San Mateo County Superior Court — Department 4: Judge Fineman's Suggestions for Cases Assigned to Her

High confidence· verified October 8, 2026Judge PreferencesDepartment 4: Judge Fineman's Suggestions for Cases Assigned to Her, Superior Court of California, County of San Mateo; posted on the court's Department Info of Nancy L. Fineman, Civil Judge page (https://sanmateo.courts.ca.gov/divisions/civil-division/civil-department-judges/department-info-nancy-l-fineman-civil-judge) at https://sanmateo.courts.ca.gov/system/files/civil/suggestions_fineman.pdf, fetched 2026-10-08.

Summary

Judge Fineman's suggestions for cases assigned to her: an overview (efficient and practical case management; agreed procedures that differ from the rules when the law allows and the resources permit), law and motion, ex partes and trials.

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California > First Appellate District > San Mateo County > Superior Court of California, County of San Mateo > Department 4

Source of truth

Judge Fineman offers the following suggestions for cases assigned to her. OVERVIEW • Judge Fineman tries to be efficient and practical in presiding over her cases while making sure that all parties have their rights protected, and are treated equally and fairly. If the parties agree to a different procedure than the rules require, if the law allows and Judge Fineman has the resources, Judge Finema

Official source: Superior Court of California, County of San Mateo — court website
Source health: Healthy · checked September 28, 2026
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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/suggestions_fineman.pdf (174207 bytes, sha256 ce091dd67e7abb4d640d345ee4f37318a8877428b5edbc9db414deb675aca3a3; 4 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. Attached to Judge Nancy L. Fineman: the card is Department 4's, where the court's Directory of Judges (effective August 3, 2026) seats Judge Nancy L. Fineman.

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