Nothing contained herein shall derogate the authority of the Chief Judge or Deputy Chief Judge of the Fifth Judicial Administrative District to exercise the authority provided by statute and Supreme Court Rule, including the power to take such actions as are necessary to implement the efficient handling of cases in Rock County by specific rule superseding or modifying the rules herein provided or by specific orders for the assignment of individual cases or by regulating the number of tabs for individual judges to equalize the workload or to facilitate case management. Top of Page Rules of Decorum 20. Court shall be formally opened each day upon which court business is transacted, either by the bailiff or the Clerk of Court. As the Judge enters the court room the bailiff or Clerk of Court shall require all present to arise and stand. The Circuit Court for the County of Rock is now open.
Silence is commanded.
All shall be seated and the business of the court shall proceed. When the trial is to a jury, the jurors shall take their places in the Jury box before the Judge enters the court room. The flag of the United States shall, at all times while court is in session be displayed at, on, or in close proximity to the bench, on a standard to the right of the Judge. The lawyers may never lean upon the bench or appear to engage the court in a manner which would lessen the dignity of the proceedings in the eyes of the jury and public. Lawyers shall examine witnesses from a position at the counsel table except when handling exhibits, unless a lectern is provided by the court, in which case the examination shall be either from said position at the counsel table or the lectern.