Rule 616-1-3-.12 - Initial Conference and Pre-Trial Conferences(a) As soon as reasonably practicable, a Tribunal Judge may order the parties to appear at a specified time and place for one or more initial conferences to address discovery, scheduling, and other matters. At the discretion of the Tribunal Judge, such conferences may be conducted in whole or in part by telephone. The Tribunal Judge may require the parties to submit written proposals regarding a schedule for pre-trial procedures, including the submission and disposition of all pre-trial motions, or such other matters as the Tribunal Judge may direct.(b) Prior to any trial, the Tribunal Judge may require the parties to submit written proposals and to appear before the Tribunal Judge regarding: (1) simplification, clarification, amplification, or limitation of the issues;(2) evidentiary matters, such as: (i) identification of documents expected to be tendered by a party;(ii) admissions and stipulations of facts and the genuineness and admissibility of documents;(iii) identification of persons expected to be called as witnesses by a party and the substance of the anticipated testimony;(iv) identification of expert witnesses expected to be called by a party to testify and the substance of the facts and opinions to which the expert witness is expected to testify and a summary of the grounds for each opinion;(v) objections to the introduction into evidence at the trial of any written testimony, documents, papers, exhibits or other submissions proposed by any party;(vi) matters for which official notice is sought; and(3) other matters that may expedite trial procedures or that the Tribunal Judge otherwise deems appropriate.Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 616-1-3-.12
O.C.G.A. § 50-13A-10(e).
Original Rule entitled "Initial Conference and Pre-Trial Conferences" adopted. F. Mar. 4, 2015; eff. Mar. 24, 2015.