You are advised to remember Judge Davis's rule that disclosure of expert witnesses must be no less than 14 days before the trial date. You are further reminded of Judge Davis's rule that financial affidavits must contain a verification that the information contained therein is current within 30 days of the hearing. Please feel free to have secretaries go to Room 220 to get these hearing dates. Buy her a cup of coffee when you see one there. The rule about the room being for lawyers only applies to clients and witnesses.
Secretaries are a part of the team and hear all the lawyer talk, anyway.
For those of you who handle felony matters, John Greanias and Jerry Patton are going to continue the current procedure of holding status call and pre-trial hearings. With regard to arraignments, his procedure for the time being will be the same as Paul Francis's. He is giving some thought to having a single pre-trial per month for private counsel, and a single one for public defender cases. His initial thinking is to eliminate the need for clients having to appear at private counsel pre-trials. He would appreciate any thoughts you have on this matter.