Judge Nushin Sayfie

With COVID-19 infection rates declining in Miami-Dade and surrounding counties, the 11th Judicial Circuit has announced that it is prepared to resume in-person jury trials March 1.

“That does not mean that trials are actually going to be going, that means that we’re ready for them,” said Circuit Judge Nushin Sayfie, who becomes chief judge July 1. “What is required now is for the attorneys on both sides to be ready, and if their case does not resolve, to actually be ready to go to trial.”