Judicial Preferences

Judge Dowd is of the view that the Case Management Conference is of extraordinary importance. He expects counsel to be prepared with the factual predicate from the standpoint of counsel's client. Judge Dowd expects the client to be present; where the client is a corporate entity, he expects a person to be present who has the greatest knowledge of the relevant facts. This is probably NOT in-house counsel. Judge Dowd tailors the Case Management Plan based on the information supplied at the CMC by counsel and parties.

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