Uncontested General Docket and Arbitration Motions:
All uncontested matters may be presented to the Special Motions Judge on Fridays when the Judge is hearing motions at 10:00 A.M., 12:00 Noon, and 2:00 P.M. Please call 412.350.5953 and press "2" to hear which Fridays the Judge is hearing motions.

Contested General Docket Motions:
The moving party may obtain a Friday argument date and time, in person or by telephone, from the Assignment Room (700 City-County Building, 412.350.5463) between 1:30 P.M. and 4:30 P.M.; or the moving party may place the matter on a 2:00 P.M. Add-On List on a Friday when the Judge is hearing motions any time after 8:30 A.M. on the Friday on which it will be argued. The Add-On List is located in Courtroom 815.

NOTE: There is no limit on the number of cases that can be placed on the Add-On List. Consequently, a party may schedule an argument by giving at least ten (10) days notice to the other parties that a matter will be placed on the Add-On List.

Contested Arbitration Motions:
The original and a copy of any motion shall be taken to an Arbitration Department Clerk (Room 537, Allegheny County Courthouse). The clerk will place on the original and the copy of the motion a time and date (usually on a Friday at 10:00 A.M.) for an argument before the Special Motions Judge. The clerk will file the original with the Prothonotary and return the copy to the party filing the motion. This party shall immediately serve copies of the motion on all other parties with notice of the date and time of the argument.

NOTE: The Arbitration Office's scheduling a motion for an argument on a date after the date of the Arbitration hearing does not continue the Arbitration hearing unless the moving party obtains a continuance pursuant to paragraph (c)(iii).