Judge David Keenan

Contact

Email

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

Contact

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.

Contact

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.

Applies to

Estimate of witness examinations

Time estimates on the form must be expressed in tenths of hours and the form must be totaled once completed.

Applies to

Estimate of witness examinations

Trial length estimates must assume 5 hours per full trial day and account for witness exams, jury questions in civil cases, opening and closing arguments, voir dire, and motions in limine.

Applies to

Estimate of witness examinations

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

Documents must follow local court rules for pagination.

Format

PDF

The deposition designation process must begin with a PDF of the transcript because the final marked product will be in PDF format.

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.