Civil Stipulation And Order To Adr Form And Instructions

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UPERIOR

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ALIFORNIA,

OUNTY OF

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HALL OF JUSTICE AND RECORDS

400 COUNTY CENTER

REDWOOD CITY, CALIFORNIA 94063

ADR Stipulation and Evaluation Instructions

In accordance with Local Rule 2.3(i)(3), all parties going to ADR must complete a Stipulation and Order

to ADR and file it with the Clerk of the Superior Court. The Office of the Clerk is located at:

Clerk of the Superior Court, Civil Division

Attention: Case Management Conference Clerk

Superior Court of California, County of San Mateo

400 County Center

Redwood City, CA 94063-1655

There is no filing fee for filing the stipulation. An incomplete stipulation will be returned to the parties by

the Clerk’s Office. All stipulations must include the following:

Original signatures for all attorneys (and/or parties in pro per);

The name of the neutral;

Date of the ADR session; and

Service List (Counsel need not serve the stipulation on parties).

Parties mutually agree on a neutral and schedule ADR sessions directly with the neutral. If parties would

like a copy of the court’s Civil ADR Program Panelist List and information sheets on individual panelists,

they may visit the court’s website at

If Filing the Stipulation Prior to an Initial Case Management Conference

To stipulate to ADR prior to the initial case management conference, parties must file a completed

stipulation at least 10 days before the scheduled case management conference. The clerk will send notice

of a new case management conference date approximately 90 days from the current date to allow time for

the ADR process to be completed.

If Filing Stipulation Following a Case Management Conference

When parties come to an agreement at a case management conference to utilize ADR, they have 21 days

from the date of the case management conference to file a Stipulation and Order to ADR with the court

[Local Rule 2.3(i)(3)].

Post-ADR Session Evaluations

Local Rule 2.3(i)(5) requires submission of post-ADR session evaluations within 10 days of completion

of the ADR process. Evaluations are to be filled out by both attorneys and clients. A copy of the

Evaluation By Attorneys and Client Evaluation are attached to the Civil ADR Program Panelist List or

can be downloaded from the court’s web site.

Non-Binding Judicial Arbitration

Names and dates are not needed for stipulations to judicial arbitration.

The Judicial Arbitration

Administrator will send a list of names to parties once a stipulation has been submitted.

For further information regarding San Mateo Superior Court’s Civil ADR and Judicial Arbitration

Programs, visit the Court’s website at

or contact the ADR offices at

(650) 261-5075 or (650) 261-5076.

Form ADR-CV-1 [Rev. Feb. 2014]

Civil Stipulation And Order To Adr Form And Instructions - San Mateo

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