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22 verbatim requirements from Solomon, Lee's own page on the circuit's site.
Eleventh Judicial Circuit (Miami-Dade). Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Verbatim from Solomon, Lee's page, harvested 2026-08-02; whitespace normalised only. • The date and time of the hearing must be agreed upon by the parties prior to scheduling the hearing. https://www.jud11.flcourts.org/Programs-and-Services/Online-Services/courtmap. • Any non-evidentiary special set which can be resolved in 30 minutes or less (such as a CMC, Status Conference, Motion for Continuance) shall be held on Zoom. • If a hearing has been scheduled for in-person but all parties agree to convert it to Zoom, an email must be sent to 11thfcgm05@jud11.flcourts.org. • Upon the entry of an Order of Referral to the General Magistrate or an Order of Referral to Hearing Officer, the moving party shall coordinate and schedule a hearing on the referred matter, through courtMAP, within 15 days of the entry of the referral. • If the moving party fails to coordinate and schedule the hearing within 15 days of entry of the Order of Referral, the Court will unilaterally set the matter for hearing. • If you have been instructed to prepare and submit the proposed Recommended Order of General Magistrate or Recommended Order of Hearing Officer, the proposed Recommended Orders must be submitted via CourtMAP, no later than ten (10) days after the date of the hearing. • CONTINUANCES Motions for Continuance of a hearing scheduled before the Magistrate must be heard by the Magistrate. • All MOTIONS FOR CONTINUANCE must be filed with the Court and emailed to 11THFCGM05@JUD11.FLCOURTS.ORG . • All requests for copies of audio recordings of judicial proceedings by attorneys of record, parties to a case, and self-represented litigants shall be submitted electronically by following the instructions online under Court Reporting Services of the 11th Judicial Circuit website (https://www.jud11.flcourts.org/Court-Reporting-Services). • EXHIBITS At least seven days prior to any evidentiary hearing, all parties or their counsel shall communicate electronically and try to agree to the authenticity and/or admissibility of any evidence. • At least seven days prior to any evidentiary hearing, all parties or their counsel shall file with the e-filing portal and serve on the opposing party or counsel , a Proposed Exhibit List. • The Proposed Exhibit List must contain a description of each of the exhibits a party wishes to use at an evidentiary hearing. • Each exhibit listed on the Proposed Exhibit List must be marked for identification on the Proposed Exhibit List as “Petitioner’s 1, 2, 3, etc.” or “Respondent’s A, B, C, etc.". • Parties or their counsel must indicate on the Proposed Exhibit List whether the parties agree the document may be admitted into evidence. • At least seven days prior to any evidentiary hearing, all parties or their counsel shall file with the e-filing portal and serve on the opposing party or counsel, each Exhibit which the party wishes to use at the evidentiary hearing. • Each Exhibit shall be marked for identification on the bottom of the first page of the document “Petitioner’s 1, 2, 3, etc.” or “Respondent’s A, B, C, etc.” • Each marked Exhibit must correspond with the identification markings on the Proposed Exhibit List. • Each marked Exhibit shall be filed with an attached Notice of Filing. • Exhibits that have not been filed with the e-filing portal at least seven days prior and do not appear on the docket may not be admitted into evidence, at the discretion of the Magistrate. • If you wish to submit any video evidence, you must provide a USB prior to the hearing to the Clerk of Court and the opposing Counsel or pro se party. • The party wishing to present the evidence shall be prepared to screenshare or display the exhibit from their own device at the time of hearing. • For Agreed Recommended Orders on General Magistrate or Hearing Officer, supporting documents verifying all parties agreeing to the Order must be uploaded along with the Agreed Order via CourtMAP.
The date and time of the hearing must be agreed upon by the parties prior to scheduling the hearing. https://www.jud11.flcourts.org/Programs-and-Services/Online-Services/courtmap.
Reviewer note: Page sha256: 9e3ab07a63bcd3125c36a7dddfb038304e6255b4eef139dcfe7c3010a5b9c505. Requirements published on the judge's own page; navigation stripped before extraction.
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.