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Court of Common Pleas
Honorable Jeffrey G. Trauger
Bucks County Justice Center
100 North Main Street
Doylestown, PA 18901
Phone: 215-348-6678
Court of Common Pleas
EXPECTATIONS OF COUNSEL AND PARTIES
- Keep commitments and seek scheduling agreements and accommodations.
- Be respectful and act in courteous, cordial, civil manner.
- Be prompt, punctual, prepared.
- Maintain honesty and personal integrity.
- Communicate with opposing counsel.
- Avoid actions taken merely to delay or harass.
- Ensure Proper Conduct before the Court.
- Act with dignity and cooperation in all proceedings.
- Utilize the court system in an efficient and fair manner.
- Apply the Golden Rule:Do unto others as you would want them to do to you.
You are likely not meeting the Court’s expectations if you:
- Neglect saying please or thank you.
- Belittle others verbally or non-verbally.
- Use email or text when face-to-face is needed.
- Take too much credit for collaborative work.
- Email/text during meetings.
- Keep people waiting needlessly.
- Talk down to others.
- Delay access to information or resources.
- Fail to acknowledge others.
- Pass the blame when you’ve contributed to a mistake.
- Spread rumors about others.
See Pennsylvania Code of Civility: https://www.pacode.com/secure/data/204/chapter99/subchapDtoc.html