UTCR 23.040

(1) Cases assigned to the OCLC are under the direct supervision of a single OCLC

judge for all purposes including referral to mediation, assignment to a settlement

judge, and trial.

(2) Before the date set by the court for a case management conference, all parties

must do all of the following:

(a) Explore early resolution of the case and prepare a discovery plan.

(b) Confer concerning the matters to be raised at the conference.

(c) Attempt to reach agreement on as many of the issues as possible.

(d) Report the results of their conference to the court at the case management

conference.

(3) No later than 10 days prior to trial, unless the OCLC judge has ordered otherwise,

the parties must do all of the following:

(a) Confer and disclose to each other all exhibits, except impeachment exhibits.

(b) Number all exhibits.

(c) Reach, to the extent possible, agreement on the admissibility of exhibits.

(d) File with the court and provide to the OCLC judge a list of exhibits indicating

the status of each exhibit.

(e) Reach, to the extent possible, agreement on foundation for other exhibits to

which they might have substantive objections. Any agreement must be noted

on the exhibit list filed with the court.

(4) Upon compliance with UTCR 23.040(3)(a)–(e), the OCLC judge will confer with the

parties to resolve any disputes on exhibits or other matters upon which a

stipulation might be reached to make the trial more efficient.