Meet the Magistrate
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David Black 
Domestic Magistrate
Court Room
-    #36
Writing Day 
 -    Wednesday
Court Officer -    Sharon Stewart
Officer Phone -   (614) 525-7442

Officer Email
 
                 Sharon_Stewart@fccourts.org
             

ZOOM POLICY

Hearings that are already scheduled to be heard by zoom will go forward as planned. All new requests for a hearing by zoom shall adhere to the below procedure:         

New zoom requests must be filed at least 2 weeks prior to the scheduled hearing. All requests must include the reason the case should be heard by zoom. The court will consider out of town litigants, conflicts with other hearings, and similar requests as potentially valid reasons for conducting a hearing by zoom. Trials will not be heard by zoom under any circumstances.
 
COURTROOM PROCEDURE

All cases will be set at a specific time and there may be multiple cases scheduled at the same time. Failure to appear for your case on time (being more than 5 minutes late) may result in a continuance, dismissal of the case, or the case proceeding without you.
 
At each hearing, you/your attorney should be prepared to inform the court of: all efforts that have been made to settle the case since the last court date; what issues raised at the last hearing have been resolved, or if not resolved, what has been done to attempt to resolve the issues (i.e. discovery, service, court ordered investigations, etc.); what issues remain unresolved; and what the parties/counsel intend to do to resolve the remaining issues.
 
Finally, you and your attorney should be prepared at all times to begin trial. The magistrate reserves the right to begin trial on any scheduled court date and all scheduled court dates should be considered trial dates unless specifically informed otherwise by the magistrate.
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MEDIATION
 

All cases, unless approved by the magistrate, will be required to participate in some form of mediation. This may include mediation services through the court, privately retained mediations sessions, or settlement conferences hosted by the magistrate. This requirement shall be court ordered and a failure to follow the court orders will carry the same potential sanctions as a failure to follow any other court order.
 

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