GAL Training, 3rd Thursday of each month

GAL training is scheduled on the third Thursday of each month at Noon in courtroom 411 (Judge Orlando's courtroom) at the County-City Building. The next GAL training is Thursday, January 19, 2012. The training will be given by Kelly LeBlanc and will address record keeping, billing, reporting and motions.

Reassignment letters with incorrect Judicial Officer assigned

Superior Court recently sent re-assignment letters to all parties advising of Judicial Officer assignments. Some of those letters listed the incorrect Judicial Officer assigned to the case. This problem may have occured if you have more than one active case being re-assigned. We are correcting the letters and will send revised copies. 1/9/2012

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NEW - Blue Post Card Notice of Summons for Jury Duty

Jun 17, 2011, Pierce County Superior Court mailed its first batch of Jury Summons Notices using blue postcards.

The postcards replace the double-sided, legal size Summons form previously used by Pierce County to notify prospective jurors they have been selected for jury duty.

The postcard instructs prospective jurors to go to our Pierce County Juror Response web page or to call the new Interactive Voice Response (IVR) system and answer a series of questions that will qualify individuals for jury duty. Prospective jurors will also be given the one-time opportunity to request a postponement to a different date or ask to be excused for reasons such as financial hardship, employment conflict, health conditions, etc.

This project was designed to cut the cost of postage and printing as well as reduce the amount of time that Superior Court staff spend on data entry from the questionnaire portion of the current form.

If you have been selected for jury duty with a report date of July 18th, expect to receive the blue postcard notice within the next couple weeks.

'Pierce County-Is on the Move Towards Taking on the Challenge of Race, Disproportionality & Disparity' article by Judge Beverly G. Grant

Scheduling hearings on Commissioners' Dockets

Motions heard on both the morning and afternoon Commissioner dockets at the County-City Building (other than domestic violence, sexual assault protection, vulnerable adult) must be docketed by using the Note for Commissioner's Calendar which shall be electronically filed through LINX, utilizing the drop down e-file menu in order to select the correct docket, date and time.

The term 'filed electronically' as used in current versions of PCLR 7(b)(1)(D), PCLR 7(b)(1)(D)(i), PCLSPR 94.04 (c)(1), PCLSPR 98.04 (b), PCLSPR 98.16 (e), PCLSPR 98.18 (f) and PCLSPR 98.20 (b) relating to the Note for Commissioner's Calendar means using the built-in Note for Commissioner's Calendar within the LINX e-filing module so that the Note is filed electronically and the proceeding is electronically scheduled. Simply e-filing a hard copy of a Note for Commissioner's Calendar without utilizing the drop-down e-file menu within the LINX e-filing module will not properly schedule the motion on the Commissioner's Docket. Available dates and times for hearings on the Commissioner's Calendar are contained within the drop-down e-file menu. Attorneys without LINX access shall contact the Clerk's Office to schedule matters on the Commissioner calendars.

Formal adoption of amended rules regarding this issue will be forthcoming.