The team leader approach at the First Judicial District of Pennsylvania was instituted decades ago to help the court clear out a stifling backlog and keep the system running efficiently, but according to some lawyers, the system is beginning to show its age.
Although most attorneys noted that problems are bound to arise given the enormous volume of cases handled at the FJD each year, some reported that the team leader approach can lead to cursory reviews of motions, confusion about what arguments were dispositive or dismissed in a litigation, bad attorney behavior and relitigating issues on the eve of trial.
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