Good-Faith Conferral Before Setting Any Hearing — Division AO
Summary
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.
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"REQUIREMENT for EVERY party setting a hearing to FIRST confer in a good faith effort to resolve the matter" ... "ALL hearing notices shall include a certificate of good faith effort" ... "GOOD FAITH CONFERRALS REQUIRE COUNSEL TO ACTUALLY TALK" ... "Hearings dates must ALWAYS be coordinated with the opposing party."
- Official source
- 15th Circuit — Division AO Divisional Instructions
- Source health
- Healthy · checked July 7, 2026
- Effective date
- —
- Last verified
- July 4, 2026Live fetch of official division page — 2026-07-04
Reviewer note: Verified against the live official page on 2026-07-04. 30-day recheck scheduled.
Change history
- July 7, 2026Monitor: content changed at 15th Circuit — Division AO Divisional Instructions. Review before republishing dependent rules.
- July 6, 2026Monitor: content changed at 15th Circuit — Division AO Divisional Instructions. Review before republishing dependent rules.
- July 5, 2026Judge fingerprint published from divisional instructions: 15th Circuit — Division AO Divisional Instructions.
- July 4, 2026Source registered and verified live on 2026-07-04 during initial Florida ingestion.
Related rules
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.
Two Conferral Certificates: Before Filing AND Before Setting Hearing — Division CV-E
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).
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.