Jacqueline Woodward — County Civil CG 04

Jacqueline Woodward

• Division: County Civil
• Section: CG 04
• Court Location: Coral Gables Branch Court
• Phone: (305) 569-2543
• Room: CGC 1-7
• Judicial Assistant: Carolyn Casola

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Please email both the JA &Court Specialist any questions or concerns:

Judicial Assistant email: Carolyn Casola: ccasola@jud11.flcourts.org

Court Specialist email: Allan Martinez amartinez@jud11.flcourts.org

Court hearings
This court is conducting some hearings in person, and some hearings will be held virtually.  Your notice should tell you if your hearing is in person or in virtual court room on the Zoom platform. 

ZOOM INFORMATION

Meeting ID: 932 6490 9339

Dial in to Zoom: +1 786-635-1003 (Follow prompts and enter Meeting ID)

If you are unable to connect– (1) First call chambers 305-569-2543 and let the court know you are having trouble connecting.

Hearings conducted via Zoom. ZOOM ID 932 6490 9339

• Motions
• 10 minute Special Sets 
• FWOP 
• Case Management

The following hearings will be conducted in person unless by court order:

• 30 minute special sets 
• Evidentiary Hearings (other than attorney's fees)
• Trials (Both Jury and Non-Jury)
• Calendar Call

Motion for Summary Judgement Hearings - Held In-Person

Please email and call chambers with your request; MSJs are not to be set on 10min Special Set slots.

The JA will set you on a Zoom Case Management Conference where the Judge will provide a future date and time for the MSJ to be heard.

DIVISION PROCEDURES

Pre-trial conferences are held in person.  Attendance is Mandatory unless excused by the court PRIOR to the hearing.

Failure to appear by the defendant will result in a default being entered and Failure to appear by the plaintiff will result in the case being dismissed. 
If you are unable to attend, immediately file a request for a continuance. This must be in writing and filed with the court. Attorneys must file a motion for continuance and a proposed order through CourtMap. Motions to continue must be filed a minimum of 5 business days before the pre-trial. If you do not receive a new date within 2 days of your request, please call chambers 305-569-2543.
Attorneys requesting for a waiver of pre-trial, must file an appropriate Motion and submit an Agreed Orders via courtMAP.

FOR INSURANCE CASES

Do not submit orders waiving small claims pretrial conferences or invoking the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure as that has been done by Administrative Order 21-10 A1 (which amends AO21-10). This applies to all insurance cases where all defendants are insurance companies. This includes, but is not limited to, the following: personal injury protection benefits cases, bodily injury cases, automobile windshield cases, and property insurance cases including assignment of benefits.

FWOP Calendars
     If you have received a lack of prosecution notice and hearing. You may file a motion/notice of good cause and a proposed order through CourtMap for a quicker response.  If there is good cause, the Court will enter the order of good cause and cancel the hearing. 
     In addition, the Court will review the cases a few days before the hearing to enter the appropriate good cause orders, which would cancel the hearing. 
     However, if the court does not enter an order, then the case is set for mandatory hearing.   You must attend the hearing in order to argue for good cause for the case to remain open.  Failure to appear at the FWOP hearing, will result in the case being dismissed for lack of prosecution. 

EX-PARTE ORDERS
     All ex-parte motions to compel (including both discovery and attorney fee order compliance) MUST COMPLY WITH Administrative Order 06-09 ( Ex-Parte Motions to Compel Discovery), including the requirement of waiting seven (7) days.

INTERPRETERS/ INTÉRPRETE
If you need an interpreter, you must call the judge’s chambers as soon as possible. Si necesita un intérprete, tiene que llamar a la oficina de la jueza lo mas pronto possible.

Uniform Case Reporting as required by the Florida Supreme Court has now been implemented.  Submit ALL orders in compliance with Administrative Order 22-02
When submitting a proposed order, before beginning the body of the order please insert the following THREE items:

Index #
Date Filed
Motion Titled
Required Notation in Compliance with Admin Rule 22-2

Therefore, orders will be rejected unless the corresponding motion is docketed by the Clerk (default final judgments, motions for final judgment in garnishments, etc.) or unless the time-stamped filed documents are submitted via courtMAP.

If you are a self-represented litigant you may wish to view the following: Videos to Assist Litigants Representing Themselves in Court
Check the Eleventh Judicial Circuit Web Page for all administrative orders, circuit / courthouse updates, official forms, and other information. The Court strongly recommends that all parties sign up for the Florida Courts e-Portal. You can also sign up for Text Alerts&nbs

• Pre-Trial Stipulation for Payment
• PT Order of Dismissal Based on Stipulation

Additional Instructions

Please file all AGREED Orders via courtMAP under Agreed Orders, do not email or mail to chambers. 

All Orders must match to an e-filed and/or docketed Motion or Pleading.  Administrative Order 22-02 requires that BEFORE the body of the proposed order, three items must be clearly  displayed: the title of the motion that was filed, the date the motion was filed and the docket index number (or the e-filing number if not yet docketed).   

Failure to comply with Admin 22-02 will result in the Proposed Order being REJECTED.

Index #
Date Filed
Motion Titled
Required Notation in Compliance with Admin Rule 22-2

Both parties’ information must be entered into the Service List on Court Maps. 
            Instructions on how to add a person on the service list are available on video tutorial

             https:www.jud11.flcourts.orgPrograms-and-ServicesOnlineServicescourtMAPcourtMAP-Video-Tutorials

** Please note Documents attached as “supporting documents” DO NOT get e-filed by the Clerk. You must submit the documents/pleadings/motions/stipulations/settlement agreements/substitutions SEPARATELY through the Florida Courts E-Filing Portal.

