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San Mateo County Superior Court — Department 11 (Judge David A. Silberman) Pretrial Order No. 1 - Jury Trial

High confidence· verified October 8, 2026Judge PreferencesDepartment 11 (Judge David A. Silberman) Pretrial Order No. 1 - Jury Trial, Superior Court of California, County of San Mateo; posted on the court's Department Info of Judge David A. Silberman page (https://sanmateo.courts.ca.gov/department-info-judge-david-silberman) at https://sanmateo.courts.ca.gov/system/files/civil/dept11_pretrial_order-jury_trials.pdf, fetched 2026-10-08.

Summary

Department 11's pretrial order for jury trials: serve (but not file) proposed motions in limine, jury instructions, verdict forms, witness lists and exhibit lists at least 42 days before the Pretrial Conference; meet and confer at least 35 days before; file and serve motions in limine and oppositions at least 21 days before; file the joint pretrial conference statement and one set of binders (jury instructions, verdict forms, voir dire and any juror questionnaire, the statement of the case, witness and exhibit lists, the motions in limine, deposition designations) at least 14 days before; the Pretrial Conference at least 14 days before the Trial Date; and at least three (3) sets of trial exhibits in binders and on a thumb drive at least 14 days before the Trial Date; then motions in limine, jury instructions, verdict forms, voir dire and any jury questionnaire, the proposed statement of the case, witness lists and the rest of the order's requirements.

Applies to

California > First Appellate District > San Mateo County > Superior Court of California, County of San Mateo > Department 11

Source of truth

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SAN MATEO NAME(S), Plaintiff(s), v. NAME(S), and DOES 1-50, inclusive, Defendants. Case No.: _________________ Assigned for all purposes to the Hon. David A. Silberman, Department 11 PRETRIAL ORDER NO. 1 MSC Date: ___________ Trial Date: ___________ Pretrial Conf.: ____________ Action Filed: _____________ WHEREAS the Court wishes to ensure that t

Official source: Superior Court of California, County of San Mateo — court website
Source health: Healthy · checked September 28, 2026
Effective date: —
Last verified: October 8, 2026benchpath-ca-t4-san-mateo-2026-10-08

Reviewer note: Composed 2026-10-08 (California T4 San Mateo build 2026-10-08) from BenchPath custody ca/t4/ca-san-mateo/docs/civil/dept11_pretrial_order-jury_trials.pdf (365118 bytes, sha256 1a62e88235157ecdcd53737a2f9fb725df2ec6c9a00719cb712d113e55f4e6e7; 13 pages) with the shared verbatim composer (v2 reflow): page marks and running headers or footers 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) pass. Documented settings (whitespace-only or same-character changes; the proofs hold): composed in two parts - page 1 without the table lane (the table finder reads the pleading paper's margin rules there as a table the size of the page) and pages 2 to 13 with it, joined by a line break; the deadline table, a ruled table, set cell by cell (tables=True), its numbered requirements each on its own line, and the running footer (“Pretrial Order – Jury Trial”, “- n-”) removed (13 whitespace fixes); the pleading caption set cell by cell (a same-character fix). Attached to Judge David A. Silberman: the card is Department 11's, where the court's Directory of Judges (effective August 3, 2026) seats Judge David A. Silberman.