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 Paul M. Crisalli is a judge 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.
This judge's published procedures include a witness time estimate form and general procedural information.
Courtesy copies are required only when requested by chambers. For submissions exceeding 500 pages, parties may request prior permission to deliver working copies as PDFs on disk or thumb drive to the Judge's Mailroom.
Judge Paul M. Crisalli's rules set a pre-motion procedure for dispositive. Parties must check proposed hearing dates with opposing counsel before scheduling any hearing.
Judge Paul M. Crisalli's formatting rule includes parties must cooperate to provide one set of deposition designations, designations and objections are generally made electronically on a pdf, moving party marks designations with brackets/highlights in one color (e.g., yellow), opposing party notes objections in text of a particular color (e.g., blue) next to the highlighted portion, referencing a rule or code, opposing party marks counter-designations with brackets/highlights in a different color (e.g.
The rule identifies required filing content or certificates. To request oral argument on a non-dispositive motion, note the motion without oral argument and write 'ORAL ARGUMENT REQUESTED' on the first page of the motion or opposition.
The rule requires case number. Email requests for a dispositive motion hearing must include the case name and cause number, the nature of the motion(s), and a preferred date range.
Parties may contact Judge Paul M. Crisalli's chambers by email only as allowed by the rule. The rule lists email Crisalli.Court@kingcounty.gov. The completed witness time estimates form must be emailed to the bailiff at Crisalli.Court@kingcounty.gov at least 2 days before the pretrial conference.
Bundling is encouraged for covered papers before Judge Paul M. Crisalli. The Court's practice is to hear multiple parties' dispositive motions on the same date for judicial economy.
Yes. Electronic filing is required for the covered filings. Under LGR 30, attorneys must e-file most documents through the Clerk's eFiling application unless a waiver is obtained.
The rule addresses service method, recipient, or timing requirements. Details: method: e-service. Attorneys must promptly register to accept e-service via the Clerk's eFiling application unless a waiver is obtained.
Under LGR 30, attorneys must e-file most documents through the Clerk's eFiling application unless a waiver is obtained.
Attorneys must promptly register to accept e-service via the Clerk's eFiling application unless a waiver is obtained.
Self-represented parties may optionally use e-filing and e-service.
Judge Crisalli prefers that working copies be submitted electronically via the Clerk's e-Filing Application under LCR 7(b)(4)(F)(i).
Pleadings referring to previously filed materials must cite them by both document title and submission number (e.g., Declaration of Bob Jones, Sub. 5).
For submissions exceeding 500 pages, parties may request prior permission to deliver working copies as PDFs on disk or thumb drive to the Judge's Mailroom.
Prior permission for alternative working-copy delivery must be requested by email to crisalli.court@kingcounty.gov, and working copies may not be emailed directly to the Court or bailiff without prior permission.
Working copies must be marked in the upper right corner with the consideration/hearing date, Judge Crisalli's name, and the presenting party (e.g., 'moving party' or 'opposing party').
To request oral argument on a non-dispositive motion, note the motion without oral argument and write 'ORAL ARGUMENT REQUESTED' on the first page of the motion or opposition.
New attorneys may email the bailiff to request oral argument on motions that normally do not require it, and Judge Crisalli will consider the request.
Dispositive motions are typically heard on Fridays, and hearing date requests are made by emailing the bailiff at crisalli.court@kingcounty.gov.
Parties must check proposed hearing dates with opposing counsel before scheduling any hearing.
The Court's practice is to hear multiple parties' dispositive motions on the same date for judicial economy.
Email requests for a dispositive motion hearing must include the case name and cause number, the nature of the motion(s), and a preferred date range.
Oral argument on any civil motion is limited to 10 minutes per party unless otherwise directed, and parties requesting additional time must advise the bailiff of their basis when scheduling.
Attachments or exhibits exceeding 25 pages must be numbered consecutively, without restarting, on the bottom center or right-hand corner of each page.
Motions, oppositions, replies, and briefs must cite to the consecutive attachment page numbers, and failure to comply can result in the Court delaying the hearing or matter.
Parties may include hyperlinks in briefs where they determine it will assist the court.
Parties must email the bailiff immediately when a case settles or when they wish to strike a filed motion from the court's calendar.
A party striking a motion must file a notice striking the hearing as soon as possible.
Urgent discovery disputes must be emailed to the Court with a succinct, non-argumentative description of the dispute and the parties' positions.
All parties must be copied on any email sent to the Court.
Trial deposition designations must be provided as one cooperative set, with moving-party designations, opposing-party objections, counter-designations, and objections each marked in distinct colors on a PDF.
Marked deposition designations must be emailed to the bailiff as PDFs as early as possible, preferably at least three days before trial begins.
Counsel must confer before the pretrial conference to determine witness testimony time estimates and prepare the form.
Witness information for any additional parties must be completed on an additional page of the form.
Judge Crisalli requires submission of the witness time estimates form.
Witness time estimates on the form must be expressed in tenths of an hour (e.g., .1, .2, .5, 1.0).
The completed witness time estimates form must be emailed to the bailiff at Crisalli.Court@kingcounty.gov at least 2 days before the pretrial conference.