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These 44 rules apply across King County Superior Court. Where this judge's own standing orders above address the same topic, the judge's requirement controls.
Parties must check with the Court before faxing or emailing documents or pleadings.
Counsel/parties must jointly complete the Estimate of Witness Examinations form and email it to the bailiff at scott.court@kingcounty.gov as soon as possible.
This policy governs only email communication with court staff and does not establish a preference for email over other forms of communication.
Time estimates on the form must be expressed in tenths of hours and the form must be totaled once completed.
Trial length estimates must assume 5 hours per full trial day and account for witness exams, jury questions in civil cases, opening and closing arguments, voir dire, and motions in limine.
Counsel must confer to determine cross-examination time estimates for each party's witnesses and jointly prepare the form.
Documents must follow local court rules for pagination.
The deposition designation process must begin with a PDF of the transcript because the final marked product will be in PDF format.
The moving party must highlight its deposition designations in a single particular color (e.g., yellow).
New cases and additional documents may be filed online, by mail, or in person at the Clerk's Office.
The Estimate of Witness Examinations form must not be filed with the clerk's office; it is submitted to the bailiff by email instead.
Parties may email the courtroom to ask whether the judge will accept pleadings, jury instructions, legal memoranda, and similar documents as email submissions, with acceptance at the judge's discretion.
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Kristin Ballinger is a judge on the King County Superior Court, Washington's trial court of general jurisdiction for King County. The court handles a broad range of civil and criminal matters.
Practitioners will find the judge's rules of conduct and a separate document titled 'ballinger' among the published procedures.
The rule addresses email communications with Judge Kristin Ballinger's chambers. The rule lists email ballinger.court@kingcounty.gov. Conference requests must be emailed to ballinger.court@kingcounty.gov with a succinct, non-argumentative description of the issue and all parties copied.
Motions are decided within one judicial day of noting; if no order is entered after three judicial days, parties should contact the bailiff.
The rule addresses service method, recipient, or timing requirements. Details: method: service by email, recipient: all parties. All parties must be copied on any email sent to the court.
Parties must be on time, and if they will be late they must email the bailiff at ballinger.court@kingcounty.gov.
Contact the bailiff by email for the fastest response.
Motions are decided within one judicial day of noting; if no order is entered after three judicial days, parties should contact the bailiff.
Conference requests must be emailed to ballinger.court@kingcounty.gov with a succinct, non-argumentative description of the issue and all parties copied.
All parties must be copied on any email sent to the court.
