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44 verbatim requirements from Hernandez, Joanne Marie's own page on the circuit's site.
Eleventh Judicial Circuit (Miami-Dade). Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Verbatim from Hernandez, Joanne Marie's page, harvested 2026-08-02; whitespace normalised only. • PARTIES MUST CONTACT CHAMBERS IF CANCELING ANY SCHEDULED HEARING AND PROVIDE REASON FOR CANCELATION. • Viera at 305-569-2518 and amviera@jud11.flcourts.org (subject line must state “emergency motion” and contain the e-filing information) to confirm receipt of the motion and schedule a hearing. • DO NOT submit motions/proposed orders on these issues; they will be rejected. • Ex-parte motions to compel (including both discovery and compliance with the attorney’s fees order) must comply with Administrative Order 06-09 (and Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.202), including the requirement of waiting 7 days, and must reflect the date discovery was served (date or docket #), and when the motion to compel was filed (date or docket #). • Motions for Substitution of Counsel must comply with the requirements of Fla. • Please arrive at least 10 minutes before your scheduled hearing time. 5. • If you need an interpreter, you must call the Judge’s chambers as soon as possible in advance of the hearing. • Motions to Disqualify must follow the procedures laid out in the Administrative Memorandum on Motions to Disqualify. • Motions may be denied if they do not include a timeframe for the requested extension and/or are not set for hearing on the Court's motion calendar within 30 days. • Motions to extend case management deadlines, amend the case management order, or continue trial MUST comply with Florida Rules of Civil Procedure 1.200 and 1.460. • The Court follows the rules, so do not attempt to amend the case management deadlines or continue trial via an agreed order. • The setting party must provide a Notice of Hearing (NOH) with Zoom information and instructions on how to appear to the opposing party and must file notice with the Clerk. • If you need to email the Judge's judicial assistant (e.g., to request or cancel a hearing, confirm the filing of a motion, etc.), you must copy all parties in the case. • DO NOT email Judge Hernandez directly about your case unless you are instructed to do so, you are responding to an email sent from Judge Hernandez, or you have a good faith belief that an email to Judge Hernandez is necessary on an urgent basis (e.g., you have tried reaching chambers to obtain Zoom information for an upcoming hearing and cannot get a hold of the Judicial Assistant or Bailiff). • The motion must also show the calculation the plaintiff is using to arrive at the judgment total in the proposed final judgment in garnishment unless the total matches. • (If you email the Judge, JA, or Bailiff, you must copy all counsel in the same email.) • The Motion attached to the Agreed Order must be filed with Clerk prior to uploading any proposed orders. • PLEASE NOTE : sending documents with proposed orders DO NOT get efiled by the Clerk. • Unless instructed by the Court to do so, please do not submit proposed orders via mail or e-mail to Chambers. • If you have a good faith belief that your motion qualifies as an emergency, please contact Judicial Assistant Carmen Hernandez at 305-569-2518 and chernandez@jud11.flcourts.org (subject line must state “emergency motion” and contain the e-filing information) to confirm receipt of the motion and schedule a hearing. • All motions must be filed via the eFiling Portal prior to setting a hearing. • Parties are to coordinate the date and time of the hearings to ensure that all sides are available on the selected date, and must seek approval from the Judge to unilaterally set a hearing. • Written Notice to opposing counsel/parties shall be provided immediately after a hearing is set by a party, along with a copy of the motion. • The Notice of Hearing must contain the title(s) of the motion(s) to be heard and the date that the motion was filed. • The Court may cancel your hearing if you do not comply with this requirement. • Motions to be set on Motion Calendar shall take less than five minutes for both sides. • Parties must submit all materials via courtMAP so that the Court may review the materials beforehand. • Landlord/Tenant matters, Attorneys’ Fees matters, Sanctions Motions, hearings on Claims of Exemption hearings, complex Motions to Dismiss, Motions for Judgment on the Pleadings, Motions to Compel Arbitration, and Motions for Summary Judgment.* Please do not set these on the Motion Calendar; the parties risk that the Court will hear your case at the end of motion calendar and/or will not have time to address the motion and reset the hearing. • Setting party must cancel the hearing on courtMAP and Notices of Cancellation must be filed, even if you have filed a proposed order canceling the hearing. • If any party uses generative artificial intelligence to prepare any court filings, then the party is required to follow this Administrative Order, which is attached to this webpage. • Accordingly, if coverage counsel is utilized, coverage counsel must be familiar with the case and able to coordinate additional hearing dates, as needed. • The parties must meet and confer and produce a joint pre-trial conference checklist (see attachments on the webpage) at the pre-trial conference and must meet and confer and produce a joint pre-trial stipulation as required by the case management and jury trial orders. • The Court will deny any oral motions for continuance (unless made at trial) and any written motions that do not comply with Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.460. • Original Notices for Jury Trial Must be E-Filed with the Clerk's Office. • AS OF NOVEMBER 15, 2022, ANY PROPOSED ORDER THAT DO NOT COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER 22-02 WILL BE REJECTED. • The Motion attached to the Proposed Order must be filed with the Clerk's Office prior to uploading any proposed orders. • PLEASE NOTE: documents submitted with proposed orders DO NOT get efiled by the Clerk. • The Court requires proposed orders to be submitted within 20 days after special set hearings unless the Court instructs the parties not to submit proposed order. • Please do not submit proposed orders via mail or e-mail to Chambers. • All motions must be filed with the Clerks’ office prior to setting a hearing date. • To schedule a hearing on attorney’s fees, the setting party must first timely file a motion seeking fees and/or costs pursuant to Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.525. • Please be mindful that, because of docketing delays, filings do not always appear on the docket immediately. • All Motions to Continue Trial or Strike Trial dates or to Continue a Hearing set by the Judge must be set on the Court’s 5-minute Motion Calendar prior to the special set hearing, calendar call, or trial date. • The setting party must cancel the hearing on courtMAP and Notices of Cancellation must be filed, even if you have filed a proposed order that includes the cancelation of the hearing.
PARTIES MUST CONTACT CHAMBERS IF CANCELING ANY SCHEDULED HEARING AND PROVIDE REASON FOR CANCELATION.
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Judge Bell caps motions and responses at 5 pages for UMC hearings and 12 pages for special-set hearings.
Judge Alijewicz requires every motion for attorney's fees and/or costs to attach a document detailing time records — no records, no fee award.