attorney services information meeting march 11, 2013 department 1 stanley mosk courthouse

ATTORNEY SERVICES INFORMATION MEETING

March 11, 2013

Department 1

Stanley Mosk Courthouse

TODAY’S OBJECTIVES

• Describe Briefly the Court’s Consolidation Plan• Provide Resources for Your Information• Describe New Procedures• Provide the Timing and Location(s) of

Documentation Processing from March 18, 2013 Forward

FIRST, TERMINOLOGY

• General Jurisdiction: $25,000 & GreaterPersonal Injury/Remaining Cases

• Limited Jurisdiction: $25,000 & LessCollections, Unlawful Detainers, Remaining

• Small Claims

SECOND, LOCATIONS

• General Jurisdiction: PI @ Mosk, I/C @ Mosk and Designated District Locations

• Collections: Norwalk & Chatsworth• Unlawful Detainers: Lancaster, Mosk, Long

Beach, Pasadena, Santa Monica• Remaining Limited: Mosk • Small Claims: Mosk, Alhambra, Downey,

Inglewood, Lancaster, and Van Nuys East

COURTHOUSE CLOSURES

• Ten Courthouses Will Be Closed or Limited in Usage

– Huntington Park; Whittier– Pomona North; Malibu– West Los Angeles; Beverly Hills– San Pedro; Beacon Street– Catalina; Kenyon Juvenile Justice Center

Starting from Small and Going Forward………

Small Claims

Limited

General Jurisdiction

Mosk

Downey

Van Nuys-East

Alhambra

Inglewood

MOSK

DOWNEY

ALHAMBRA

VAN NUYS EASTINGLEWOOD

SMALL CLAIMS

LANCASTER

SMALL CLAIMS: FROM 27 TO 6

• Hub Small Claims In Five Courthouses

• Small Claims Cases Will Be Filed And Heard

Only At These Locations.

• Mosk, Alhambra, Downey, Van Nuys,

Inglewood

SMALL CLAIMS

Sources of Filings Courthouse

Central (Mosk) Stanley Mosk

East District , North Central District, North East District, East LA Courthouse Alhambra

North West District, North Valley District Van Nuys - East

South District, Southeast District, South Central District Downey

West District, Southwest District Inglewood

Van Nuys

Mosk

Alhambra

Downey

Inglewood

CIVIL: THE BIG PICTURE

• Utilize Differential Case Management For Certain

Case Types

– Collections Cases, PI Cases, and Limited Civil Cases

• Maintain I/C Courts

• Reduce Number Of Courtrooms

• Use of Master Calendar Departments (MCD)

Limited Jurisdiction: CRC 3.740

•CollectionsChatsworth

•All Others Except UD’s

Mosk

•CollectionsNorwalk

REMAINING LIMITED…….TO MOSK MASTER CALENDAR

All Limited Civil Cases Except for Collections & Unlawful Detainers Filed at the Mosk Courthouse

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Chatsworh

Norwalk

Mosk

Unlawful Detainer

Santa Monica Pasadena Stanley MoskLong Beach

Unlawful Detainers Sources of Filings Courthouses

Central (Mosk)Stanley Mosk

North Valley District, North Central District, Northeast District, East District, East LA Courthouse Pasadena

Southeast District, South Central District, South District, Southwest District (not Inglewood) Long Beach

West District, Northwest District, InglewoodSanta Monica

Pasadena

Mosk

Long Beach

Santa Monica

GENERAL JURISDICTION

• Individual Calendar Courts (I/C) Retained • PI Cases Transferred To Mosk Master

Calendars• All PI Cases Filed At Mosk Courthouse

– Master Calendar – With Limited Exceptions

PROBATE

All Probate Matters Will be Transferred to the Mosk

Courthouse; New File Date is April 8, 2013 with Remaining

Transfers by June, 2013

IMPLEMENTATION DATES

• New Filings in Hubs: March 18

• Lay-Offs and Cascades: June 15

• Court Closures: Completed by July 1

March 18, 2013 New Locations for New Filings

• General Jurisdiction Personal Injury Cases

• Limited Jurisdiction Non-Collection• Collection Cases• Unlawful Detainers• Small Claims

