Randall County District Courts Pre-Motion Conference Requirements

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An attorney filing a motion or plea for any relief generally must confer with each affected party's attorney to determine whether it is opposed, using telephone, email, facsimile, letter, or another previously used communication method.

Unless otherwise specified below, an attorney filing a motion or plea seeking any type of relief from a court must confer with an attorney for each party affected by the requested relief to determine whether the motion is opposed. Such a conference may be by phone call, email, facsimile, letter, or by other means the attorneys have used for communication.

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Before noticing an oral deposition, a party must attempt to communicate with opposing counsel about the date, time, place, and materials to be furnished.

A party seeking an oral deposition must first attempt to communicate with opposing counsel to determine whether an agreement can be reached as to date, time, place, and material to be furnished at the time of deposition.

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Failure to hold or adequately attempt a deposition conference before issuing notice is grounds to quash the deposition.

Failure to hold such conference or to make adequate attempts to hold such conference prior to noticing a deposition will be grounds to quash the deposition.

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A conference is not required for a motion that will be decided on submission.

Conferences are not required for motions that will be heard by submission.

Checked against the court's document on Oct 4, 2026INFO

A conference is not required for a motion that will be decided on submission.

Conferences are not required for motions that will be heard by submission.

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Unless otherwise specified below, an attorney filing a motion or plea seeking any type of relief from a court must confer with an attorney for each party affected by the requested relief to determine whether the motion is opposed. Such a conference may be by phone call, email, facsimile, letter, or by other means the attorneys have used for communication.

Summary: An attorney generally must confer with counsel for each affected opposing party about whether a motion or plea seeking relief is opposed, subject to stated exceptions.

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Unless otherwise specified below, an attorney filing a motion or plea seeking any type of relief from a court must confer with an attorney for each party affected by the requested relief to determine whether the motion is opposed. Such a conference may be by phone call, email, facsimile, letter, or by other means the attorneys have used for communication.

Summary: Before filing a motion or plea, an attorney generally must confer with counsel for every affected party to determine whether the relief is opposed, using telephone, email, fax, letter, or another established communication method.

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If a conference was not held, the certificate must explain why it was not possible to confer, in which event the motion will be presumed to be opposed. This rule does not alleviate the requirement that a conference be held, as attorneys must use their best efforts to have a conference where required by this rule.

Summary: If no conference occurred, the certificate must explain why and the motion is presumed opposed, but counsel must still use best efforts to conduct the required conference.

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Conferences are not required for motions that will be heard by submission.

Summary: A prefiling conference is not required for a motion that will be decided on submission.