Pretrial Proceeding

A meeting of the parties to an action and their attorneys held before the court prior to the commencement of actual courtroom proceedings. A pretrial conference is a meeting of the parties to a case conducted prior to trial.

A Pre-Trial Conference (PTC) provides an informal setting for all parties and the Judge to: identify the facts that are agreed upon or are in dispute; clarify the issues between the parties; and. attempt to reach a resolution by way of a voluntary agreement.

The pretrial is a conference ordered by the court and held in the courtroom to facilitate a face to face discussion of the issues of the case. Some cases are not appropriate to go on to trial because there is no material issue of dispute or disagreement between the parties.

Judges also use pre-trial conferences to encourage settling cases. At the conference, the judge and the lawyers can review the evidence and clarify the issues in dispute.The lawyers usually appear at this hearing before a judge without their clients and try to agree on undisputed facts or points of law.

Thus, the rule mandates a pretrial scheduling order. However, although scheduling and pretrial conferences are encouraged in appropriate cases, they are not mandated.

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A Pretrial Conference is a court appearance in a misdemeanor criminal case which is set at the Arraignment in a California criminal case. The Pretrial Conference is where the Judge, Prosecutor and Defense Attorney discuss the charges against the accused and the possibility of settling the case without a Trial.