UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

Middle District of Florida

Office of the Clerk

United States Courthouse

Tampa, Florida 33602

NOTICE TO COUNSEL

INSTRUCTIONS REGARDING THE PRE-MARKING OF EXHIBITS

Local Rule 3.07 requires each party to obtain from the Clerk, in advance of trial, tabs or labels for pre-marking and identification of each exhibit proposed to be offered in evidence, or otherwise tendered to any witness during trial. To assist you in this regard, copies of Court-approved Exhibit Lists and Exhibit Tags are attached for your use. The case number and style should be appropriately inserted on these forms which may then be reproduced on your office copier in such quantities as required.

Prior to pre-marking exhibits, counsel should select the appropriate "party specific" tag from the attachments. These tags are designed to assist counsel and the Court in controlling and managing exhibits throughout the trial.

Counsel should consecutively number each exhibit tag and staple the exhibit tag to the upper right corner of each exhibit. Thereafter, counsel should prepare the Exhibit List and provide a description of each consecutively numbered exhibit, and sub-exhibit, sufficient to identify it throughout trial.

Composite exhibits should be identified by using the main exhibit's sequential number and an alphabetical suffix to identify the composite portions of the exhibit: e.g., if the main exhibit is number 20 and there are two sub-parts to the exhibit, then the main exhibit should be numbered 20/A, the first sub-part numbered 20/B, and the final sub-part numbered 20/C.

Local Rule 3.07(b) requires counsel to furnish copies of their Exhibit List to all other counsel at the commencement of trial.

NOTE: Counsel shall be responsible for ensuring that any additional requirements established by the trial judge are also met.

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