Judge Benjamin Santos

Contact

Email to chambers

Counsel and parties must jointly complete the Estimate of Witness Examinations form and submit it to the bailiff by email at scott.court@kingcounty.gov as soon as possible.

Contact

Email to chambers

Email may be used to advise the court of a settlement, provided it is immediately followed by formal written notice pursuant to CR 41(e).

Contact

Email to chambers

Counsel must use the courtroom's designated email address, in the form [judge's last name.court]@kingcounty.gov, for email communication with court staff.

Required

Always

Documents must be paginated in accordance with the local court rules.

Time estimates must use tenths of hours, the form must be totaled, and total trial length estimates must account for 5-hour trial days including witness exams, jury questions, opening/closing arguments, voir dire, and motions in limine.

Proposed jury instructions must use the most recent versions of the Washington Pattern Jury Instructions.

Applies to

Estimate of witness examinations

Counsel must confer to determine cross-examination time estimates and may use the court's form or their own form, provided it includes the requested information.

Applies to

Estimate of witness examinations

Each additional party must create and complete the witness examination time information for its own witnesses.

Applies to

Estimate of witness examinations

Failure to complete the form and disclose witnesses may result in exclusion of witnesses or other sanctions.

You must check with the Court first before faxing or emailing any documents or pleadings.

Applies to

New case or additional documents

New cases and additional documents must be filed either online, by mail, or in person at the Superior Court Clerk's Office.

Applies to

Working copy

Working copies may be submitted electronically through the Clerk's Office e-filing application or delivered as hard copies to the judges' mailroom or appropriate courthouse department.