Judicial Section Details

PLEASE submit your Emergency Motion through courtMap and make sure the Emergency Motion has been filed with the Clerk of Court and provided to opposing counsel.   Call Chambers to confirm that we received your Emergency motion.  Upon the Judge's review of the Motion, we will contact you office with instructions.

***MOTION CALENDAR ARE HEARD ON MONDAYS AND TUESDAYS FROM 9:15 AM TO 9:45 AM***  ZOOM LINK WILL BE SENT FROM COURTMAP.

• Notices of cancellation including a reason(s) for cancellation shall be efiled and emailed to Judicial Assistant a week prior to the scheduled hearing.  NOTE: Hearings within one week of scheduled date, will not be cancelled unless an agreed order is submitted and/or the matter is resolved/dismissed.
• All motions to continue trial or strike trial dates, even if agreed, must be set on calendar.  Motions for continuance must indicate whether it is the first request for continuance.  If it is not, the number and date of prior continuance(s) must be included in the motion.

MOTIONS CALENDARS ONLY 5 MIN AND THE THE FOLLOWING MOTIONS ARE NOT TO BE PLACED ON THE MOTION CALENDAR

• Motion to Dismiss
• Motion for Summary Judgment
• Motion for Final Judgment
• Motion to Strike Proposal for Settlements
• Motion to Determine Rent
• Final Evictions
• Motion to Transfer Venue
• Claim of Exemption

Unilaterally Hearings:  When requesting to unilaterally set a hearing, the parties must make at least three attempts to coordinate and schedule the hearing with the opposing party.

After three scheduling attempts have been made, please email the Judicial Assistant to request approval to unilaterally set the hearing. The email should include documentation of the three scheduling attempts and a copy of the motion to be heard.

Please ensure that both parties are included on the email when submitting the request.  Motion can be emailed to sphillips@jud11.flcourts.org

TRIALS:


1) JURY TRIAL:
Calendar Calls are in person and set by the Court.  Calendar call is by zoom, and the trial is in person.

***NOTE:   If the case resolve, please efile Notice of Settlement or Voluntary Dismissal and email a courtesy copy to chambers requesting it be taken off the trial calendar.

2) NON-JURY TRIAL:
Non-Jury Trials are held in person, unless a motion to appear telephonically is submitted and/or approved by the court.

**NOTE:   The parties must submit all evidence no less than 7 Business days prior to the trial, by going to the clerk's e-filing portal and using the Evidence submission button. 

PROPOSED ORDERS:

All proposed orders must be submitted in Word format using the pre-generated blank order form on courtMAP.  Each submission must be accompanied by the corresponding motion and all supporting documents or a letter of explanation.

*Note: CourtMAP automatically populates the case style, order title, judge’s signature block, and the "Done and Ordered" language.  Also ensure your order follows Administrative Order (AOC22-02).  If not, your order will be rejected.

SPECIAL SET HEARINGS: 
COORDINATION IS MANDATORY: The Moving party MUST coordinate the date and time with opposing counsel based on Court's availability found on CourtMAP. 

***SPECIAL SETS ARE HEARD THROUGHOUT THE WEEK AND ARE AVAILABLE IN COURTMAP.***

MONDAYS, TUESDAYS, & THURSDAYS ARE IN PERSON

WEDNESDAYS & FRIDAYS ARE BY ZOOM - ZOOM LINK WILL BE SENT FROM COURTMAP.

Notice of Cancellation - Note: Hearing within one week of scheduled date will not be cancelled and parties will need to email chambers the notice of cancellation and the reason for the cancellation.  The court will at that time determine if the matter should be cancelled. 

If you resolve your matter, please efile Notice of Cancellation, Notice of Settlement or Voluntary Dismissal and email courtesy copy to chambers to Judge's Assistant, Sheila Phillips at sphillips@jud11.flcourts.org

***If parties have multiple cases that needs to be set at one time, please do not book in courtmap.  Email the Judicial Assistant requesting the cases be set for one slot. 

**ADD-ONS:      No Add-ons are permitted without prior consent of the Judge. Please email the Judicial Assistant with the request and ensure to attach the motion you are attempting to ADD-ON.

**TELEPHONIC APPEARANCE:      Telephonic hearings are heald on Wednesdays and Fridays.  If you need to appear telephonic on any in-person day, a motion for telephonic appearance MUST be submitted through CourtMap along with an order for Judge's approval. The Motion must include the reason for the request.  

ATTORNEY FEES & EVIDENTIARY HEARING

Attorney’s Fees and Evidentiary Hearings must be scheduled through the Special Set Calendar. The Court does not require the use of a specific spreadsheet format. Parties may use their preferred format when submitting the necessary information.

All evidence and/or exhibits must be submitted through the Clerk’s Portal prior to the scheduled hearing.

NOTE:  If documents are more than 50 pages, parties can submit a binder 7 days prior to hearings