Laura N. Findorff

Judicial Assistant Info:

• Stephanie (719)-452-5244
• Thomas (719)-452-5245 (Tuesday/Wednesday)

Courtroom Info:

• Room S502 – Fifth floor of the South Tower

Docket Mix:

• District Criminal (CR), District Court Civil (CV)
• If the courthouse is closed due to weather or any other reason Division 12 will not be conducting hearings and parties are to call the next day to leave a message to be reset.

Ruling on Motions:

Unless deemed an emergency or coming up for a hearing, Judge Findorff works to rule on all pending motions within 35 days of being ripe, if not sooner. If a fully briefed motion is pending for more than 36 days, the parties may contact Division 12 to bring it to the attention of the division 12 judicial assistants.

Criminal

Please see attached Division 12 Case Management Order

Division 12 holds docket on Wednesdays

CIVIL

Civil settings are held Tuesdays at 8:30 am (with a 7-Day notice). Parties are to contact the division’s main line 719-452-5244 or email D04_Courts_Div12@judicial.state.co.us     If parties fail to call/email the Court on the day of the setting, a new notice to set must be filed. Parties are only given the grace period of the day of setting to call otherwise a DPO will be issued by the Court. Due to the high volume of settings only the party that filed the notice should contact the Court Clerk. Once the Court Clerk has given dates to the filing party they must then confer with the other side and file a notice.

The clerk will not give dates for any court proceedings without prior notice. A notice to set must be filed at least 7 days prior to the setting date. The only exception to this rule is if the parties have a discovery dispute and are requesting a telephonic status conference with the Judge.

The parties and counsel shall work diligently and cooperatively to resolve issues regarding discovery between themselves. If no resolution can be reached after all efforts to do so have been exhausted, counsel shall not file a motion but shall instead call the Division 12 clerk and set a short status conference, at which time the Court will resolve the disputed issues.

No later than 3 business days before the status conference, the attorney who set the conference shall submit a short notice describing the disputed issues, to which they may attach a small number of relevant documents. No later than 2 business days before the status conference, the other attorney shall submit a short response.

CIVIL CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCES

Parties will receive dates for the case management conference. The Case Management Conference (CMCF) may be vacated if certain conditions are met. If there are discovery disputes or if the parties disagree on the CMO the CMCF date will not be vacated. Once the CMCF is set and parties wish to vacate they must do the following:

1. File the stipulated Case Management Order with the Court.

2. Clearly and boldly state at the top of the stipulated CMO that they have agreed to vacate the Case Management Conference.

3. If the Case Management Conference is vacated, the plaintiff’s attorney must email court staff to obtain trial dates.

WebEx Information

WebEx: 415-655-0001

Access code: 2591-539-5674 (#)