FOR JUDGE MARIAN F. HARRISON

Procedures Regarding Attorney Participation

In Nashville Chapter 7/11 Motion Dockets and Other Hearings

(Procedures for consolidated Nashville Chapter 13 dockets, Columbia dockets, and Cookeville dockets are addressed in the Court Procedures section of the Court’s website)

Nashville 7/11 Docket:  Beginning November 1, 2022, Judge Harrison’s 7/11 docket will normally be held 9:00 a.m. on Tuesdays.  Depending on the caseload of the docket, the Courtroom Deputy may take a first call of the docket without the judge being present to remove any resolved matters from the docket.  Any matters that will be resolved by agreement, by agreed continuance to a date certain, and preliminary hearings simply awaiting a final hearing date to be set may be announced using Zoom Video.  All matters requiring the judge will be conducted in person, in the courtroom unless the Court orders otherwise.  If there is good cause to request a Zoom video hearing rather than in person (e.g., health or safety), a motion must be filed no later than 48 hours before the hearing, which will be acted upon by the Court.  If granted, these hearings will be held at the end of the 7/11 docket. 

Other Hearings:  Specially set matters, such as adversary proceedings and other contested matters, will be held in person unless the Court orders otherwise.  Again, if there is good cause to request a Zoom video hearing (e.g., health or safety), a motion must be filed no later than 48 hours before the hearing, which will be acted upon by the Court.

Pretrial/Status Conferences:  Pretrial conferences in adversary proceedings will be conducted telephonically using the Zoom call-in number.  The Court will determine on a case-by-case basis whether status conferences in Chapter 11 Subchapter V cases will be conducted in-person, telephonically, or by using Zoom.  The method will be included in the Notice of Small Business Subchapter V Status Conference.  Any party may file a motion requesting a change in the method based on the circumstances of the case, location of counsel, etc.  The motion should be filed no later than 48 hours prior to the conference.

Chapter 11 Cases:  In larger or complex Chapter 11 cases, particularly those involving out-of-town counsel, the Court will likely enter a separate order setting out the procedures that will be used and the appearance methods allowed, including, in some situations, the use of prescheduled omnibus hearing dates.

Zoom Video Link

Zoom Call-In Number (Telephonic/Audio Only)