Rule 570 - Pretrial Settlement Conference; Warren County(a) Based on a schedule published by the Court Administrator each year, no later than October 30th for the succeeding year, at the time a defendant either waives his/her preliminary hearing or is bound over following a preliminary hearing, he/she will be given a specific date for a settlement conference which date shall be no later than forty-five (45) days after the formal arraignment required by 37.R.Crim.P.L 571. Each settlement conference shall be held in the designated Courtroom at a time established in the Court Calendar. Defense counsel and each defendant shall attend the settlement conference unless the District Attorney has previously excused the defendant or the defendant has previously entered a plea of guilty or nolo contendere, a plea date is already scheduled, the matter is being considered for ARD disposition, or the matter has been resolved in some other manner.(b) Defense counsel and the defendant shall assemble in the designated Courtroom or such other location designated by the Court. The District Attorney shall have a representative available with authority to take a position on behalf of the Commonwealth on each case.(c) The District Attorney or his/her representative and defense counsel shall meet to discuss each case, and at the discretion of counsel, the defendant may participate in all or part of those discussions. The defendant shall remain available at the Courthouse until the defendant's conference has concluded.