Rule 8 Conflicts - State and Federal Courts

When a lawyer has cases in both a magistrate court and a higher state or federal court scheduled for the same time, the higher court's schedule takes priority. The lawyer must let the magistrate court know about the conflict as soon as possible.

If a lawyer has two magistrate court cases scheduled at the same time, the case that was filed first takes priority. Again, the lawyer needs to notify the courts right away so the scheduling conflict can be worked out.