Rule 212.2 - Pre-Trial Statement(a) Each party shall file and serve upon all other parties a written pre-trial statement in conformity with the requirements of Pa.R.C.P. 212.2, except as set forth in (b) below.(b) For cases which will be tried by the jury, each party or group of parties with joint representation by one counsel shall be entitled to make a voir dire statement and to propose no more than five additional voir dire questions which are not duplicative of the voir dire already covered in Local 220.1 and the Juror Questionnaire. If the party or group of parties wishes to avail itself of this opportunity, the following shall be included in the pretrial statement: (i) Verbatim text of the voir dire statement of 200 words or fewer, which will be given by counsel at the outset of voir dire; and(ii) Not more than five proposed additional voir dire questions, which shall be handled in accordance with Local 220.1(c).(c) Disputes as to the propriety of any party's proposed voir dire statement or proposed voir dire questions shall be raised with the Calendar Control Judge during the conciliation which is scheduled immediately after the Call of the List. Each party shall bring to the conciliation an extra set of copies of their proposed voir dire statement and proposed additional voir dire questions.(d) Should a party, parties, or the Calendar Control Judge request that a Judge preside over voir dire and jury selection, the Judge presiding over the voir dire and jury selection shall have complete discretion over the voir dire and jury selection process, notwithstanding the preceding subsections of this local rule.Adopted October 4, 2006, effective 12/4/2006. Amended October 14, 2008, effective 30 days after publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin. Amended December 27, 2019, effective 2/19/2020; amended effective 9/13/2022; amended effective 11/13/2023.The deadline for each party to file and serve its pre-trial statement is published with the trial list in the Pittsburgh Legal Journal. Generally, Plaintiffs are required to fulfill the requirements of Pa.R.C.P. 212.2 forty-five (45) days prior to the commencement of the trial term in which the case is listed, and all other parties are required to fulfill the requirements of Pa.R.C.P. 212.2 thirty (30) days prior to the commencement of the trial term in which the case is listed.