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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Janet Helson 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.
This judge's procedures are published through the court's general rules, as no specific procedure documents are listed.
Judge Janet Helson's formatting rule includes file format docx. Judge Helson requires proposed orders to be submitted in Word format.
Yes. Electronic filing is required for the covered filings. Working copies of motions and declarations must be submitted via the e-filing portal or delivered to the Judges' Mailing Room (C-203); email and courtroom delivery are not accepted.
Judge Helson requires proposed orders to be submitted in Word format.
Proposed orders may be submitted by email to helson.court@kingcounty.gov or via the e-filing portal e-working copies application.
Working copies of motions and declarations must be submitted via the e-filing portal or delivered to the Judges' Mailing Room (C-203); email and courtroom delivery are not accepted.
