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STATE COURT of BIBB COUNTY
Civil Jury Trial Calendar Instruction Sheet
Judge William P. Adams
No case shall appear on the published civil trial calendar unless requested in writing or by email to the Clerk, Donna Scarbary, by counsel for any party with a copy of said request to opposing counsel in each case at least thirty (30) days before the trial term.
No civil case will be considered ready for trial unless notice is given in writing or by email and received by the Judge’s assistant, Edith Smith, no later than fifteen (15) calendar days immediately prior to the first day of the trial term, stating the case is “ready” for trial. This “15 day letter” or “ready letter” shall be served upon opposing counsel by mail, email or in person at the same time the letter is given to the Court. Such letter shall also include the following ADR certification of counsel:
Counsel hereby certifies to the Court that, in accordance with Ethical Consideration 7-5 of the Canons of Ethics of the State Bar of Georgia, his/her client has been advised of the various forms of dispute resolution which might constitute reasonable alternatives to litigation.
Email addresses for the Clerk and the Judge’s Secretary may be found on the Court website’s Main page. See www.co.bibb.ga.us and click “Departments” and then “State Court Clerk”. The Court’s Internal Operating Procedures may also be found on the website by clicking on “Court Info”. The current trial calendar is also available by clicking on “Civil Calendar”. There will be two listings, “All Cases” and “Cases Ready for Trial”.
Cases that have been timely announced as “ready”
will be called numerically at Calendar Call to establish the order of trials
during the term. Each attorney is expected to be present unless excused by
the Court. Pretrial telephone conferences will be set at that time. The 9(C)
letters (pretrial information) must be provided prior to the conference call
or by Wednesday following Calendar Call at 5:00 p.m., whichever is earlier,
unless already done at a previous trial term.
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) in Red.
2. Click on State Court calendars.
3. Select State Court/Judge Adams - click "Go".
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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