1 verbatim requirement on discovery.
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Unlock free →Page 2 of 7 (edited 1/3/2023) 2.2 Certificate of Good Faith Conference - Before filing any motion, the movant must confer with opposing counsel in an effort to resolve the issue(s) raised by the motion.
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Every party setting a hearing in Division AO must first confer in a good-faith effort to resolve the matter, and every hearing notice must include a certificate of that conferral. The division instructions state that conferral requires counsel to actually talk.
Under the 2025 case-management amendments, a movant must confer with the opposing party in a good-faith effort to resolve a nondispositive motion before filing it, and must include a certificate of conferral.
CV-E layers a second conferral on top of Rule 1.202: certify conferral before filing the motion (Exhibit A) and again before scheduling it for hearing (Exhibit B).