Rule 16.4. Considerations for Determining Whether a Case Requires Additional Resources

(a) In determining whether a case requires additional judicial resources, the trial court, presiding judge of the administrative judicial region in which the case is filed, and JCAR may consider whether a case involves or is likely to involve: a large number of parties who are separately represented by counsel;

(b) coordination with related actions pending in one or more courts in other counties of this state or in one or more United States district courts;

(c) numerous pre-trial motions that present difficult or novel legal issues that will be time consuming to resolve;

(d) a large number of witnesses or substantial documentary evidence;

(e) substantial post-judgment supervision;

(f) a trial that will last more than four weeks; or

(g) a substantial additional burden on the trial court’s docket and the resources available to the trial court to hear the case.