October 1, 2008
                                                           CIVIL NON-DOMESTIC CALENDAR

This is to announce details concerning the following Trial Calendar.
The full calendar is published on the Internet at www.co.bibb.ga.us

To Set Pre-trial conference: Call Charlotte Maurizi (478) 621-6328.

Continuances :
                    Cases filed after March 31, 2007 may be continued by agreement.  Notify judge’s office by mail or fax, copy to opposing counsel or unrepresented parties of agreement to continue.
                    Cases filed before March 31, 2007 can be continued only by a motion to continue.  Judge must agree to motion.  Please plan to attend calendar call or  arrange a conference call with the judge for any such motion.  Parties will not be excused from calendar call on these cases. 

                    Requests for continuance may be made to the Court before Friday, October 17, 2008 by letter or FAX (478-621-6580).  Please do not send both.  NO TELEPHONE ANNOUNCEMENTS WILL BE ACCEPTED.

                    Parties are excused from calendar call if a scheduling order has been signed that extends discovery or motion hearings beyond the trial date or if the case was filed after March 31, 2007 and is noted on the Internet calendar as having been continued by agreement of the parties.  You can check the status of your case by logging on to the website at www.co.bibb.ga.us.  The calendar is usually updated on a daily basis. 

Effect of Failure to Answer Calendar or attend pretrial
                    Cases may be dismissed if parties fail to answer calendar call or fails to attend pre-trial conference.

Notify Court of Settlement:
                    In order to comply with Rule 4.10, U.S.C.R.,  please notify the court of all settlements.

COPY OF MOTIONS TO JUDGE:
The court does not know that motions are filed unless it receives a copy of the motion. Please instruct your personnel and take personal responsibility to see that the court gets a copy of all motions and briefs. Otherwise motions will not be considered filed and will not be grounds for delay of a trial.  This is in accord with U.S.C.R. 6.1. 

                    If you do not have access to the Internet and need a calendar, call Deputy Clerk, Leslie Posey at 478-621-6518 or 478-621-6514.  All other questions with regard to the calendar should be directed to Ms. Maurizi at 478-621-6328.

                    Thank you for your cooperation.

                                                                                                                                                            S. PHILLIP BROWN
                                                                                                                                                            Judge, Superior Courts of Georgia
310 Bibb County Courthouse                                                                                                               Macon Judicial Circuit
Macon, GA 31201
478-621-6328  

MEMORANDUM

TO:                              All Counsel

FROM:                        Judge S. Phillip Brown - Bibb County Courthouse

RE:                              CourtCall Telephonic Appearances

DATE:                         May 2006

For appearances commencing in April 2006, I will join a growing number of Judges in Georgia and around the country using CourtCall, a new method of conducting telephonic appearances by counsel (“CourtCall Appearances”). In my courtroom, CourtCall appearances may generally be made for all non-evidentiary appearances including Pre-trial Conferences, Status Conferences and Motions. CourtCall is providing equipment to enhance the process. It is my hope that by making the process more uniform, your practice will become more productive and enjoyable so that the cost of litigation will be further reduced.

Counsel may make a CourtCall Appearance by serving and filing with CourtCall (not the Court), NOT LESS THAN FIVE (5) COURT DAYS PRIOR TO THE HEARING DATE, a Request for Telephonic Appearance Form and paying a fee of $55.00 for each CourtCall Appearance. There are no subscription fees.

A CourtCall Appearance is made as part of a Court’s regular calendar and all counsel who have timely filed their request form and paid the fee may appear by dialing the Courtroom’s dedicated toll free teleconference number, and access code (if any) which will be provided by CourtCall, LLC on the confirmation faxed to your office. A pre-hearing check-in will occur five minutes prior to the scheduled hearing time. A CourtCall Appearance is voluntary and may be made without consent of the other party, and the Court continues to reserve the right to reject any request. In matters where only one party elects to make a CourtCall Appearance, the matter will be heard on the Court’s speakerphone provided by CourtCall.

You may obtain additional information by calling the CourtCall Program Administrator, CourtCall at (310) 342-0888 or (888) 882-6878.

For more information about CourtCall please call CourtCall, LLC, not the Courtroom!!

WEB PAGE INSTRUCTIONS

Directions for getting information on the entire calendar or for your case(s) in particular. On the Internet go to the Bibb County web page, http://www.co.bibb.ga.us

1. Click on DEPARTMENTS.

2. Click on Superior Court Judges.

3. Click on Judge Christian's CALENDAR.

A. FIND CASE(S) BY ATTORNEY NAME

Enter attorney's name or any part of a name in the attorney field and click on "submit". For example, entering 'ab' will list all attorney's name which include letters 'ab' such as Abraham, Abrams, or Cable. The initials you enter do not have to be the beginning of the name.

Click on any case number on the list for full details of that case.

For List of only one attorney's cases on the list, click on that Attorney's name in the list.

B. FIND CASE(S) BY PARTY NAME

Enter party name or name fragment in party field and click on "submit". The same rules apply as for party above.

C. LIST OF COMPLETE CALENDAR

For a complete court calendar, click on the 'list' button. This will list all the cases on the trial calendar sorted by case number. You may print this with the 'File/Print' command..

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