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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Tenaya Scheinman is a judge on the King County Superior Court, Washington's trial court of general jurisdiction for King County.
The judge's procedures are published in a document titled 'scheinman'.
Proposed orders included with electronically filed working copies must be in Word format.
The rule requires proposed order. Electronically filed working copies must include the proposed order in Word format.
Email is the preferred way to contact the court for the fastest response.
Working papers and proposed orders may not be delivered by email without prior authorization.
Working papers and proposed orders may not be delivered by email without prior authorization.
The judge prefers electronic submission through the Clerk’s e-filing portal for working copies of motions, declarations, and proposed orders.
Proposed orders included with electronically filed working copies must be in Word format.
Electronically filed working copies must include the proposed order in Word format.
Parties may submit paper working copies as provided in LCR 7(b)(4)(F)(iii).
Email is the preferred way to contact the court for the fastest response.