** The title of Agreed Orders should begin with the word AGREED

Go to courtMAP Additional Instructions

If there is an emergency, a filing must not only be titled as an emergency, but filed as an emergency with the Florida Court ePortal. You should contact chambers, however the ePortal does immediately inform the Court as to emergency-filed pleadings. 

EMERGENCY MOTIONS: IF YOU HAVE AN EMERGENCY MOTION  PLEASE FILE THE MOTION AS AN EMERGENCY AND CONTACT JUDICIAL ASSISTANT  (305) 569-2543.

MOTIONS TO STAY WRITS OF POSSESSION AND CLAIMS OF EXEMPTIONS ON GARNISHMENT: These proceedings are considered urgent/emergency.  Please call the Judicial Assistant (305) 569-2543.

Go to courtMAP Motion Calendar Information

Type: Closed

Notice Before Hearing: 5 Business Days

Files at Hearing: Electronic

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Additional Instructions

Motion Calendar is for motions that take no more than 5 minutes to complete (including argument by all parties and ruling by the Court).

All motions must be filed and docketed before setting on the Judge’s calendar. To schedule a hearing you must coordinate with opposing counsel and set via courtMap.

Motion Calendar  are held  via Zoom using the following information:  93264909339
Meeting ID:93264909339

PARTIES MUST SUBMIT ALL MATERIALS VIA COURTMAP SO THE COURT MAY REVIEW THE MATERIALS BEFOREHAND.  If the hearing is a hearing regarding discovery responses, both the questions and answers should be provided to the Court. 

Hard-copies should not be submitted to the Court as the Court reviews all materials electronically.  Case law should be highlighted for relevant portions.

The setting party must provide Notice of Hearing with instructions on how to appear using Zoom to the opposing party when scheduling a hearing and must file the notice with the Clerk. The NOH automatically generated by courtMAP is not sufficient as it will not reflect the Zoom meeting information.

A party may request to set a matter unilaterally only if reasonable attempts to reach the opposing party have been unsuccessful and the opposing party has been given reasonable opportunity to respond. After receiving a date and time for a unilaterally set hearing, the notice must include the language that undersigned set this matter unilaterally after good faith efforts to reach the opposing party were unsuccessful.

If the opposing party is not represented and counsel lacks contact information for the unrepresented party, you may set the case through courtMAP.  If counsel has a phone number or email for the opposing party, counsel must follow the procedure outlined above for unilaterally setting hearing after a reasonable attempt to communicate regarding the hearing.

Go to courtMAP No calendar information available. Hearing Documents

• Attorney Fees Protocol
• Preliminary Order Attorneys fees

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Additional Instructions

Please file ALL proposed Orders via courtMAP under Proposed Orders, do not email or mail to chambers. 

All Orders must match to an e-filed and/or docketed Motion or Pleading.  Administrative Order 22-02 requires that BEFORE the body of the proposed order, three items must be clearly displayed: the title of the motion that was filed, the date the motion was filed and the docket index number (or the e-filing number if not yet docketed).

Index #
Date Filed
Motion Titled
Required Notation in Compliance with Admin Rule 22-2

Failure to comply with Admin 22-02 will result in the Proposed Order being REJECTED.

Both parties’ information must be entered into the Service List on Court Maps. 
Instructions on how to add a person on the service list are available on video tutorial

https://www.jud11.flcourts.org/Programs-and-Services/Online-Services/courtMAP/courtMAP-Video-Tutorials or on YouTube
https://youtu.be/15RQP7s58uw

** Please note Documents attached as “supporting documents” DO NOT get e-filed by the Clerk. You must submit the documents/pleadings/motions/stipulations/settlement agreements/substitutions SEPARATELY through the Florida Courts E-Filing Portal.

Attorney's fees - See attached protocol 

Go to courtMAP Hearing Documents

• Attorney Fees Protocol
• Attorney's fees Preliminary Order

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Additional Instructions

Special Set hearings are for hearing that will last from 10 to 30 minutes including time for both sides to present their argument and for the judge to rule. 

All motions must be filed and docketed before setting on the Judge’s calendar.

Any supporting documents must be filed and docketed before the hearing.

Special Sets will default to Zoom however, can be done in person if parties prefer. 

      In-person hearings are held in courtroom 1-3 at the Coral Gables Courthouse.

      Zoom  Meeting ID:932-6490-9339

The parties should coordinate and self-schedule via courtMAP for 10 minutes  (Parties must still file the notice of hearing).

HEARINGS REQUIRING 30 MINUTES OR MORE

Judge Woodward’s Procedure: If you require 30 minutes for a hearing, you must set the matter on the 5-minute motion calendar and indicate the type of motion requesting 30 minutes. The judge will provide the attorneys with a date and time in open court.

PLEASE NOTE - 30 MINUTES MAY NOT BE CANCELED WITHOUT COURT APPROVAL UNLESS THERE IS A FULL RESOLUTION OF THE NOTICED MOTIONS. 

Parties must submit all materials via courtmap so the court may review the materials beforehand.  

      If the hearing is a hearing regarding discovery responses, both the questions and answers should be provided to the Court. 

      Hard-copies should not be submitted to the Court as the Court reviews all materials electronically. Copies of statutes 

      (particularly annotated versions) should not be submitted. Case law should be highlighted for relevant portions.

Attorney's fees protocol - See the attached document 

Go to courtMAP

Documents and forms this judge posts

• Pre-Trial Stipulation for Payment
• PT Order of Dismissal Based on Stipulation
• Attorney Fees Protocol
• Preliminary Order Attorneys fees
• Attorney Fees Protocol
• Attorney's fees Preliminary Order