ADMIT THAT…
Last, but not least relating to discovery are requests for admissions. Here too, there is not a hard and fast rule on the number of requests for admissions that can be served in a litigation. Requests for admissions ask your party opponent to admit a certain fact so that the specif...
INTERROGATORIES – A USEFUL TOOL IN THE LITIGATOR’S ARSENAL.
Over the past several weeks, we looked at what a deposition is and how they are used in civil litigation. But a deposition is not the only manner of conducting discovery in a civil litigation. Over the next couple of weeks we will examine the other tools in a litigator’s arsenal for ob...
HOW MANY CIVIL CASES GO TO TRIAL?
I am a board-certified civil trial specialist. This means that I have handled a certain number of judge and jury trials, passed a board exam, handled a sufficient number of depositions and hearings, and received the requisite number of recommendations from judges and attorney colleagues. ...
TRIAL CONSIDERATIONS
As a board-certified civil trial specialist, I have been fortunate enough to have been entrusted with handling my fair share of cases to conclusion at trial (both court and jury) and arbitration. This is rare nowadays. The vast majority of cases (95% plus) settle short of trial. Trials are ris...