Okla. Stat. tit. 5A , app 7 R. 19
The Clerk of the Court will upon answer being filed by the respondent immediately notify the presiding judge thereof, and shall upon order of the presiding judge docket the case for pre-trial hearing.
The order of the presiding judge shall set the same for pre-trial hearing at least ten (10) days from the date thereof and shall be filed with the Clerk who shall more than ten (10) days prior to the date of the pre-trial hearing transmit a copy thereof to the parties or their attorneys of record in the manner provided in Rule No. 16.
Parties may attend pre-trial conferences or hearings although a witness may not except by permission of the presiding judge.
At the pre-trial hearing the parties shall be represented by their respective attorneys who are to conduct the trial or by co-counsel with full knowledge of the case and with authority to bind the clients by stipulation.
At the pre-trial conference the following matters shall be considered:
Counsel for each of the parties shall be prepared to submit documentary proof, etc., that they may be identified as exhibits and their admissibility determined at the pre-trial conference. They shall be prepared to discuss points of law, and to submit memoranda of authority with reference thereto.
The presiding judge, or the judge presiding at the pre-trial conference, shall make an order which recites any action taken by the Court and the agreements made by the parties as to any of the matters considered, and which specified as the issues for trial those not disposed of at the conference. The order controls the subsequent course of the action unless modified.
The Court shall make and enforce all rules and orders necessary to compel compliance with this rule and may apply the remedies provided hereinafter.
Okla. Stat. tit. 5A , app 7 R. 19