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Join the Santa Clara County Superior Court Civil Supervising Judge and Case Managers for our annual live in-person discussion on civil practice in Santa Clara County. Our discussion will cover topics of interest to civil litigation practitioners on navigating civil practice in Santa Clara County with ex parte applications, default judgments, law and motion, trials and much more. This year, the court added a fifth case manager and new policies procedures. 

Topics to be covered include: 

State of the civil division 

How, what and when to file ex parte applications. 

Virtual versus in-person hearings: What are my options? 

Online hearing date reservation system. 

Case Management Conference versus Trial Setting Conference 

Case managers’ philosophy on law and motion matters. 

Informal discovery conference program-who is using them and why? 

Mandatory settlement conferences—how are they being conducted? Who conducts them? 

Where is my default application? 

Civil jury trials-how are they proceeding? Are they going out on time? What is a calendar call? 

Argument without alienation 

These topics and more will be covered in this always interesting and informative annual Bench/Bar dialogue. Don’t be left in the dark on how to effectively represent your clients in Santa Clara County! 

Speakers: 

Hon. Frederick Chung, Santa Clara County Superior Court 

Hon. Socrates Manoukian, Santa Clara County Superior Court 

Hon. William Monahan, Santa Clara County Superior Court, 

Hon. Amber Rosen, Santa Clara County Superior Court 

Hon. Evette Pennypacker, Santa Clara County Superior Court 

Moderators: 

Mark Shem. Esq, Borton Petrini LLP 

Amy Carlson. Esq, Carbone, Smith, & Koyama 

MCLE: 2 hours general substantive law

Check-in from 5:30pm – 6:00pm.  Light refreshments will be provided.

Special thanks to McManis Faulkner for hosting this event