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24 verbatim requirements from Woodward, Jacqueline's own page on the circuit's site.
Eleventh Judicial Circuit (Miami-Dade). Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Verbatim from Woodward, Jacqueline's page, harvested 2026-08-02; whitespace normalised only. • Attorneys must file a motion for continuance and a proposed order through CourtMap. • Motions to continue must be filed a minimum of 5 business days before the pre-trial. • Attorneys requesting for a waiver of pre-trial, must file an appropriate Motion and submit an Agreed Orders via courtMAP. • Do not submit orders waiving small claims pretrial conferences or invoking the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure as that has been done by Administrative Order 21-10 A1 (which amends AO21-10). • You must attend the hearing in order to argue for good cause for the case to remain open. • EX-PARTE ORDERS All ex-parte motions to compel (including both discovery and attorney fee order compliance) MUST COMPLY WITH Administrative Order 06-09 ( Ex-Parte Motions to Compel Discovery), including the requirement of waiting seven (7) days. • Please file all AGREED Orders via courtMAP under Agreed Orders, do not email or mail to chambers. • All Orders must match to an e-filed and/or docketed Motion or Pleading. • Administrative Order 22-02 requires that BEFORE the body of the proposed order, three items must be clearly displayed: the title of the motion that was filed, the date the motion was filed and the docket index number (or the e-filing number if not yet docketed). • Both parties’ information must be entered into the Service List on Court Maps. • You must submit the documents/pleadings/motions/stipulations/settlement agreements/substitutions SEPARATELY through the Florida Courts E-Filing Portal. ** The title of Agreed Orders should begin with the word AGREED • If there is an emergency, a filing must not only be titled as an emergency, but filed as an emergency with the Florida Court ePortal. • All motions must be filed and docketed before setting on the Judge’s calendar. • To schedule a hearing you must coordinate with opposing counsel and set via courtMap. • PARTIES MUST SUBMIT ALL MATERIALS VIA COURTMAP SO THE COURT MAY REVIEW THE MATERIALS BEFOREHAND. • The setting party must provide Notice of Hearing with instructions on how to appear using Zoom to the opposing party when scheduling a hearing and must file the notice with the Clerk. • After receiving a date and time for a unilaterally set hearing, the notice must include the language that undersigned set this matter unilaterally after good faith efforts to reach the opposing party were unsuccessful. • If counsel has a phone number or email for the opposing party, counsel must follow the procedure outlined above for unilaterally setting hearing after a reasonable attempt to communicate regarding the hearing. • Please file ALL proposed Orders via courtMAP under Proposed Orders, do not email or mail to chambers . • You must submit the documents/pleadings/motions/stipulations/settlement agreements/substitutions SEPARATELY through the Florida Courts E-Filing Portal. • Any supporting documents must be filed and docketed before the hearing. • The parties should coordinate and self-schedule via courtMAP for 10 minutes (Parties must still file the notice of hearing). • If you require 30 minutes for a hearing, you must set the matter on the 5-minute motion calendar and indicate the type of motion requesting 30 minutes. • Parties must submit all materials via courtmap so the court may review the materials beforehand.
Attorneys must file a motion for continuance and a proposed order through CourtMap.
Reviewer note: Page sha256: 927012270c48f7f645674dc53d47486d156749b0f955f412c309c9774e24151c. 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.