APPEARANCE BY VIDEO TELECONFERENCING OR TELEPHONE –
CIVIL MATTERS
(a) Appearance By Video Conferencing.
(1) Attorneys or pro se parties may request permission from the Court
to appear by video conferencing for pre-trial proceedings in all civil matters in lieu of
appearing in person.
(2) For settlement conferences and VDRP proceedings, the party
representatives and insurance company representatives may also request permission to
appear by video conferencing.
Any person appearing by video conferencing shall appear in appropriate attire as
if present in court, shall have stable video conferencing, without background audio or
visual interferences, and shall have an appropriate background for a Court appearance.
Any Judge is free to impose additional requirements for video conferencing as that Judge
sees fit.
(b) Appearance By Telephone. The attorneys and pro se parties without
access to video teleconferencing may request permission to appear by telephone for the
matters described in (a) in lieu of appearing in person.
