Judge Jennifer Petersen

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Email to chambers

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.

Contact

Email to chambers

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.

Contact

Email to chambers

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.

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Witness examination estimate

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

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Witness examination estimate

Each additional party must create and complete the witness examination information for that party's witnesses.

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Witness examination estimate

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

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Witness examination estimate

The witness examination estimate form must not be filed with the clerk's office; it is submitted to the bailiff by email instead.

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Working copies of legal pleadings

Email may not be used to deliver working copies of legal pleadings, including jury instructions, without prior permission of the court.

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Exhibits

Exhibits may be submitted digitally or in hardcopy, and the Order from Pretrial Conference in each case specifies which format is ordered.