Rule *227 - Motions for Post-Trial Relief(a)Time for filing. All motions for post-trial relief shall be filed within the time limits prescribed by Pa.R.C.P. 227.1(c).(b)Filing Procedure. All motions for post-trial relief shall be filed with the Office of Judicial Records and the Post-Trial Motions Unit of the Motion Court. All motions for post-trial relief shall be accompanied by a certificate of service setting forth the name of the Trial Judge and the names, addresses and telephone numbers of all counsel and unrepresented parties. The post-trial motions shall be assigned to the Trial Judge immediately upon filing. See www.courts.phila.gov/forms for the current version of the Notice to the Post-Trial Motions Clerk and Proof of Service
(c)Court En Banc. Argument before a court en banc as authorized in Pa.R.C.P. 227.2 may be requested by the moving party, in writing, attached to the motion for post-trial relief. All requests by opposing parties for argument before a court en banc shall be filed with the Office of Judicial Records and Motion Court within five days of service of the motion for post-trial relief.(d)Trial Transcripts.(1) Trial transcripts shall be requested as provided in Pa.R.C.P. 227.3 and Pa.R.J.A. 5005.5(a) in writing addressed to the Court Reporter and to the Manager of Court Reporters, 1321 Arch Street, 3rd Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19107.(2) The court reporter shall file the original notes of testimony, or that portion of the record ordered to be transcribed, with the Post-Trial Motions Unit of the Motion Court (for transmission to the Trial Judge) no later than 30 days after the notes of testimony are ordered. The Court Reporter shall contemporaneously with the filing of the notes of testimony deliver a copy to any party who has requested and paid for them and shall advise the Manager of Court Reporters in writing that the requested transcript has been filed and delivered.(e)Disposition of Post-Verdict Motions.(1)Oral Argument. The Trial Judge shall schedule oral argument for a date certain taking into consideration the dictates of Pa.R.C.P. 227.4(1)(b).(2)Briefs. The court may require the parties to submit briefs in support of, or contra, the post-verdict motions.(3)Disposition Date. The court shall dispose of the post-trial motions within 120 days of the filing of the first post-trial motion unless the parties agree in writing to waive the application of Pa.R.C.P. 227.4(1)(b).(f)Notice of the Entry of an Order Disposing of the Post- Verdict Motions. Notice of the entry of the Order disposing of the post-verdict motions shall be given as provided by Pa.R.C.P. 236. General Court Regulation No. 96-2, issued July 22, 1996, reflecting the adoption by the Board of Judges on May 16, 1996, effective immediately.