General Jurisdiction

New Filing

Personal Injury

Filed @ Stanley Mosk

Definition of “Personal Injury” Case

• Tort Action for Bodily Injury, Wrongful Death, Damages to Personal Property

• Unlimited Civil Action Described on the Civil Case Cover Sheet Addendum (LACIV 109)

• Exclusions: Asbestos, Toxic/Environmental, Injury to Real Property, IIED, Defamation, Civil Rights/Discrimination, Malpractice (≠ Medmal)

Supplemental Filings

Filings for PI cases (General as Defined and Limited as Non-collections, Non-Unlawful Detainers) will be scheduled as follows:

PI and LJ Moves

• Mosk (IC to PI) 3/18 6,400 • Chatsworth 4/2 1,300 • Norwalk 4/2 1,200 • Pasadena 4/8 900 • Torrance 4/8 1,300

• Compton 4/15 700 • Long Beach 4/15 1,000 • Antelope Valley 4/22 600 • Burbank 4/22 800 • Pomona 4/22 1,200 • Glendale 4/29 700

• Glendale 4/29 700 • Santa Monica 5/6 2,100 • Van Nuys 5/13 1,800

Collections

• April 2 Mosk 6400 • April 8 Santa Monica 1800 • April 15 Alhambra 1200

Burbank 500Glendale 1300

• April 22 Van Nuys 5300

• April 29 Lancaster 1800Beverly Hills 1700Compton 1700Inglewood 1200

• May 6 Bellflower 1000Downey 1000El Monte 1000Huntington Park 1000Long Beach 1900Pasadena 1000San Pedro 700Torrance 1000West Covina 3500Whittier 100

UNLAWFUL DETAINERS

• May 13 Bellflower 200 • May 20 Alhambra 200

Beverly Hills 100Burbank 100Chatsworth 800Compton 500Downey 300East Los Angeles200

UNLAWFUL DETAINERSEl Monte 300

Glendale 200Huntington Park 200Inglewood 400Pomona 300West Covina 500

• May 28 San Pedro 700

Torrance 200Van Nuys 1,300

SMALL CLAIMS• May 13 Bellflower 200

Chatsworth 1,100El Monte 300Pomona 300

• May 20 Beverly Hills 600Compton 500East Los Angeles 300Glendale 900Huntington Park 400West Covina 500

SMALL CLAIMS

• May 28 Long Beach 900Pasadena 500San Pedro 300Santa Monica 1,000Torrance 500West Los Angeles 700Whittier 200

Filing Collections Cases

• Dedicated Collections Filing Windows

• Drop Off Model (DOM)• Document Order• Court Email Address• Fax Filing

Collections Filing Windows

The Chatsworth and Norwalk Collections Hubs will have at least two dedicated filing windows open during business hours.

DOM

The new “Drop Off Model” currently utilized by the Civil Filing Windows at Stanley Mosk Courthouse will be implemented at Chatsworth and Norwalk Collection Hubs.

Exceptions may be made under certain circumstances (e.g. for self-represented litigants), however, no more than three (3) filings will be processed at the filing window at a time.

Document Order

To facilitate efficient processing of your documents, we ask that you submit them in the following order:1. Complaint2. Civil Case Cover sheet3. Civil case cover sheet addendum4. Summons5. Consent Form6. Check (payable to Los Angeles Superior Court)

Court Email Address• Collections Email Addresses have been established

for clerical and courtroom staff to send and receive notifications to attorneys (or designees) regarding collections filings (e.g. rejections, fees, etc.).

• Court staff will NOT be obligated to respond to emails received by attorneys (or designees).

• Documents/attachments will not be sent or received.

• Emails (sent and received) will be automatically deleted after 3 days.

FAX FILING

• Fax Filings for collections cases will only be accepted at the appropriate Collections Hub effective March 18, 2013.

• Fax Filing numbers (if different) will be announced prior to March 18, 2013 and posted on the Court’s Website.

• Fax Filing procedures and charges will apply as before.

RESOURCES

• ALL INFORMATION WILL BE ON THE COURT’S WEBSITE

• COPY OF POWERPOINT PROVIDED UPON REQUEST