Armstrong Cnty. C.P. Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 212.1

(a) A case involving a civil action or an action in equity,

including an appeal from compulsory arbitration and any matter

triable by a judge sitting without a jury, may be placed upon

the Pre-Trial Conference List upon praecipe of any party

directed to the Prothonotary. A case involving an orphans’

court matter shall likewise be placed on the Pre-Trial

Conference List by the Prothonotary upon delivery to the

Prothonotary by the Clerk of the Orphans’ Court Division of a

copy of any praecipe filed with the Clerk to cause the matter to

be scheduled for a pre-trial conference.

(b) The Prothonotary, at least monthly, shall provide the

Court Administrator with a list of all cases placed upon the

Pre-Trial Conference List.

(c) The Court Administrator shall cause each case on the

Pre-Trial Conference List to be scheduled for a pre-trial

conference before one of the judges of the Court. The

Prothonotary shall serve a copy of the scheduling order upon all

attorneys of record and upon all parties for whom no appearance

has been entered, at least twenty (20) days before the scheduled

date.

(d) Discovery shall be substantially completed prior to the

filing of the praecipe placing the case on the Pre-Trial

Conference List.

(e) The Court, upon petition presented in Motions Court,

upon good cause shown, may continue the date of a pre-trial

conference or remove a case from the Pre-trial Conference List.

(f) A pre-trial conference subsequent to the first such

conference may be scheduled by the Court on its own motion. A

party may move that a subsequent pre-trial conference be

scheduled by motion presented in Motions Court.