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San Mateo County Superior Court — Department 20 (Judge Michael L. Mau)

High confidence· verified October 8, 2026Judge PreferencesDepartment 20 (Judge Michael L. Mau), Superior Court of California, County of San Mateo; the court's web page https://sanmateo.courts.ca.gov/divisions/civil-division/civil-department-judges/department-info-judge-michael-l-mau, fetched 2026-10-08.

Summary

Department 20 (Northern Branch): dark dates; courtesy copies (documents over five pages in hard copy); ex partes Mondays and Thursdays at 1:30 p.m.; informal discovery conferences; law and motion Fridays at 9:00 a.m. (complex Friday afternoons at 2:00 p.m.); special-set hearings unreported; mandatory settlement conferences in person, statements two court days before; motions in limine (meet and confer, the standard motions deemed granted, no more than five contested without leave); the pretrial orders; TSC/CMCs; Zoom with a functioning camera, no public Zoom observation.

Applies to

California > First Appellate District > San Mateo County > Superior Court of California, County of San Mateo > Department 20

Source of truth

Civil Judge Department Information Michael L. Mau, Civil Judge Department 20 Courtroom L Northern Branch 1050 Mission Road, South San Francisco, CA 94080 (650) 261-5120 Dept20@sanmateocourt.org Standard Dept 20 Orders Department 20 Pretrial Order CMC Order for COMPLEX Cases Tentative Rulings Department 20 Tentative Rulings Department 20 Complex Tentative Rulings Judge Mau will not be available for

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

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