Lancaster Cnty. C.P. Judge Jeffrey A. Conrad - Judge's Procedures VII

Status Conferences. Counsel are expected to attend. When there is a prior agreement

with the District Attorney’s Office regarding the status or disposition of a case, such as

pending ARD, veterans’ court, or drug court, or the like, counsel may notify chambers by

emailing the Judge’s judicial administrative assistant and cc to the assigned district

attorney. The email must include whether the ADA concurs and whether the case is to

be put on the “call of the list” or placed back on the status list. The email must also

include a designation as to whom the time is to be allocated pursuant to Pa.Crim.P. 600.

In an emergency situation or when counsel is unable to attend the status conference

due to a scheduling conflict, and counsel has been unable to secure an agreement with

the District Attorney’s Office prior to the status conference, a short written motion must

be filed with a copy email to the Judge’s judicial administrative assistant with a copy to

the Judge’s law clerk.

Telephone calls to Chambers seeking to be excused from attending a Status

Conference will not be accepted.

Call of the List. Counsel and their client must attend the Call of the List. With very

limited exceptions, the court will not excuse counsel from attending the Call of the List

unless counsel is attached for trial elsewhere.

Should counsel be attached for trial elsewhere and unable to attend, a written motion

must be filed with the court and a copy must be emailed to the Judge’s judicial

administrative assistant and law clerk. A copy of an order showing that counsel is

attached for trial must be included with the motion.

If an agreement for final disposition of a case has been reached, and counsel is unable

to attend due to an emergency or scheduling conflict, counsel shall email the Judge’s

judicial administrative assistant and copy the assistant district attorney assigned.

Counsel is responsible, however, for ensuring that counsel’s client attends the Call of

the List.

If a final disposition has already occurred, counsel may be excused from the Call of the

List but shall email the Judge’s judicial administrative assistant with the final disposition

and date of occurrence.

No telephone calls to Chambers seeking to be excused from the Call of the List

will be accepted.

Omnibus Pre-trial Motions/Petitions. Always provide chambers with a courtesy copy of

any motions that have been filed and do not hesitate to contact chambers to check the

status of any motion that has been filed. There are many instances when Chambers

has not received motions through Pac-File even though they were correctly filed by

counsel. If necessary, Chambers will schedule a hearing on the motion for the

appropriate time. Judge Conrad prefers to address criminal pre-trial matters in advance

of trial and not at the beginning of trial.

Pre-trial Conference. Chambers will contact counsel to schedule a pre-trial conference

in the days preceding trial to discuss any outstanding issues or other matters which may

arise during the course of the trial.

Translators. Counsel are responsible for contacting the Lancaster County Court of

Common Pleas Language Access Coordinator if translators are needed or may utilize

privately retained translators provided that they are certified.