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35 verbatim requirements from the 15th Circuit's Division AI instructions page as published today.
Fifteenth Judicial Circuit (Palm Beach) — Division AI only. Division instructions change with judicial rotations; the division's own page controls. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
• All communications must be via email to JA Lucille Kilgallon at CAD-DivisionAI@pbcgov.org , with all parties copied and otherwise in accord with the instructions on setting hearings set forth below. • Please file a motion and do not contact the judicial assistant about any substantive matters. • The General Track is for JURY TRIALS, and time to disposition is within 18 months after service on the last defendant or 120 days after commencement of the action. • The Streamlined Track is for NON-JURY TRIALS, and time to disposition is within 12 months after service on the last defendant or 120 days after commencement of the action. • The Expedited Track is for FORECLOSURE TRIALS, and time to disposition is within 12 months after service on the last defendant or 120 days after commencement of the action. • A fourth track, the Complex Track, contemplates disposition within 30 months after service on the last defendant or 120 days after commencement of the action. • Cases will not be automatically designated as complex; a motion must be filed and a hearing set. • Cases must be ready for trial by the date of calendar call. • If a party wishes to appear via Zoom because of extenuating circumstances, a motion and order is required. • Counsel must also be prepared to confirm whether the trial is jury or non-jury, and to advise the Court of the number of days anticipated for trial and the number of potential jurors requested for the venire. • Counsel shall be prepared to advise the Court of efforts made to preserve testimony, arrange for remote appearance, or otherwise resolve any witness or litigant appearance conflicts. • To ensure enough jurors are available, requests for enlarged jury panels must be resolved at least six (6) months before calendar call. • The requests must be made via motion and scheduled for hearing on the Court's UMC docket or as part of a case management conference. • Procedures for Amending a DCMO Motions to amend the DCMO must include: the basis of the need for the extension, including when the basis became known to the movant; whether the motion is opposed; the specific date to which the movant is requesting the deadline or projected trial period be extended, and whether that date is agreed by all parties; the action and specific dates for the action that will enable the movant to meet the proposed new deadline or projected trial period, including, but not limited to, confirming the specific date any required participants such as third-party witnesses or experts are available. • All other motions that are appropriate for UMC (i.e., non-evidentiary motions that can be handled in a total of 10 minutes or less) must be set on the Uniform Motion Calendar for hearing. • Regardless of who does it, the notice must be "reasonable." Case management conferences are set online at any available UMC date at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday and are held via Zoom. • If noticed by a party, the notice "must identify the specific issues to be addressed during the case management conference AND must also provide a list of all pending motions ." The Court can set, or the parties can request, case management conferences as-needed or on an ongoing basis. • Preparation is required Parties must be prepared to talk about any motion on the list, to make decisions about the conduct of the case, and have authority to make binding representations on motions, issues and scheduling. • Failure to Coordinate–Scheduling Case Management Conferences Unilaterally If a party is unable to coordinate a Special Set Hearing with all pertinent participants after at least six (6) attempts at least 48 hours apart over the course of at least two (2) weeks, the party may file a Notice of Hearing for Case Management Conference and unilaterally set a Case Management Conference on the Court's UMC docket. • The Notice of Hearing for Case Management Conference must comply with Rule 1.200 . • As such, it must identify the specific issues to be addressed during the Case Management Conference and must also provide a list of all pending motions, including any motions which were not able to be coordinated. • Agreed or joint motions for continuance must also be set for hearing . • Motions must be in writing unless made at a trial and, except for good cause shown, must be signed by the named party requesting the continuance. • Motions must be filed promptly after the appearance of good cause to support such motion. • All motions for continuance, even if agreed, must state with specificity: the basis of the need for the continuance, including when the basis became known to the movant; whether the motion is opposed; the action and specific dates for the action that will enable the movant to be ready for trial by the proposed date, including, but not limited to, confirming the specific date any required participants such as third-party witnesses or experts are available; and the proposed date by which the case will be ready for trial and whether that date is agreed by all parties. • Every motion for a continuance must also include a proposed amended Differentiated Case Management Order (DCMO) resetting each pretrial deadline that remains applicable and indicating the date set for calendar call when the case can be ready for trial. • You must use the calendar call dates found in the table in section II . • The parties must provide a proposed Order on the Motion for Continuance. • Accordingly, the proposed order must include the factual basis offered for the continuance. • The proposed order must also suggest a new trial date or set a case management conference. • Finally, the proposed order must reflect what further activity will or will not be permitted. • The parties are required to be trial ready at the first docket. • If a party files a motion, it is required diligently to set it for a hearing. • Despite the Court's best intentions, should the Court fail to enter an order after a hearing within 60 days, the Court asks that the parties send an inquiry/notice to the judicial assistant by email advising that the motion remains unresolved by the Court. • Objections to discovery must be timely, specific and detailed or they are waived.
All communications must be via email to JA Lucille Kilgallon at CAD-DivisionAI@pbcgov.org , with all parties copied and otherwise in accord with the instructions on setting hearings set forth below.
Reviewer note: Composed fresh after the July 2026 rotation replaced division instructions; the prior requirement-level rules for this division sit at medium with notes pointing here. Verbatim from the division's own instructions page, fetched live 2026-08-03 (sha256 640d3a4f18224a87…); whitespace normalised only. [moved from the text 2026-09-14]
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