LOCAL RULE 16.1
PRETRIAL CONFERENCES AND PROCEDURES

16.1.1 PRETRIAL CONFERENCE. A civil case may be scheduled for pretrial conference anytime after the expiration of the discovery period. Counsel who will actually try the case and other counsel of record with authority to define issues, make stipulations and discuss settlement, shall attend the pretrial conference.

16.1.2 PRETRIAL ORDER. The parties shall submit a jointly proposed pretrial order or report in the form prescribed by the assigned judge on the date specified in the notice of the pretrial conference. When entered by or at the direction of the assigned judge, the pretrial order shall supersede all prior pleadings, shall control the trial of the case, and shall be amended only by order of the court and only upon a showing of good cause.