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Telephone Appearances

For many types of court appearances, parties are allowed to appear by telephone. In some departments, parties must make arrangements for a telephone appearance by contacting CourtCall®. Other departments maintain their own protocols for telephone appearances. 

See the 2008  California Rules of Court  Rule 3.670  and Local Rules 5 (1) and 7 (d).

Please check the list below to see how the judge in your case deals with telephone appearances, and what you must do to make a telephone request:

Judicial Officer

Department

Procedure to request telephone appearance
Hon. Barbara Zuniga 2 Contact department
Hon. David Flinn 6 CourtCall®
Hon Barry Baskin 7 CourtCall®
Hon. Judy Craddick 9 CourtCall®
Hon. Thomas Maddock 16 CourtCall®
Hon. Barry Goode 17 Contact department
Hon. Cheryl Mills 19 Contact department
Hon. Joyce Cram 22 CourtCall®
Hon. Diana Becton Smith 30 CourtCall®
Hon. Jeffrey Huffaker 50 Contact department
Hon. Josanna Berkow 52 Contact department
Hon. Judith Sanders 60 Contact department
Hon. Virginia George
 61 CourtCall®

For judges who require use of CourtCall® you must:

  • Contact CourtCall®

Monday–Friday 5:00 am to 5:30 pm to get directions for requesting a telephone appearance in the department hearing your case:

By phone:       (888-882-6878)  or  (310) 342-0888

By fax:             (888) 883-2946  or  (310) 743-1850

  • Arrange your CourtCall®  at least 5 days before your hearing: 
    • Prepare and serve a CourtCall® Request for Telephone Appearance
    • Pay $55 for each CourtCall® appearance
    • Dial the courtroom’s dedicated toll free teleconference number and access code (information will be supplied by CourtCall®) 5 minutes before the scheduled hearing time

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