Management Department. The application is submitted on the papers and no personal appearance is required. The Presiding Judge will consider among other factors the ability of the Court to provide a settlement officer, and whether the case procedurally appears ready for settlement. LRSF 5.0 applies to any settlement conference so ordered. Parties may also request a settlement conference by contacting the court’s Alternative Dispute Resolution Coordinator at adrcoordinator@sftc.org D. Attendance in person at the settlement conference by the attorney who will try the case and each party is mandatory unless excused by the settlement conference judge. In the case of an insured principal, the authorized representative of the insured’s insurance company must also appear and must have authority to settle. In any professional negligence case in which the defendant retains the right to refuse settlement, participation of that defendant in the settlement conference is mandatory. E.All counsel must ascertain whether there are claims or liens which may affect a settlement and meet and confer with lien holders and request in writing that the claimants or lien holders, or their representatives, attend the settlement conference. A copy of such written request must be attached to the settlement conference statement. The parties must undertake good faith settlement discussions. Except in limited jurisdiction unlawful detainer actions, not less than five (5) court days prior to the date of the conference, plaintiff must communicate a demand for settlement to defendant, and defendant must within two (2) court days thereafter convey to plaintiff an offer of settlement. Not less than five (5) court days prior to the scheduled conference, the parties must exchange and deliver to the settlement conference judge the following items, which are not filed with the clerk's office: 1) A statement describing the facts of the case and relevant legal issues and contentions; the latest demands and offers between the parties; and in the plaintiff’s statement, an evaluation of the percentage of liability attributed to each defendant for the purpose of allocation of non-economic damages; 2) A copy of the most recent medical reports; 3) A summary of injuries and residuals and a statement of economic and non-economic damages, including medical bills, loss of earnings and other claimed special damages, if any; and 4) The names, addresses, and specialties of any expert witness who will be called. 5) At the conclusion of the conference, the settlement statement and other material furnished to the Court must not be made part of the clerk’s file. A party ordered to participate in a Mandatory Settlement Conference may ask to continue the settlement conference, or vacate it, by filing an ex parte application in the Civil Case Management Department which application must include a proof of service and a declaration stating good cause for the continuance or removal of the settlement conference. Opposition to such request must be filed within two (2) court days of service of the request and a courtesy copy must be delivered to the Civil Case Management Department. The request is submitted on the papers and no personal appearance is required. Proposed orders and a self-addressed, stamped envelope must be included. See LRSF 3.4. Any request to continue or vacate a settlement conference must be filed and lodged separately from a motion or ex parte application to continue the trial date. See LRSF 6.0(B). Adopted: July 1, 1998 Last Revised: July 1, 2025
5 Settlement Conference and Settlement Calendar 5.0 Mandatory Settlement Conferences. A. Settlement conferences may be offered to the parties as part of the pretrial processes of the Superior Court. A failure of any person to prepare for, appear at or participate in good faith in a settlement conference as required by these rules and the CRC may constitute an unlawful interference with the proceed
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-10-08 (California T4 San Francisco build 2026-10-08) from BenchPath custody ca/t4/ca-san-francisco/docs/local-rules/final-proposed-changes-lrsf-effective-july-1-2026-submitted.pdf (the court's rule book, “Uniform Local Rules of Court, Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco, Effective: July 1, 1998, Revised: July 1, 2026”, as fetched 2026-10-08; 2706376 bytes, sha256 82645c96954e6d459832c1ee68c5a042ff7f90ebc58fceb9a82fc7c5575631ad; 251 pages) with the shared verbatim composer (v2 reflow) over the rule body (PDF pages 3 to 235): each page's running header (“Local Rules of Court San Francisco Superior Court” and “Rule N”) and footer (“Effective: ...; Revised ...” and the printed page number) removed as chrome; lines reflowed into the rules' paragraphs; the one struck letter in the book (the final “s” of “means” in Rule 2.11(A)(5), read on the page image) set aside as chrome with the composer's strike_out, so the card reads the rule as amended; four rule headings set on their own lines and 23 paragraph breaks the reflow made inside sentences rejoined (whitespace-only fixes); the body's one soft hyphen (Rule 12.15's “JV-” at a line end) read as the hyphen it prints and the reflow's space after it removed; Rule 11's two tables (the timeshare percentages and their definitions) set row by row (the same characters); the body cut at the rule headings, which reassemble it; proof 1 (whitespace-only) and proof 2 (same character multiset as the text layer minus chrome) pass. The cover, the table of contents and the index belong to no rule. Review note: Published as printed: Rule 5.0 sets “E.All counsel” without a space.
Division XI: information forms for data processing (Rule 11.2); required action - action taken on all calendared cases and a future date always set (Rule 11.19); and pro tem judges - an attorney named as a plaintiff in a civil or small claims case may not sit as a judge pro-tem during the case or within six months following its resolution, nor one named as a defendant in two or more such cases (Rule 11.22). Rules 11.1, 11.3 to 11.5, 11.7 to 11.18, 11.20 and 11.21 are repealed, and Rule 11.6 (voluntary arbitration; see Local Rule 10.2) was repealed and renumbered.
Duval County's indigent-defense and magistration rules under the Texas Fair Defense Act (S.B. 7): who may be booked into the county jail and on what paper; arrest-case numbering; presentment to a magistrate within 48 hours (art. 15.16); the magistrate's warnings, counsel inquiry, interpreter duty, indigence determination and appointment of counsel within 24 hours of a request; the alternative appointment plan under art. 26.04(g)-(h) with annual applications, seven attorney categories (capital, first and second degree, third degree/state jail/misdemeanor, competency, appeals, post-conviction, extradition), CLE and experience standards, random rotation within each category, written acceptance within 48 hours, first contact by the end of the next working day, replacement and suspension of counsel, fee applications within five days of completing services and the compensation attachment ($500 pleas; $175/$150 hourly; $1,400 per jury-trial day; appellate caps); bail schedules by offense class with a personal bond office (fee $20 or 3%), pre-trial supervision and revocation hearings within two working days; arraignment settings and notice; repeal of conflicting rules.