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 Matt Lapin serves on the King County Superior Court, Washington's trial court of general jurisdiction for King County, in a district division. The court handles a broad range of civil, criminal, and family matters.
Practitioners will find the judge's rules of conduct and general procedures in the published documents (lapin, lapin-rules-conduct.pdf).
Courtesy copies are required for all covered filings. Details: delivery not specified. Deliveries may not be made directly to the courtroom; all deliveries must go to the Judges' Mailroom unless arranged with the Bailiff.
Judge Matt Lapin's rules set a pre-motion procedure for other. Oral argument is considered only after Judge Lapin reviews all briefing; if appropriate, the Bailiff contacts the parties to set a mutually acceptable time.
The rule identifies required filing content or certificates. To request oral argument on a motion, note the motion and write 'Oral Argument Requested' in the upper right hand corner.
The rule identifies required filing content or certificates. In civil cases, all parties and counsel must jointly complete the Witness Examination Time Form and submit it with the pre-trial memoranda.
Parties may contact Judge Matt Lapin's chambers by email only as allowed by the rule. Dispositive motion hearings are generally set Friday mornings (9 am, 10 am, or 11 am) and must be scheduled at least 2 months in advance.
Yes. Electronic filing is required for the covered filings. Pre-trial submissions must be provided to Judge Lapin via e-working copies.
The rule addresses filing timing, filing status, or cure windows. Trial memoranda, proposed jury instructions, and other trial submissions are due no later than 7 court days before trial.
Dispositive motion hearings are generally set Friday mornings (9 am, 10 am, or 11 am) and must be scheduled at least 2 months in advance.
All correspondence with the court must go through the Bailiff; parties must not email Judge Lapin directly.
For information about individual civil cases, contact the Clerk's Office main information desk at 206-296-9300.
Dispositive motions must be scheduled by emailing the Bailiff to set time on Judge Lapin's calendar (or by phone if no email access).
Oral argument is also granted for motions for restraining orders, preliminary injunctions, revisions, and class certification hearings.
To request oral argument on a motion, note the motion and write 'Oral Argument Requested' in the upper right hand corner.
Oral argument is considered only after Judge Lapin reviews all briefing; if appropriate, the Bailiff contacts the parties to set a mutually acceptable time.
Deliveries may not be made directly to the courtroom; all deliveries must go to the Judges' Mailroom unless arranged with the Bailiff.
Trial memoranda, proposed jury instructions, and other trial submissions are due no later than 7 court days before trial.
Pre-trial submissions must be provided to Judge Lapin via e-working copies.
Contact the Court Clerk by email to obtain information on pre-numbering exhibits.
In civil cases, all parties and counsel must jointly complete the Witness Examination Time Form and submit it with the pre-trial memoranda.
The Witness Examination Time Form must be submitted with the pre-trial memoranda no later than 14 court days before trial.
Deposition designations and objections must be marked according to the court's deposition designation guidelines.
Deposition designations and objections must be provided to the Court at least 7 days before trial, along with other pre-trial materials.
Pre-trial submission deadlines still apply even if the case is reassigned to another judge for trial; submitted papers are forwarded to the trial judge.