Individual Rules, Standing Orders & Policies
Deposition Designations
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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.
Counsel must confer to determine cross-examination time estimates for each party's witnesses and jointly prepare the form.
Please note that there are 5 hours in a full trial day and consider your witness exam totals, jury questions for the witnesses in civil cases, opening and closing arguments, voir dire, time for motions in limine, etc. when estimating the total trial length for your case.
If there are additional parties, each party should create and complete the required information for that party's witnesses.
Documents must follow local court rules for pagination.
The opposing party must state its objections in a call-out box placed next to the highlighted designation being objected to.
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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E. Rania Rampersad is a judge on the King County Superior Court, sitting in a district division. King County Superior Court is Washington's trial court of general jurisdiction, handling civil, criminal, family, and juvenile matters.
The published document is a general reference for this judge's procedures; specific procedural rules are covered by the court's general rules.
Judge E. Rania Rampersad's formatting rule includes file format docx. Proposed orders must be filed in Word format through e-working copies in accordance with LCR 7.
Motions submitted via email will not be scheduled before Judge Rampersad.
Details: recipient: all parties. Motions must be served on all relevant parties.
Proposed orders must be filed in Word format through e-working copies in accordance with LCR 7.
Motions submitted via email will not be scheduled before Judge Rampersad.
Motions must be served on all relevant parties.
Proposed orders must be submitted via e-working copies through the Portal in accordance with LCR 7.
Judge Rampersad's Court does not accept any filings submitted via email.
Proof of service must be filed with the court through KC SCRIPT.
Motions must be filed in KC SCRIPT to ensure the case is placed on the calendar.
