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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Judge Marshall Ferguson sits on the King County Superior Court, Washington's trial court of general jurisdiction for King County, which handles a broad range of civil and criminal matters.
Practitioners will find a general procedures document and a specific guide on estimating witness examinations in Judge Ferguson's published materials.
Courtesy copies are required for chambers copys. Details: delivery upon filing, by chambers drop off. Working copies should be submitted in paper to Judge Ferguson's mailroom C-203, clearly marked with Judge Ferguson's name and the case information.
Judge Marshall Ferguson's formatting rule includes file format docx and deliver proposed orders to the court by emailing them to the bailiff. All proposed orders must be provided to the Court in Word format by emailing them to the bailiff.
The rule identifies required filing content or certificates. When setting non-dispositive motions without oral argument, parties must comply with all requirements of KCLR 7.
The rule identifies required filing content or certificates. An Estimate of Witness Examination is required for any trial expected to last longer than 10 trial days.
Parties may contact Judge Marshall Ferguson's chambers by email only as allowed by the rule. Parties must contact the bailiff with equipment questions at least 5 days before the trial date.
No. The rule prohibits holding covered papers for bundling. A motion to shorten time must be submitted as a separate motion while the underlying motion is noted in the regular course.
No. Electronic filing is prohibited for the covered filings. Working copies may not be submitted via email unless the Court has given prior authorization.
The rule addresses filing timing, filing status, or cure windows. Until the court grants a motion to shorten time, all responses and replies must be submitted as if the motion will be considered in the normal course.
The rule addresses service method, recipient, or timing requirements. Details: method: service by email, recipient: all parties. Signed orders are delivered electronically to parties who provided email addresses; parties without an email on file must give the Court preaddressed, stamped envelopes for mail delivery.
When setting non-dispositive motions without oral argument, parties must comply with all requirements of KCLR 7.
All proposed orders must be provided to the Court in Word format by emailing them to the bailiff.
Signed orders are delivered electronically to parties who provided email addresses; parties without an email on file must give the Court preaddressed, stamped envelopes for mail delivery.
Hearing date requests may be made by emailing the bailiff, and oral argument on motions is generally scheduled for Friday mornings.
Working copies should be submitted in paper to Judge Ferguson's mailroom C-203, clearly marked with Judge Ferguson's name and the case information.
Working copies may not be submitted via email unless the Court has given prior authorization.
Working copies must include proposed orders from each party in Word format.
An Estimate of Witness Examination is required for any trial expected to last longer than 10 trial days.
Parties planning to use videos, PowerPoint, ELMO, or easels should visit the courtroom and discuss set-up needs with the bailiff before the hearing or trial.
A motion to shorten time must be submitted as a separate motion while the underlying motion is noted in the regular course.
Until the court grants a motion to shorten time, all responses and replies must be submitted as if the motion will be considered in the normal course.
A completed CD Request Form must be submitted to the Clerk's Office copy center to obtain a copy of a hearing or trial CD.
Parties must contact the bailiff with equipment questions at least 5 days before the trial date.
To schedule a wedding performed by Judge Ferguson, email the bailiff at ferguson.court@kingcounty.gov; weddings are available Monday through Friday after 4:30 pm, on weekends, and outside of court.
In every case expected to last more than 4 days, the Estimate of Witness Examinations must be submitted to Judge Ferguson no later than 10 court days before trial.
The Estimate of Witness Examinations must not be filed with the Clerk’s Office; it is submitted to the judge instead.
Time estimates on the form must be expressed in tenths of hours (e.g., .1, .2, .5, 1.0).
Counsel must confer no later than ten calendar days before the trial date to determine cross-examination time estimates for each party’s witnesses and prepare the Estimate of Witness Examinations.
Parties may use the court’s form or create their own, provided it includes all of the requested information.
Each additional party should create and complete the witness examination estimate information for that party’s own witnesses.