These 36 rules apply across King County Superior Court. Where this judge's own standing orders above address the same topic, the judge's requirement controls.
Counsel/parties must jointly complete the witness examination estimate form and email it to the bailiff at scott.court@kingcounty.gov as soon as possible.
Each courtroom has a designated email address in the form [judge's last name.court]@kingcounty.gov that counsel (or their staff) must use when communicating with court staff by email.
Commissioners' departments have no individual email addresses; the family law, ex parte, and mental health departments each share a single departmental email address.
Time estimates on the form must be expressed in tenths of hours and the completed form must be totaled.
Trial length estimates must assume a 5-hour trial day and account for witness exams, jury questions in civil cases, opening and closing arguments, voir dire, and motions in limine.
Parties may use the court's form or their own form, provided it includes the requested information.
Counsel must confer to determine cross-examination time estimates for each party's witnesses and jointly prepare the form.
Each additional party must create and complete the witness examination information for that party's witnesses.
Failure to complete the form and disclose witnesses may result in exclusion of witnesses or other sanctions.
The witness examination estimate form must not be filed with the clerk's office; it is submitted to the bailiff by email instead.
Email may not be used to deliver working copies of legal pleadings, including jury instructions, without prior permission of the court.
Exhibits may be submitted digitally or in hardcopy, and the Order from Pretrial Conference in each case specifies which format is ordered.
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David Whedbee is a judge in the district division of 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.
Courtesy copies are required for working copys. Details: delivery not specified, by chambers drop off. Working copies are temporarily accepted only as e-working copies or hard copies via the Judges' Mailroom (Room C-203); emailed working copies are not accepted.
Judge David Whedbee's rules set a pre-motion procedure for dispositive. Parties must not note a motion until the bailiff has emailed confirmation that the hearing has been scheduled.
Judge David Whedbee's formatting rule includes file format docx and must be provided to the court at least 1 day prior to the scheduled hearing. Proposed orders must be provided to the court in MS Word format at least one day before the scheduled hearing.
The rule identifies required filing content or certificates. Non-dispositive motions are decided without oral argument unless a party requests it by including "ORAL ARGUMENT REQUESTED" on the front page of the motion or opposition.
The rule requires case number. Email requests for oral argument hearings must include the case name and cause number, contact information for all counsel or pro se parties, and the type of hearing with requested dates.
Parties may contact Judge David Whedbee's chambers by email only as allowed by the rule. The rule lists email Whedbee.court@kingcounty.gov. Parties must not email Judge Whedbee directly; all correspondence must go through the bailiff.
Yes. Electronic filing is required for the covered filings. Stipulated orders, including agreed orders to continue a trial date, must be submitted via e-working copies or the judge's mailroom and are not accepted via email.
The rule addresses filing timing, filing status, or cure windows. The Note for Motion and Proof of Service must be filed within 48 hours after confirming a hearing date.
Parties must not email Judge Whedbee directly; all correspondence must go through the bailiff.
Emails to the bailiff are not forwarded to the judge, and even emails including all parties are treated as ex parte communication with the judge and are not permitted.
Stipulated orders, including agreed orders to continue a trial date, must be submitted via e-working copies or the judge's mailroom and are not accepted via email.
Working copies are temporarily accepted only as e-working copies or hard copies via the Judges' Mailroom (Room C-203); emailed working copies are not accepted.
Non-dispositive motions are decided without oral argument unless a party requests it by including "ORAL ARGUMENT REQUESTED" on the front page of the motion or opposition.
Hearing dates for dispositive motions must be requested from the bailiff via email.
Parties must not note a motion until the bailiff has emailed confirmation that the hearing has been scheduled.
The Note for Motion and Proof of Service must be filed within 48 hours after confirming a hearing date.
A working copy of the Note for Motion and Proof of Service must be provided within 48 hours after confirming a hearing date.
Email requests for oral argument hearings must include the case name and cause number, contact information for all counsel or pro se parties, and the type of hearing with requested dates.
Proposed orders must be provided to the court in MS Word format at least one day before the scheduled hearing.
A moving party that elects not to proceed with a motion must immediately notify the court to strike the hearing and file a Notice Striking Hearing per KCLCR 7(b)(4)(H).
Deliveries may not be made directly to the courtroom unless arranged with the bailiff; all deliveries must go to the judges' mailroom.
Trial will not begin unless a Joint Statement signed by all parties is submitted, per Local Civil Rule 4(k).