3 verbatim requirements on judge preferences.
Fourth Judicial Circuit — Waddell Wallace 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. • If counsel would like the Judge to have courtesy copies for a hearing, motions, memorandum of law, or case law, and these are 20 pages or over, hard copies should be inside the Courthouse at least three to five business days prior to the scheduled hearing date. • Order must be in Word format, and cover letter and motion are in .pdf format. • PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT THE SAME PROPOSED ORDER THROUGH THE EPORTAL AND BY EMAIL
If counsel would like the Judge to have courtesy copies for a hearing, motions, memorandum of law, or case law, and these are 20 pages or over, hard copies should be inside the Courthouse at least three to five business days prior to the scheduled hearing date.
Reviewer note: Source sha256: . Corpus categories: COURTESY_COPY_PAGE_THRESHOLD, PROPOSED_ORDER_FORMAT, DUPLICATE_SUBMISSION. Quote status as recorded by the researcher: VERBATIM_PDF_TEXT. 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.