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 Suzanne R. Parisien serves on the King County Superior Court, Washington's trial court of general jurisdiction for King County, which handles civil, criminal, family, and juvenile matters.
The published document for Judge Parisien is titled only by the judge's name and does not specify distinct procedural topics; practitioners should refer to the court's general rules for procedures.
Courtesy copies are required for all covered filings. Details: delivery not specified. Deliveries may not be made directly to the courtroom unless arranged with the bailiff; all deliveries must instead be made to the judges' mailroom.
Judge Suzanne R. Parisien's rules set a pre-motion procedure for covered motions. Oral argument is decided only after the Court reviews all briefing, and if granted the bailiff contacts the parties to set a mutually acceptable time.
The rule identifies required filing content or certificates. A party requesting oral argument on a motion must note "Oral Argument Requested" in the upper right-hand corner of the motion.
Parties may contact Judge Suzanne R. Parisien's chambers by email only as allowed by the rule. The rule lists email Parisien.court@kingcounty.gov. All correspondence must go through the bailiff at Parisien.court@kingcounty.gov; parties must not email Judge Parisien directly.
The rule addresses filing timing, filing status, or cure windows. All trial memoranda, proposed jury instructions, and other trial submissions are due no later than five court days before trial and must be forwarded to Judge Parisien via the judges' mailroom.
All correspondence must go through the bailiff at Parisien.court@kingcounty.gov; parties must not email Judge Parisien directly.
Questions about individual civil cases, forms, and copies of court documents must be directed to the Clerk's Office main information desk at 206-296-9300.
Before setting a dispositive motion, the party must email the bailiff to schedule time on Judge Parisien's calendar (or call if email access is unavailable).
Dispositive motion hearings are generally set Friday mornings at 9, 10, or 11 am, and must be scheduled with the bailiff at least 2 months before the requested hearing date.
A party requesting oral argument on a motion must note "Oral Argument Requested" in the upper right-hand corner of the motion.
Oral argument is decided only after the Court reviews all briefing, and if granted the bailiff contacts the parties to set a mutually acceptable time.
Deliveries may not be made directly to the courtroom unless arranged with the bailiff; all deliveries must instead be made to the judges' mailroom.
All trial memoranda, proposed jury instructions, and other trial submissions are due no later than five court days before trial and must be forwarded to Judge Parisien via the judges' mailroom.
In civil cases, all parties and counsel must jointly complete the Witness Examination Time Form and submit it with the other pretrial memoranda no later than five court days before trial.
Deposition designations and objections, marked according to the court's guidelines, must be provided to the Court at least five days before trial along with other pretrial materials.
Even if a civil case is reassigned to another judge at the time of trial (generally the Thursday before trial), parties must still comply with all pretrial submission deadlines, and submitted papers will be forwarded to the trial judge by Judge Parisien's bailiff.