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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William L. Dixon V 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.
Practitioners will find the judge's published procedures in a document titled 'dixon'.
Courtesy copies are required for all covered filings. Details: delivery prior to hearing. Parties are responsible for ensuring the Court receives working copies prior to a hearing per LCR 7(b)(4)(F), since the Clerk's Office does not provide them unless that paid service is selected.
The rule requires certificate of service. Non-dispositive motions noticed without oral argument must comply with KCLR 7, including providing and filing proof of service.
The rule requires case number. Email requests for a dispositive motion hearing must include the case name and cause number, counsel contact information, and the type of hearing with requested date(s).
Parties may contact Judge William L. Dixon V's chambers by email only as allowed by the rule. The rule lists email dixon.court@kingcounty.gov. All email correspondence with the court must go through the bailiff; the Judge must not be emailed directly.
No. The rule prohibits holding covered papers for bundling. Cross-motions and additional separately briefed dispositive motions may not be bundled into a response and must be scheduled separately, with each motion allotted one hour.
Yes. Electronic filing is required for the covered filings. For Remote Zoom trials, all trial submissions must be emailed to the bailiff.
The rule addresses filing timing, filing status, or cure windows. After confirming a dispositive motion hearing date, parties must file the Note for Motion and provide a working copy within 48 hours.
The rule addresses service method, recipient, or timing requirements. Details: method: e-service. All attorneys and unrepresented parties who e-file must register to accept e-service via the Clerk's eFiling application unless granted a waiver, or they may not receive court orders.
All email correspondence with the court must go through the bailiff; the Judge must not be emailed directly.
Questions about individual civil cases go to the Clerk's Office main information desk at 206-296-9300.
All attorneys and unrepresented parties who e-file must register to accept e-service via the Clerk's eFiling application unless granted a waiver, or they may not receive court orders.
Dispositive motion hearing date requests must be made by emailing the bailiff at dixon.court@kingcounty.gov.
Parties are responsible for ensuring the Court receives working copies prior to a hearing per LCR 7(b)(4)(F), since the Clerk's Office does not provide them unless that paid service is selected.
Non-dispositive motions noticed without oral argument must comply with KCLR 7, including providing and filing proof of service.
Non-dispositive motions are decided without oral argument unless a party indicates the request for oral argument on the front page of the motion or opposition and the Court finds argument necessary.
Before contacting the bailiff, parties must select a date from the dispositive motion calendar and confirm availability with all opposing counsel or pro se parties, as the court will not schedule the motion otherwise.
Parties must contact the bailiff to confirm the hearing date is still available and must not note their motion until the bailiff sends confirmation.
After confirming a dispositive motion hearing date, parties must file the Note for Motion and provide a working copy within 48 hours.
Working copies of papers supporting or opposing a noted motion are due no later than the day they are served on the opposing party.
Email requests for a dispositive motion hearing must include the case name and cause number, counsel contact information, and the type of hearing with requested date(s).
Cross-motions and additional separately briefed dispositive motions may not be bundled into a response and must be scheduled separately, with each motion allotted one hour.
Working copies of briefs and accompanying documents must be submitted (via e-working copies or delivery service) when they are due to be filed, not held until the reply is due.
A moving party that elects not to proceed with a dispositive motion must immediately notify the court to strike the hearing.
Parties should advise the bailiff when scheduling if they are requesting additional hearing time for multi-party or complex litigation.
Deliveries may not be made directly to the courtroom unless arranged with the bailiff; all deliveries must go to the judges' mailroom.
Trial memoranda, proposed jury instructions, and other trial submissions are due no later than five court days before trial.
For Remote Zoom trials, all trial submissions must be emailed to the bailiff.
Deposition designations and objections must be provided to the Court at least five days before trial.