LR 7. TRIAL SETTING AND PRE-TRIAL PROCEDURES

(a)  Trial Setting. Any party may request a trial setting by
  use of the Request For Trial Setting And Initial Statement
  of Arbitrability form  that is attached to the Okanogan
  County Superior Court Local Rules for Mandatory Arbitration
  and can be obtained from the court administrator. The form
  must be served on all opposing counsel or parties and filed
  with: Office of the Court Administrator, PO Box 112,
  Okanogan, WA  98840 (509-422-7130). Opposing counsel and any
  pro se party shall prepare, serve and file an additional
  request within 14 days. All counsel and pro se parties must
  provide unavailable dates on the form or by separate
  attachment. The listing of a date as unavailable is a
  request not to have trial set on that date. Such requests
  must be reasonable and should not result in unnecessary
  inconvenience or undue delay.

(b)  Multiple Settings and Priorities. The administrator
  sets trial dates based upon the information  provided in the
  Request for Trial Setting and Initial Statement of
  Arbitrability. Because of scheduling difficulties in a
  single judge county, the administrator will give cases
  multiple settings with some of those being second or third
  place settings. Counsel and parties should be prepared for
  trial regardless of the priority of a specific setting.
  Second and third set cases are often called for trial.
  Counsel and parties are required to maintain awareness of
  the status of their trial setting by contacting the
  administrator who will endeavor to provide current
  information on the status of cases set with higher priority.

(c)  Scheduling Orders. Scheduling orders issued by the
  court administrator do not address issues such as discovery
  cutoff, disclosure of experts and any other scheduling
  issues except trial dates and pre-trial conference dates.

(d)  Pre-Trial Conference. Pre-trial conferences are
  required in all cases except family law cases. Participation
  in the pre-trial conference is mandatory. Procedures and
  requirements for the pre-trial conference shall be set by
  separate court order in each case. Such conferences may be
  telephonic by prior arrangement with the court
  administrator.