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23 verbatim requirements on judge preferences.
Second Judicial Circuit — Francis J. "Frank" Allman only. Practices change without notice; the court's own published text controls. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Verbatim from the published source, captured 2026-07-24; whitespace normalised only. No OCR was used. • A courtesy copy of the Notice of Hearing is expected to be emailed to the JA for the Judge. • The movant shall provide a courtesy copy of the Notice of Hearing to the JA. • Page 4 of 14 Revised 3/12/26 Most motion hearings are not “stacked,” and the minimum hearing time is 15 minutes. • The parties should be aware that due to the volume of motion hearings, scheduled starting times and time limits are strictly enforced. • Materials exceeding 25 pages must be submitted in a three-ring binder. • Because the Judge strongly prefers to read all submitted documents in advance of hearings, it is the responsibility of Counsel to provide the Court with a courtesy copy of all documents (motions, memoranda, authority, etc.) See Sections 2.5.1 and 2.5.2. • 2.6 Submitting Proposed Orders Please note, the Clerk will not forward to the Judge efiled orders which are attached to motions. • All proposed orders must be separately submitted to JA via email in Word format). • Orders submitted after a hearing - Normally the prevailing party will be asked to submit a proposed order after the Court rules at a hearing. • In some instances, the Court may request proposed orders from both sides, after review of which the Court will efile the signed order of the prevailing party. • Likewise, as the Judge prefers to read all legal authority in advance of hearings, handing the Judge case law during a motion hearing is highly disfavored. • The intention to appear by Zoom should be stated in the Notice of Hearing and a courtesy copy emailed to the Judicial Assistant. • If there is opposition to Counsel’s Zoom appearance at a non-evidentiary hearing scheduled for 30 minutes or less, Counsel shall file a written motion and submit a proposed order as contemplated by Fla. • SECTION 4 - PRESENCE OF DEFENDANTS/CRIMINAL CASES 4.1 In General A defendant’s presence is required at ALL HEARINGS AND CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCES unless previously waived by the Court or by Court order. • However, Counsel are authorized to waive the appearance of their clients for routine case management conferences, provided the requirements of Section 4.4 are satisfied. • 4.4 Criminal Cases – Excusing Appearance of Defendants As noted in Section 4.1, Counsel are authorized to excuse clients from appearance at routine case management conferences. • Once that has been accomplished, the Judge will enter an order directing that an evaluation be conducted and processed through the Criminal Case Management Unit (CCMU). • The Court does not anticipate entertaining motions related to discovery conducted after the close of the discovery period as set for in the Court’s Trial Order(s). • 7.4 Civil Trials - Scheduling A case management conference will be required to set any matter for trial. • Case management conferences may be set on the Court’s own motion after a party has filed a notice of matter ready for trial or upon the good faith request of either party. • The Judge’s entire trial calendar is available as a pdf document on the judicial website: https://2ndcircuit.leoncountyfl.gov/calendars.php , and will be emailed to you before the case management conference, to assist you in the trial date selection process. • SECTION 8 - PETITIONS TO SEAL/EXPUNGE 8.1 A courtesy copy of the Petition, notarized Affidavit of Petitioner, FDLE Certification, Position of the State Attorney, and a blank order MUST be provided to the JA upon filing a Petition to Expunge/Seal. • 7.6 Criminal Trials - Scheduling Criminal trials are scheduled during case management conferences by agreement of the parties or by the Court.
A courtesy copy of the Notice of Hearing is expected to be emailed to the JA for the Judge.
Reviewer note: Source sha256: 2ab05b9dacdaf48f1b5cc88e3e981c2119162c68604ac35bed84ec0fd85194c3. Corpus categories: courtesy_copies, motion_calendar, page_limits, proposed_orders, case_management. Published during the 2026-07-24 completeness pass.
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.
Judge Corlew bars informal contact: every communication with the Court must be in writing, filed with the Clerk, with copies furnished to all parties — and no calls to the JA to schedule or cancel UMC.