N.D. Ga. LR 26.1

(A) Applicability. The parties to civil actions shall make the initial disclosures

required by Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(1) at or within thirty (30) days after the appearance of

a defendant by answer or motion. Expert disclosures shall be made as required by Fed.

R. Civ. P. 26(a)(2) and by LR 26.2(C). Pretrial disclosures (Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(3))

are addressed in LR 16.4, Consolidated Pretrial Order.

(B) Procedures.

(1) Standard Form. The Court has prepared a form, Initial Disclosures,

which counsel shall be required to use. A copy of the form is included as Form I in

Appendix B and copies of the form may be obtained by counsel at the public filing

counter in each division. No modifications or deletions to the form shall be made

without prior permission of the Court. All disclosures must be answered fully in

writing in compliance with Fed. R. Civ. P. 26. See also Fed. R. Civ. P. 37 regarding

failure to make disclosures.

(2) Multiple Parties. If there is more than one (1) plaintiff or more than one

(1) defendant in the action, each plaintiff and each defendant must submit the

disclosures separately unless a disclosure is the same for all plaintiffs or all defendants.

(3) Attorney's Signature Required. Initial Disclosures shall be certified as

directed by Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(g)(1). Sanctions, if appropriate, will be imposed

according to Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(g)(3) and 37(c).

(4) Removed Cases. For purposes of this rule, any time period stated to run

from the appearance of a defendant will run from the date the removed case is filed in

this Court.

(C) Supplementation and Amendment of Disclosures. The duties of a party to

supplement and amend prior initial, expert or pretrial disclosure are set forth in Fed. R.

Civ. P. 26(e).