Pretrial Litigation In A Nutshell

Download or read book Pretrial Litigation in a Nutshell written by R. Lawrence Dessem and published by West Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2001 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Nutshell focuses on the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, covering changes that resulted from major amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and Federal Rules of Evidence that became effective on December 1, 2000. Since state counterparts to these federal rules have been adopted in a majority of jurisdictions, the pretrial skills considered in this text are essential in both state and federal practice. Coverage includes client interviewing, attorney-client relationship, pretrial planning and investigation, the complaint, responses, discovery, interrogatories, depositions, production requests, examination, and admissions. Also explores judicial intervention into the discovery process, pretrial motion practice, and judgments.