13th Judicial Circuit - Local Rule 21.1

21. Attorneys

21.1 Resolution of Conflicting Trial Settings

A. If more than one case in which the same attorney appears is set for trial in different divisions at the same time, the following priorities shall govern:

1. Criminal trials shall have precedence over civil trials; and

2. jury trials shall have precedence over non-jury trials; and

3. if two cases are the same type, trials of cases with earliest filing dates shall have precedence over trials of cases with later filing dates.

B. Should trial be delayed because an attorney is engaged, said cause shall be reset for trial at the earliest possible time.

C. The term "engaged" in this rule means the actual and necessary participation of any attorney in the trial or hearing of a case in any court of trial or appellate jurisdiction. No attorney, however, who shall be engaged in any court except the circuit courts of the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit shall be considered as so engaged unless, within 10 days after the case is set for trial or within 5 days after the receipt of notice of conflicting trial setting from a federal or appellate court, the attorney has notified the judge of the division in which the case is set, in writing, of such engagement, stating in such notice the court in which the attorney is attending and the date the attorney was notified of such setting and, as nearly as possible, the time the attorney will necessarily be engaged.