Oregon court rules & publisher orders

SLR 6.012 — PRETRIAL SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE PROCEDURES

Josephine County Supplementary Local Rules (2026) · physical PDF page 12–13 · 2026

6.012 PRETRIAL SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE PROCEDURES
The following procedures shall apply to pretrial settlement conferences in all
pending civil and domestic relations cases  when ordered by the court
pursuant to UTCR 6.010 or 6.200 or when requested by a party or the party’s
attorney:
(1) If one party requests a pretrial settlement conference, the settlement
conference shall be held unless the opposing party demonstrates
good cause why the settlement conference should not be held.
(2) Each trial attorney and party or representative of a corporation or
insurance company who has full authority to settle and compromise
the litigation shall personally appear at the pr etrial settlement
conference.  However, the assigned judge may permit  remote
appearances in lieu of personal appearance for good cause.
(3) Each pretrial settlement conference shall be scheduled to allow
adequate time for meaningful settlement discussions.  Additional
settlement conferences may be scheduled by the assigned judge or
by agreement of all attorneys and parties.
(4) The pretrial settlement conference shall not delay the trial scheduling.
(5) It will not be required that a trial setting conference be held prior to the
pretrial settlement conference.
(6) Pretrial settlement conferences shall be conducted by a judge other
than the assigned trial judge unless all parties stipulate in writing that
the trial judge may also conduct the settlement conference.
(7) A pretrial settlement conference statement must be submitted to the
court 48-hours prior to the scheduled settlement conference.  Pretrial
settlement conference statements shall be submitted to the court as a
confidential document.
(8) No notes or material prepared by the pretrial settlement conference
judge will be placed in the court file.
(9) If a settlement is reached, the parties shall place notice of the
settlement on the record before the scheduled trial date, unless
otherwise ordered by the court, in accordance with UTCR 6.020.





February 1, 2026
14th Judicial District – Josephine County Circuit Court
-9-

Open publisher PDF at this page ↗

Machine-extracted PDF text, unreviewed.

Captured 2026-10-18T22:30:41.802948+00:00 · 2026 SLR publisher source, retrieved 2026-10-18; later amendments and case orders require separate verification

Stored circuit-court rule excerpt. Read the complete rule, exceptions, current publisher version and actual case orders; applicability and deadlines are not established.