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 Wyman Yip is a judge on the King County Superior Court, Washington's trial court of general jurisdiction for King County.
Practitioners will find this judge's procedures in the document 'yip'.
Judge Wyman Yip's rules set a pre-motion procedure for covered motions. Oral argument, if granted, is set only after the Court reviews all briefing, with the Bailiff contacting the parties to set a mutually acceptable time.
The rule identifies required filing content or certificates. Paperwork seeking oral argument for a matter typically handled without oral argument must include "Oral Argument Requested" in the upper right-hand corner.
Parties may contact Judge Wyman Yip's chambers by email only as allowed by the rule. All substantive communications with the Court, including email, must clearly include opposing party or counsel (no ex parte communication).
Yes. Electronic filing is required for the covered filings. Working copies are not official copies; all court documents must first be filed with the Superior Court Clerk's Office.
All substantive communications with the Court, including email, must clearly include opposing party or counsel (no ex parte communication).
Emails to the Court must be sent to the courtroom email address (Yip.Court@kingcounty.gov), and the judge's individual email address may not be used absent express invitation.
Working copies are not official copies; all court documents must first be filed with the Superior Court Clerk's Office.
Judge Yip's court prefers a paperless approach and encourages use of the Clerk's Office e-working copies service for working copies.
Most civil motions are handled without oral argument; to schedule an oral-argument hearing (typically heard Fridays), you must email the Court with the case name and cause number in the subject line, the names/phone numbers/emails of all counsel and parties, and the nature of the hearing.
Parties without email access may call the courtroom phone number instead for hearing-related communications.
Parties must notify the Court immediately if the case settles or a motion needs to be stricken.
For hearings involving multiple parties or complex motions, the request must be communicated at the time the hearing is scheduled.
Paperwork seeking oral argument for a matter typically handled without oral argument must include "Oral Argument Requested" in the upper right-hand corner.
Oral argument, if granted, is set only after the Court reviews all briefing, with the Bailiff contacting the parties to set a mutually acceptable time.
If not using e-working copies, working copies may be submitted as hardcopies in person or via US mail, or emailed with the Court's permission.
Parties requesting a court reporter for a hearing or trial must notify the bailiff as soon as possible.
Weddings are available by appointment; contact bailiff Sam Luikens at Yip.Court@kingcounty.gov for details.