Donald R. Alvarez

Judge Specific

Electronic Trial Exhibits

Judge Alvarez requires premarked, Bates-stamped joint exhibits and encourages delivery of trial documents to the judicial assistant on a flash or thumb drive on the first day of trial.

The use of a flash drive/thumb drive is encouraged.

Department S23 Trial Rules ↗

Courtwide

Trial Readiness Submissions

For unlimited civil trials, Local Rule 411.2 requires specified trial materials at the trial readiness conference, including motions in limine oppositions, jury instructions, verdict forms, witness and exhibit lists, stipulated facts, voir dire questions, and a case statement.

Counsel and parties shall submit the following items to the court at the Trial Readiness Conference

San Bernardino Superior Court Local Rules ↗

Courtwide

Electronic Exhibit Bookmarks

Represented parties filing electronic exhibits must bookmark the first page of each exhibit and label each bookmark with the exhibit number or letter and a short description.

Electronic exhibits must include electronic bookmarks with links to the first page of each exhibit

San Bernardino Civil eFiling Requirements ↗

Statewide

Audiovisual Evidence

A party offering an electronic sound or sound-and-video recording must provide the court and opposing parties a transcript and provide opposing parties a duplicate of the recording.

the party must provide to the court and to opposing parties a transcript of the electronic recording and provide opposing parties with a duplicate of the electronic recording

California Rule 2.1040, Electronic recordings presented or offered into evidence ↗

Statewide

Remote Proceedings

California courts should permit remote participation in covered civil proceedings, subject to the statute, local rules, and controlling orders.

courts should permit parties to appear remotely at conferences, hearings, and proceedings in civil cases consistent with Code of Civil Procedure section 367.75

California Rule 3.672, Remote proceedings ↗

Statewide

Remote Participants And Witnesses

Covered civil parties and witnesses may appear remotely, and the court may conduct proceedings in whole or in part using remote technology.

that party or witness may appear remotely and the court may conduct conferences, hearings, and proceedings, in whole or in part, through the use of remote technology

California Code of Civil Procedure section 367.75 ↗

Statewide

Recording And Broadcasting

Court proceedings may not be photographed, recorded, or broadcast except as Rule 1.150 permits.

Except as provided in this rule, court proceedings may not be photographed, recorded, or broadcast.

California Rule 1.150, Photographing, recording, and broadcasting in court ↗

Statewide

Expedited Jury Trial Presentations

In expedited jury trials, parties may use slides, electronic presentations, projections, exhibit notebooks, and other methods approved at the pretrial conference.

the parties may present summaries and may use photographs, diagrams, slides, electronic presentations, overhead projections, individual notebooks of exhibits for submission to the jurors, or other innovative methods of presentation approved at the pretrial conference

California Rule 3.1551, Case presentation ↗

Statewide

Expedited Jury Trial Pretrial Agreements

Voluntary expedited jury trial submissions must identify party agreements concerning electronic presentations and other proposed presentation methods.

Any agreements of the parties to use photographs, diagrams, slides, electronic presentations, overhead projections, notebooks of exhibits, or other methods of presenting information to the jury

California Rule 3.1548, Pretrial submissions for voluntary expedited jury trials ↗

Statewide

Exhibit Admission

An exhibit must be admitted by the judge before it may be used in the case.

The judge must to allow you to admit the exhibit as evidence in order for you to use it in your case.

How to introduce exhibits at a trial ↗

Donald R. Alvarez at a glance

Available research

Biography

Judicial service

Education

Courtroom rules and guidance

Electronic Trial Exhibits

Trial Readiness Submissions

Electronic Exhibit Bookmarks

Audiovisual Evidence

Remote Proceedings

Remote Participants And Witnesses

Recording And Broadcasting

Expedited Jury Trial Presentations

Expedited Jury Trial Pretrial Agreements

Exhibit Admission

Sources

Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino official judicial roster

CourtListener judicial biographical directory

California Rule 2.1040, Electronic recordings presented or offered into evidence

California Rule 3.672, Remote proceedings

California Code of Civil Procedure section 367.75

California Rule 1.150, Photographing, recording, and broadcasting in court

California Rule 3.1551, Case presentation

California Rule 3.1548, Pretrial submissions for voluntary expedited jury trials

How to introduce exhibits at a trial

San Bernardino Superior Court Local Rules

San Bernardino Civil eFiling Requirements

Department S23 Trial Rules