# District of Columbia Court of Appeals — argument format

Updated October 27, 2026

Court of Appeals only; January 3, 2023 dated information sheet. Excerpt concerns court discretion over argument format; obsolete pandemic health instructions elsewhere in the source are not adopted. Shared baseline only, not a judge-specific preference or complete local rules inventory. Apply source exceptions, case-type limits, later amendments and case orders.

Published/source-supported dates retained; no claim that later amendments were exhaustively checked.

[Official source](https://www.dccourts.gov/sites/default/files/COA-efiling-cases-online-PDFs/In-Person_Oral_Argument_Information_Sheet.pdf) · Collected 2026-10-27

## District of Columbia Court of Appeals — argument format

At any time, however, the court may elect to conduct an oral argument in a hybrid format or entirely remotely using the Zoom Government platform.

Court of Appeals only; January 3, 2023 dated information sheet. Excerpt concerns court discretion over argument format; obsolete pandemic health instructions elsewhere in the source are not adopted. Shared baseline only, not a judge-specific preference or complete local rules inventory. Apply source exceptions, case-type limits, later amendments and case orders.