Phone Appearances: One Conference Line + Notice to JA; Plaintiff Prepares Amended Trial Orders — Division CV-D
Summary
Telephone appearances in CV-D require counsel to arrange a single conference call joining all participants and to courtesy-copy the Notice of Hearing to the JA; the JA prepares the first trial order, but every amended trial order falls on plaintiff's counsel.
Applies to
Florida > Fourth Judicial Circuit > Duval County > Division CV-D (Judge Virginia B. Norton)
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"[Counsel appearing] by phone must arrange one conference call to include all others participating." ... "The Judicial Assistant will prepare the first trial order... If the trial is continued, it is the responsibility of the Plaintiff's attorney to prepare any Amended Trial Orders."
- Official source
- Div. CV-D Procedures & Information (Judge Norton) — PDF
- Source health
- Healthy · checked July 7, 2026
- Effective date
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- Last verified
- July 5, 2026Extracted from the official PDF (sha256-archived) — live fetch 2026-07-05
Reviewer note: Verbatim excerpts from the judge's published procedures; 30-day recheck scheduled.
Change history
- July 5, 2026Judge fingerprint published from archived procedures PDF: Div. CV-D Procedures & Information (Judge Norton) — PDF.
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