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San Mateo County Superior Court — Department 4 (Judge Nancy L. Fineman) Procedures for Remote Hearing on Zoom

High confidence· verified October 8, 2026Remote / Zoom HearingsDepartment 4 (Judge Nancy L. Fineman) Procedures for Remote Hearing on Zoom, 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/general-information/procedure_for_zoom_appearances_for_trial.pdf, fetched 2026-10-08.

Summary

The procedures the parties must follow for a Zoom hearing: maintaining the decorum of the court (the typical rules on attire and on food and drink); prehearing arrangements (Zoom, the Court's designated remote platform); the prohibition on recording; the use of screen-sharing for exhibits and demonstratives, witnesses and the presentation of testimony; and technological considerations.

Applies to

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

Source of truth

PROCEDURES FOR REMOTE HEARING ON ZOOM 1. For the Zoom hearing, the parties must comply with the procedures listed below: I. MAINTAINING THE DECORUM OF THE COURT. Participants are required to observe the typical rules and procedures related to court appearances, including, without limitation, rules related to attire and the consumption of food and drink (other than water or coffee) during the proce

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/general-information/procedure_for_zoom_appearances_for_trial.pdf (305622 bytes, sha256 c773561fa9f791349b2c0ec95a8be9bb27f83fde2ea95101aeaf3f9ea9387d74; 5 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.