Judicial Section Details

ALL ZOOM HEARINGS WILL BE at Meeting ID: 305 349 7062  https://zoom.us/j/3053497062  Please put that on any notices of hearing not generated by courtMAP. 

Please contact Chambers (JA is Michelle Franco) at: mfranco@jud11.flcourts.org or call (305) 349-7062.

Hearings are held Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. through 4:00 p.m. Please make sure the Division Judge has entered an Order of Referral pursuant to Fla. R. Civ. P. 1.490.

TIME: One block of time may be scheduled per day per case. You may schedule multiple motions in one block. PLEASE SCHEDULE SUFFICIENT TIME FOR YOUR HEARING (if there is a dispute choose the longer time). Hearings can be set in increments of 30 minutes. Even if a hearing will take less than 30 minutes, schedule a 30-minute block. 

TYPES OF HEARINGS: Hearings are held by Zoom by default except they must be in person if over two hours or evidentiary. For an in-person hearing, schedule the hearing as you would for Zoom but add: "(LIVE AND IN-PERSON)" in courtMAP when describing the motions to be heard. Contact Chambers for further questions. Hybrid hearings are available, however everyone (attorneys, parties, and witnesses) from Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach, Monroe, and Collier must attend in person (unless permission given). NOTE: IN-PERSON HEARINGS WILL GENERALLY NOT BE HELD ON WEDNESDAYS.

SCHEDULING: Please use CourtMAP to schedule your hearings. Coordinate with all parties on a mutually agreeable date and time. To search for available hearing time for this division, use Scott Janowitz (CVGM03). If you have difficulty scheduling a hearing, please contact chambers after three good faith efforts. You may use CourtMAP to cancel hearings as well, but we ask for a courtesy communication (and (uploading the cancellation notice into courtMAP) if the cancelled hearing is within two business days. 

DOCUMENT SUBMISSION: PLEASE UPLOAD ALL SUPPORTING AND RELEVANT DOCUMENTS INCLUDING DISCOVERY RESPONSES (which are often not filed) AT LEAST TWO DAYS BEFORE THE HEARING. Documents sent to Chambers for In Camera Review are maintained in Chambers (OSN 22.23) for the pendency of the action. Please contact Chambers to retrieve in camera review documents. Note that a Court Order or Fla. R. Gen. Prac. & Jud. Admin. 2.505(d) stipulation of all parties may be required to retrieve the in-camera documents. On a motion to dismiss, upload a copy of the complaint. On a motion to strike affirmative defenses, upload the affirmative defenses.

RECORDING: All hearings before the GM are electronically recorded in accordance with Administrative Order No. 22-13. Any party may also bring a private court reporter. To request a copy of the audio file or transcript, please utilize Court Reporting Services page on the 11th Judicial Circuit website.

USEFUL LINKS

CourtMAP: https://www.jud11.flcourts.org/programs-and-services/online-services/courtmap

Florida Handbook on Civil Discovery Practice: https://www.15thcircuit.com/sites/default/files/divisions/circuit-civil/ag/2024-Florida-Civil-Discovery-Handbook-1.pdf

Sedona Conference Jumpstart Outline for ESI:
https://thesedonaconference.org/sites/default/files/publications/The%2520Sedona%2520Conference%2520Jumpstart%2520Outline%2520March%25202016_Tadler%2520et%2520al.pdf

Submitting Evidence to the Clerk (ONLY FOR REMOTE/ZOOM EVIDENTIARY HEARINGS OR TRIALS): https://www.jud11.flcourts.org/judges_forms/10122459241-Evidentiary%20Hearings%20-%20Evidence%20Procedures.pdf

ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) NOTICE: If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in order to participate in a proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact the Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court's ADA Coordinator Lawson E. Thomas Courthouse Center 175 NW 1st Ave., Suite 2400, Miami, FL 33128. Telephone (305) 349-7175; TDD (305) 349-7174, Fax (305) 349-7355. Email: ADA@jud11.flcourts.org at least seven (7) days before your scheduled court appearance, or immediately upon receiving this notification if the time before the scheduled appearance is less than seven (7) days; if you are hearing or voice impaired, call 711.