Civil jury trials normally, by stipulation, have 8 regular jurors with no alternates. Depending upon the complexity and length of the trial, approximately 20 jurors will be notified to appear on the day of trial. The parties will be given a list of the prospective jurors and copies of each juror's questionnaire on the morning of trial. The questionnaires are to be returned to the Clerk at the conclusion of jury selection.

The first 8 jurors on the list will be seated in the jury box. All jurors will be sworn for voir dire which the Court and the parties conduct. When completed, counsel will approach the bench to make challenges for cause and with their proposed "peremptory strikes." Each side is given three challenges. A party strikes by writing the prospective juror's name on the provided strike sheet. The parties' strike sheets will be turned in at the same time. The Court will then record all the parties' strikes. After the struck jurors have been excused, the Court and the parties will conduct further voir dire direted to the newly-seated jurors who are called in order. If both sides challenge the same juror, the strike counts against both parties. The process will continue until 8 jurors are ultimately selected.