David Kim at a glance
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- Superior Court Judge
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- California · State
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Superior Court Judge · Superior Court of California, County of Sonoma
Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge.
A party offering an electronic sound or sound-and-video recording must provide the court and opposing parties a transcript and provide opposing parties a duplicate of the recording.
the party must provide to the court and to opposing parties a transcript of the electronic recording and provide opposing parties with a duplicate of the electronic recordingCalifornia Rule 2.1040, Electronic recordings presented or offered into evidence ↗
An exhibit must be admitted by the judge before it may be used in the case.
The judge must to allow you to admit the exhibit as evidence in order for you to use it in your case.How to introduce exhibits at a trial ↗
California courts should permit remote participation in covered civil proceedings, subject to the statute, local rules, and controlling orders.
courts should permit parties to appear remotely at conferences, hearings, and proceedings in civil cases consistent with Code of Civil Procedure section 367.75California Rule 3.672, Remote proceedings ↗
Covered civil parties and witnesses may appear remotely, and the court may conduct proceedings in whole or in part using remote technology.
that party or witness may appear remotely and the court may conduct conferences, hearings, and proceedings, in whole or in part, through the use of remote technologyCalifornia Code of Civil Procedure section 367.75 ↗
Court proceedings may not be photographed, recorded, or broadcast except as Rule 1.150 permits.
Except as provided in this rule, court proceedings may not be photographed, recorded, or broadcast.California Rule 1.150, Photographing, recording, and broadcasting in court ↗
In expedited jury trials, parties may use slides, electronic presentations, projections, exhibit notebooks, and other methods approved at the pretrial conference.
the parties may present summaries and may use photographs, diagrams, slides, electronic presentations, overhead projections, individual notebooks of exhibits for submission to the jurors, or other innovative methods of presentation approved at the pretrial conferenceCalifornia Rule 3.1551, Case presentation ↗
Voluntary expedited jury trial submissions must identify party agreements concerning electronic presentations and other proposed presentation methods.
Any agreements of the parties to use photographs, diagrams, slides, electronic presentations, overhead projections, notebooks of exhibits, or other methods of presenting information to the juryCalifornia Rule 3.1548, Pretrial submissions for voluntary expedited jury trials ↗
Statewide source · HTML · checked July 26, 2026
View California Rule 2.1040, Electronic recordings presented or offered into evidence ↗Statewide source · HTML · checked July 26, 2026
View California Rule 3.672, Remote proceedings ↗Statewide source · HTML · checked July 26, 2026
View California Code of Civil Procedure section 367.75 ↗Statewide source · HTML · checked July 26, 2026
View California Rule 1.150, Photographing, recording, and broadcasting in court ↗Statewide source · HTML · checked July 26, 2026
View California Rule 3.1551, Case presentation ↗Statewide source · HTML · checked July 26, 2026
View California Rule 3.1548, Pretrial submissions for voluntary expedited jury trials ↗Statewide source · HTML · checked July 26, 2026
View How to introduce exhibits at a trial ↗