Judge Thomas M. Cushing

*Attorneys must pre-mark and exchange exhibits before opening statements. They must confer and determine where they agree regarding foundation and admissibility, and disclose which exhibits they intend to use during opening statements*;

*Attorneys must confer and determine which motions are agreed. Each party is responsible to submit an order on its motions following rulings. Before submitting, the parties shall confer and agree that the order reflects the court's oral rulings or identify any instances where the proposed written order is in dispute*;

When a case is assigned to Judge Cushing for trial, attorneys shall provide the court the following in hard copy: 1) The current complaint, counter-claims and answers; 2) An agreed statement of the case: a non-argumentative, general statement of the plaintiff's theory of recovery and defendant's denials and counterclaims; 3) An inclusive list of witnesses and names of all trial attorneys; 4) Exhibit lists; 5) Motions in limine; 6) All answers to SCR 213 interrogatories and discovery deposition transcripts of all 213(f)(2) and (3) witnesses; 7) All evidence deposition transcripts with objections requiring the court's rulings highlighted, along with a list of pages where those objections can be found; 8) Any stipulations reached by the parties, and notice of any special accommodations required by a party, witness or counsel; 9) Jury instructions, marked and clean; 10) Business cards or letter head containing the names, addresses and phone numbers for each trial attorney.