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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Janet Helson is a judge on 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, as no specific procedure documents are listed.
Judge Janet Helson's formatting rule includes file format docx and judge helson requires a word version (not pdf) of all proposed orders. All proposed orders must be submitted in Word format.
Parties may contact Judge Janet Helson's chambers by email only as allowed by the rule. The rule lists email helson.court@kingcounty.gov. A Word copy of a proposed order may be submitted by email to the court at helson.court@kingcounty.gov.
Yes. Electronic filing is required for the covered filings. Working copies of motions and declarations must be submitted via the e-filing portal or delivered to the Judges' Mailing Room (C-203) at the King County Courthouse.
A Word copy of a proposed order may be submitted by email to the court at helson.court@kingcounty.gov.
All proposed orders must be submitted in Word format.
Proposed orders may alternatively be submitted through the e-filing portal using the e-working copies application.
Working copies of motions and declarations must be submitted via the e-filing portal or delivered to the Judges' Mailing Room (C-203) at the King County Courthouse.
Working papers may not be delivered by email or to the courtroom.
For wedding scheduling, email the bailiff at helson.court@kingcounty.gov; the court is available 7 days a week with some off-site availability.