Circuit Court for Montgomery County, Maryland -- Business & Technology Case Management Program
1 judge profiled from their own signed orders: how each rules on motions, with the orders quoted. Court-wide standing orders ↓
Standing orders for every case in this court
Orders the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, Maryland -- Business & Technology Case Management Program applies to all of its cases, whichever judge has them, as published on the court's website (checked October 11, 2026). Courts revise these, so confirm the current version before you file. The court's local rules ↗
- Administrative Order - Motions for Default Judgment ↗
- Administrative Order - Disposition of Documents Offered as Exhibits in Open Court ↗
- Administrative Order - Electronic Devices in the Courtroom or Hearing Room ↗
Motions
The court will not enter a default judgment before the motion is ripe for decision under Maryland’s response rules.
“a Default Judgment shall not be entered before the Motion for Default Judgment is ripe for judicial determination under the Maryland Rules”
Trial
After courtroom exhibits are scanned, the clerk retains the documents for up to 30 days after the hearing or trial unless the offering party retrieves them sooner.
“once scanned, the courtroom clerk shall retain all documents offered into evidence as exhibits in open court for thirty (30) days following the conclusion of the hearing or trial or until the offering party or their designee retrieves the document(s), whichever occurs first”
Trial
Electronic-device use is barred in the courtroom during proceedings unless an exception in the order applies.
“subject to the exceptions below, during all court proceedings and until further administrative order of this Court, no person may use any electronic device within any courtroom or hearing room of the Circuit Court”