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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Joe Campagna is a judge on the King County Superior Court, Washington's trial court of general jurisdiction for King County.
The published procedures for this judge are not detailed in the available materials; practitioners should refer to the court's general rules.
Judge Joe Campagna's formatting rule includes file format docx. Proposed orders should be submitted in Word (.docx) format.
The rule requires proposed order. Proposed orders must accompany all motions and opposition submissions.
Parties may contact Judge Joe Campagna's chambers by email only as allowed by the rule. Hearing requests for dispositive motions (typically heard Fridays) must be emailed to the bailiff, copying all parties, and stating the type of hearing requested.
Electronic filing is permitted for the covered filings. The Court is paperless and parties are encouraged (not required) to use the eWorking Copies service through the Clerk's Office.
Contact the court via email for the fastest response.
Chambers prefers email over telephone, and all communications are answered in the order received.
Litigants must review the court's email policy, state and local court rules, clerk's office, and interpreter services links before contacting the court.
All correspondence with the court must include the Case Name and Cause Number in the email subject line or at the beginning of a voicemail.
Parties must notify the court immediately if the case settles or if a motion needs to be stricken.
Hearing requests for dispositive motions (typically heard Fridays) must be emailed to the bailiff, copying all parties, and stating the type of hearing requested.
Dispositive motions hearings are allotted one hour by default, and parties must advise the bailiff when requesting additional time for multiple parties, multiple motions, or complex matters.
The Court is paperless and parties are encouraged (not required) to use the eWorking Copies service through the Clerk's Office.
Proposed orders must accompany all motions and opposition submissions.
Proposed orders should be submitted in Word (.docx) format.
Weddings are scheduled by emailing the bailiff, Linda Tran, at Campagna.Court@kingcounty.gov for scheduling, fee, and other information.