Judge Kent Liu

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Parties must check with the Court before faxing or emailing documents or pleadings.

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Email to chambers

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.

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Email to chambers

This policy governs only email communication with court staff and does not establish a preference for email over other forms of communication.

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Estimate of witness examinations

Counsel must confer to determine cross-examination time estimates for each party's witnesses and jointly prepare the form.

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Estimate of witness examinations

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.

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Estimate of witness examinations

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.

Applies to

Estimate of witness examinations

The Estimate of Witness Examinations form must not be filed with the clerk's office; it is submitted to the bailiff by email instead.

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Pleadings

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.