2 verbatim requirements on exhibits & evidence.
Seventeenth Judicial Circuit — Judge Chris Brown only. Practices change without notice; the court's own published text controls. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
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Unlock free →Any attorney or unrepresented party who used Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) in the preparation of the complaint, answer, motion, brief, memorandum of law or other paper or exhibit filed with the court MUST disclose in a clear and plain factual statement that AI was used, in full or in part, to generate, draft or enhance the filled document or exhibit. The party MUST CERTIFY that every citation to any case, statute, rule or the record in the filled document or exhibit is accurate and has been verified by the attorney or unrepresented party. Failure to comply with this requirement may result in the striking of the filed document or exhibit and other sanctions.
Reviewer note: Source sha256: 5e7bdda56994198f33e28d05ceb2da3c4aebad7b4796f4a56469f8bf65cf280d. Corpus categories: EXHIBITS. Published during the 2026-07-24 completeness pass.
Judge Sherman requires TWO identical bound hard-copy sets of pre-marked exhibits for evidentiary hearings at least 7 days out — and anything over 50 pages must arrive as bound hard copies by mail.
Judge Hafele: exhibits in chambers three days before any evidentiary proceeding, courtesy copies two days out, all hearing materials three business days ahead, and interpreter requests seven days in advance.
Judge Mullinax wants physical copies of all documents and exhibits for in-person hearings/trials provided five days in advance; orders in Word (no macros/columns/tabs) within 48 hours, final judgments with a 3-inch top-right margin.