Two Conferral Certificates: Before Filing AND Before Setting Hearing — Division CV-E
Summary
CV-E layers a second conferral on top of Rule 1.202: certify conferral before filing the motion (Exhibit A) and again before scheduling it for hearing (Exhibit B).
Applies to
Florida > Fourth Judicial Circuit > Duval County > Division CV-E (Judge Bruce R. Anderson, Jr.)
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Table of contents: "L. Meet and Confer Requirement Prior to Filing the Motion ... M. Meet and Confer Requirement Prior to Scheduling a Hearing on the Motion" — with "EXHIBIT A CERTIFICATE OF CONFERRAL PRIOR TO FILING MOTION PURSUANT TO RULE 1.202, FLA. R. CIV. P." and "EXHIBIT B CERTIFICATE OF CONFERRAL PRIOR TO SCHEDULING THE MOTION FOR HEARING."
- Source health
- Healthy · checked July 7, 2026
- Effective date
- August 31, 2025
- 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, 2026FIRST JUDGE-SPECIFIC RULE CARDS PUBLISHED: 5 verified rules for Judge Bruce R. Anderson, Jr. (Div. CV-E) from his Sept. 2025 Policies & Procedures — including the mandatory AI certificate.
Related rules
Good-Faith Conferral Before Setting Any Hearing — Division AO
Every party setting a hearing in Division AO must first confer in a good-faith effort to resolve the matter, and every hearing notice must include a certificate of that conferral. The division instructions state that conferral requires counsel to actually talk.
Conferral Required Before Filing Nondispositive Motions — Fla. R. Civ. P. 1.202
Under the 2025 case-management amendments, a movant must confer with the opposing party in a good-faith effort to resolve a nondispositive motion before filing it, and must include a certificate of conferral.
No Local Rule 4 Conferral, No Hearing — Division AH
Judge Scott cancels hearings outright when counsel skip the Local Rule 4 duty to speak to one another and attempt reasonable compromise.
Conferral Means at Least THREE Good-Faith Attempts — Division JA/JM
Judge Small quantifies meet-and-confer: reasonable efforts require at least three good-faith attempts by the moving party, certified in every Notice of Hearing — and the NOH may be filed only after the JA's confirmation e-mail.