Free Trial Exhibit Procedure (pdf)(23kb) - Wisconsin

PROCEDURES FOR TRIAL EXHIBITS IN THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN Before trial, the parties are to label all exhibits that may be offered at trial. Before the start of trial, the parties are to provide the deputy clerk with a list of all exhibits. 1. Each party is to label all exhibits with labels provided by the clerk's office. 2. If more than one defendant will be offering exhibits, that defendant should add an initial identifying the particular defendant to the label. 3. Each party is to list the exhibits on the yellow exhibit sheet provided by the clerk's office. The party should state to whom the exhibits belong, the number of each exhibit and a brief description. 4. Each party is to provide the court with the original exhibit list and a copy of each exhibit that may be offered for the judge's use. 5. As a general rule, the plaintiff should use exhibit numbers 1-500 and the defendant should use exhibit numbers 501 and up. 6. Each party is to maintain custody of his or her own exhibits throughout the trial. 7. At the end of trial, each party is to retain all exhibits that become a part of the record. It is each party's responsibility to maintain his or her exhibits and to make arrangements with the clerk's office for inclusion of the exhibits in the appeal record, if there is an appeal. 8. Each party should be aware that once reference is made to an exhibit at trial, the exhibit becomes part of the record, even though the exhibit might not be formally offered or might not be received. Any questions concerning these instructions may be directed to the clerk's office at (608) 264-5156. Entered this 19th day of May, 2006. BY THE COURT: /s/ Barbara B. Crabb __________________________________ BARBARA B. CRABB District Judge