5 verbatim courtroom requirements from Michelle Alvarez Barakat's published procedures (discovery & conferral).
Eleventh Judicial Circuit — Michelle Alvarez Barakat's courtroom only. Procedures change without notice; the judge's own published document controls. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
At a pre-trial conference all attorneys must attend and be able to announce whether the case a) has settled, or b) is ready for trial and all good faith resolution efforts have failed.
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-14 from the document(s) the judge's own official page (https://www.jud11.flcourts.org/Judge-Details?judgeid=1055§ionid=235) links: https://www.jud11.flcourts.org/judges_forms/10552460600-2024%20Updated%20Standing%20Order%20for%20Pre-Trial%20and%20Trial%20Procedures%20D009%2010-14-24.docx (sha256 e102093dde9c, docx, - pages); https://www.jud11.flcourts.org/judges_forms/10552460802-2024%20Updated%20Standing%20Order%20Establishing%20Courtroom%20Policies%20and%20Procedures%20D009%20%20.docx (sha256 321366f9f2bf, docx, - pages). Whole blocks with mandatory language, verbatim, whitespace normalised only; scan-damage signals reject a block outright; grouped by topic as the 2026-08-02 judge-profile lane. Custody: BenchPath's private custody store.
1 verbatim requirement on discovery in DANIEL J. KANNER's division.
1 verbatim requirement on discovery in BETSY BENSON's division.
1 verbatim requirement on discovery.
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