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Notice Of Pretrial Conference Form. This is a Massachusetts form and can be use in State District Court Statewide.
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DOCKET NO.
NOTICE OF
PRETRIAL CONFERENCE
Trial Court of Massachusetts
District Court Department
PLAINTIFF(S)
COURT DIVISION
VS.
DEFENDANT(S)
A pretrial conference will be held on
CONFERENCE DATE
at
at the
TIME
District Court,
.
COURT
COURTROOM
Pursuant to Mass. R. Civ. P. 16, the parties are ORDERED as follows:
1. Settlement. Plaintiff counsel shall contact opposing counsel to discuss settlement in advance of the
conference. Defense counsel shall, after conferring with the defendant(s), respond to any settlement demand
made by the plaintiff(s). Counsel for each party shall discuss with their client(s) the estimated costs of further
litigation through trial, and shall certify in the pretrial memorandum that such discussion has occurred.
2. Memorandum. At least three weeks before the conference, plaintiff counsel shall prepare and serve a draft
joint pretrial memorandum to opposing counsel, consisting of no more than 5 pages, setting forth: (A) a
concise summary of the claim and defenses; (B) a list of witnesses, including experts, and a concise summary
of the testimony anticipated from each witness; (C) facts established by pleadings, stipulation or admission;
(D) an itemized list of special damages, if any; (E) the estimated length of trial; (F) certification by each counsel
that their client(s) have been apprised of estimated litigation costs. At least two weeks before the conference,
defense counsel shall prepare and serve any revisions to such memorandum. Counsel for all parties shall
thereafter confer and, at least one week before the conference, file a joint pre-trial memorandum with the
court.
3. Authority. Counsel are expected to have full authority to settle and file stipulations of dismissal or
agreements for judgment at the pretrial conference. All parties shall be available for telephone consultation
by counsel during the pretrial conference.
4. Continuances. Requests for continuances of the pretrial conference shall be made in writing and addressed
to the attention of
.
NAME AND TITLE
Requests shall specify the next pretrial conference dates that all counsel are available.
5. Trial Date. A firm trial date will be set by the Court and counsel if the case does not settle at the pretrial
conference.
6. Sanctions. Failure to comply with this order, or failure to appear at the pretrial conference, may result in
sanctions including but not limited to assessment of costs, entry of default or dismissal.
7. Liaison. Please refer all questions, as well as reports of settlement in advance of the pretrial conference,
to
at
NAME AND TITLE
.
TELEPHONE NO.
Justice
Date
8/04
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