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Zealous advocacy should make use of the fruits of discovery it should not be employed to seek unreasonable discovery or to avoid reasonable discovery.

Discovery should be reasonable, cooperative, and reciprocal it should not resemble battle in any respect. They should follow a “Golden Rule” of discovery: Seek discovery only of what you would consider reasonable if you were on the other side, and answer discovery as reasonably as you would expect it to be answered if you had promulgated it. In all discovery matters lawyers should abide by their obligations to reasonably cooperate with one another, as expressed in the Rules of Professional Conduct. In complex cases or when it appears the parties are not working well in discovery on their own, the Court may order the parties to participate in a pretrial conference. Judge Scott encourages the parties to request a pretrial conference under CR 16 or CR 26(f) to consider matters such as (1) the scope and timing of discovery (2) limitations of discovery requests and depositions (3) procedures and protocols for electronic discovery (4) expert witness disclosures and discovery and (5) anything else that would promote the efficient resolution of the case. Review these Trial Preparation guidelines.Įarly judicial involvement in discovery can often avoid disputes and expedite resolution of disputes when they arise. Get instructions for Scheduling Civil Motions.Get instructions for Delivering Documents.Visit this webpage before contacting the court.

Judge Scott Biographical Information State of Washington v McKesson Corporation et al Trialįurther proceedings in this case have been continued to Octoor later at the joint request of the parties.

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