Jefferson County District Court, First Judicial District Filing Rules

Post-trial attorney-fee motions must be titled specifically and filed with a proposed order.

Specified trial documents must be electronically filed before trial or as required by the Trial Management Order.

A motion for default judgment should not be filed before the return date.

Attorneys must verify that filing fees are correct before submitting a filing through ICCES.

If a Judicial Officer requests paper originals in a foreign-judgment matter, counsel may submit them during the hearing.

Parties and attorneys should contact court staff by telephone rather than traveling to the courthouse when they have questions.

Judge Christopher B. Rhamey provides a primary email address for court contact.

The listed domestic evaluation, testing, and medical documents must be electronically suppressed at the time of filing.

The completed transcript-request form should be sent to the address stated on the form for the appropriate district.

The pretrial readiness conference judge will, if possible, rule on any continuance or other relief requested at the conference.