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40 verbatim requirements from administrative order 2004-03-04 - Amended Administrative Order Implementing the Business Court Procedures.
9th Judicial Circuit. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Verbatim from https://ninthcircuit.org/sites/default/files/2004-03-04%20-%20Amended%20Order%20Implementing%20Business%20Court%20Procedures.pdf, harvested 2026-07-25; whitespace normalised only. • WHEREAS, the Business Court Procedures shall be construed and enforced to avoid technical delay, encourage civility, permit just and prompt determination of all proceedings, and promote the efficient administration of justice; • 2.215, hereby order that, effective immediately, unless otherwise provided herein, to continue until further order, and superseding any provisions in prior Administrative Orders which may be inconsistent, that the Business Court Procedures attached hereto shall be adhered to by all -- 1 of 37 -- • These Business Court Procedures shall be known and cited as the Business Court Procedures. • The Business Court Procedures shall apply to all actions in the Business Court. • Business Court Procedures shall be construed and enforced to avoid technical delay, encourage civility, permit just and prompt determination of all proceedings and promote the efficient administration of justice. • Court of Florida, then the rules adopted by the Supreme Court of Florida shall control. -- 6 of 37 -- • On assignment of any matter to the Business Court, the matter shall retain the civil action number assigned to it by the Clerk of Courts. • All counsel and other participants shall be subject to the same rules of procedure and decorum as if all participants were present in the courtroom. • The Business Court will endeavor to make reasonable technical assistance available to the parties and/or counsel, but all responsibility for planning and executing all technical considerations required to successfully hold a videoconference shall remain solely with the parties and/or counsel wishing to attend by videoconference. • In the absence of a contrary agreement among the parties, the parties and/or counsel participating by videoconference shall bear their own costs of participating via this method. • Any exhibits or evidence to be used in a videoconference hearing must be provided to opposing counsel and to the court three business days prior to the hearing. • All exhibits or evidence so provided shall bear exhibit tags marked with the case name, case number, identity of the propounding party and an identification number. • Any objections to any exhibit or evidence must be provided to the court in writing at least one day in advance of the hearing and reference the appropriate exhibit tags. • The responsibility for planning and executing all technical considerations to appear telephonically shall remain solely with the parties and/or counsel wishing to appear telephonically and conference line log in information shall be included on the notice of hearing. • The calendar for the Business Court shall be prepared under the supervision of the Business Court Judge(s) and published on the Business Court page on the website for the Ninth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida. • Business Court must, consistent with ethical requirements, appear or have a partner, associate or another attorney familiar with the case appear. • When any cause pending in the Business Court is settled, all attorneys or unrepresented parties of record must notify the assigned Business Court Judge or the Business Court Judge’s designee within twenty-four (24) hours of the settlement and must advise the court of the party who will prepare and present the judgment, dismissal or stipulation of dismissal and when such filings will be presented. • All motions, unless made orally during a hearing or a trial, shall be accompanied by a memorandum of law, except as provided in BCP 5.12. • Any memorandum of law shall be filed in support of one motion only and the motion and memorandum shall not exceed twenty-five (25) pages in length, in total. • Each motion shall be filed separately containing its own supporting memorandum of law. • Factual statements in a motion for summary judgment shall be supported by specific citations to the supporting documents. • The parties shall not raise issues at the hearing on the motion that were not addressed in the motion and memoranda in support of and in opposition to the motion. • Court, the moving party shall confer with counsel for the opposing party in a good faith effort to resolve the issues raised by the motion, and shall file with the motion a statement certifying that the moving party has conferred with opposing counsel and that counsel have been unable to agree on the resolution of the motion. a. • Counsel must respond promptly to inquiries and communications from opposing counsel. • The Certificate of Good Faith Conference shall set forth the date of the conference, the names of the participating attorneys and the specific results achieved. • It shall be the responsibility of counsel for the movant to arrange for the conference. -- 10 of 37 -- • No conference, and therefore no Certificate of Good Faith Conference, is required in motions for injunctive relief without notice, for judgment on the pleadings, for summary judgment or to permit maintenance of a class action. d. • A party alleging that a pleading fails to state a cause of action shall confer with counsel for the opposing party before moving to dismiss and, upon request of the other party, will stipulate to an order permitting the filing of a curative amended pleading in lieu of filing a motion to dismiss. • Motions shall be considered and decided by the court on the pleadings, admissible evidence, the court file and memoranda, without hearing or oral argument, unless otherwise ordered by the court. • Any party seeking oral argument shall file a separate motion setting forth the reasons oral argument should be granted and shall send a proposed order granting oral argument to the court with service copies and stamped envelopes. • A party who believes a matter requires an evidentiary hearing must file a motion for oral argument. • Motions for oral argument must contain a separate Certificate of Good Faith Conference under • BCP 5.3, and must set forth the length of time needed for oral argument. • If the court grants oral argument on any motion, it shall either order the parties to coordinate a hearing or give the parties at least five (5) business days’ notice of the date and place of oral argument. • All papers relating to the issues to be argued at the hearing shall be delivered to opposing counsel and the court at least five (5) business days before the hearing. • Motions for summary judgment and for partial summary judgment shall be considered and decided by the court on the affidavits, answers to interrogatories, admissions, depositions and other materials as would be admissible in evidence (“summary judgment evidence”) and, if a hearing is not waived, based on arguments at the summary judgment hearing. • In order to obtain a hearing, the moving party shall (but either party may) schedule a hearing on the motion immediately after filing the motion. • The parties shall also comply with the provisions of BCP 5.14 on submission of proposed orders. • In the event the hearing referenced in Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.510(c) is waived by the parties in the Case Management Report, the motion for summary judgment or a motion for partial summary judgment shall be decided by the court based on the summary judgment evidence in the court file. • In order to obtain a ruling from the court, the moving party shall (but either party may) provide notice to the court that the motion for summary judgment or for partial summary judgment is fully briefed by filing a Notice of Fully Briefed Motion pursuant to BCP 5.14 which shall advise the court that the right to a hearing is waived.
WHEREAS, the Business Court Procedures shall be construed and enforced to avoid technical delay, encourage civility, permit just and prompt determination of all proceedings, and promote the efficient administration of justice;
Reviewer note: Order PDF sha256: b8e8e8b706b6fde95d0c0920a0c3585b60059b61d16eb598e9f202569516038c. Extracted from the order's own text layer.
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.