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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Kristin Ballinger 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.
Practitioners will find the judge's rules of conduct and a separate document titled 'ballinger' among the published procedures.
The rule identifies required filing content or certificates. All exhibits must be marked and logged with the Clerk in accordance with the pretrial order and the Court's website instructions.
Parties may contact Judge Kristin Ballinger's chambers by email only as allowed by the rule. The rule lists email ballinger.court@kingcounty.gov. Parties must be on time for court and must email the bailiff at ballinger.court@kingcounty.gov if they will be late.
Parties must be on time for court and must email the bailiff at ballinger.court@kingcounty.gov if they will be late.
All exhibits must be marked and logged with the Clerk in accordance with the pretrial order and the Court's website instructions.