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 Litigation Specialties:

• Complex Commercial Litigation
• Concordance
• Electronic Data Discovery (EDD)
• Electronic Discovery (ESI)
• Employment Law Litigation
• Intellectual Property Patent Litigation
• Investigation
• Legal Project Management
• Legal Recruiting
• PowerPoint presentations
• Sanction II
• Summation
• Trial Director 6
• Trial Technician “Hot Seat” Experience
• Trial Consulting, Preparation & Presentation

This is just a sampling of services we can provide:

Case Administration and Legal Project Management:

• Docketing and deadline control
• Regular communication with client to update him on file status and provide copies of all written communication and court filings
• Review of Local Court Rules, State Rules of Civil Procedure, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and Local Patent Rules
• Organize and build digital files for easy access of all file documents
• Monitor work product and privileged communication
• Legal Project Management
• Coordination of legal team and collaboration of multiple attorneys including local counsel
• Develop checklists and forms to fit your personal style and preference
• Develop pleading and document indexes for ease in locating documents

Initial Investigation and Research:

• Initial telephone interview of potential clients received by referral
• Interviews with client(s) and witnesses to document relevant facts
• Develop overall case chronology as well as topic chronologies for key areas
• Internet research and investigation to obtain background information and verify identity of parties
• Attend client office conferences via speakerphone or in person to assist in documenting file
• Obtain third party, non-party and other documents by subpoena

Filing of Petition/Complaint:

• Preparing the initial draft of the Petition/Complaint for your review using your form files and allowing you to finalize and sign 
• Prepare appropriate cover sheets and electronic filing of case documents to commence case in proper jurisdiction
• Locate process server and obtain service of process on Defendant(s) or serve complaints locally
• Determine and docket answer dates

Filing of Answer/Counterclaim:

• Obtain service documents from client
• Check court docket and obtain copies of all documents not received with citation/summons
• Verify service date and determine answer date

Discovery:

• Confer with you to develop offensive and defensive discovery strategies
• Draft interrogatories, requests for production of documents, requests for admission and requests for inspection
• Determine and docket discovery response dates
• Contact opposing counsel to schedule depositions by agreement
• Coordinate schedule with witnesses and court reporter
• Preparation of client and witnesses for deposition
• Transmit deposition transcript, signature and errata pages to client, if required
• Determine and docket deadline for return of signature and errata pages to court reporter and opposing counsel
• Review discovery received from opposition, docket deadlines and forward to client
• Confer with client to obtain answers and documents responsive to discovery requests
• Prepare initial drafts of discovery responses
• Prepare documents for production, bates numbering, scan to electronic format
• Coordinate document inspections and delivery of document productions to opposing counsel
• Maintain privilege logs
• Make privilege redaction's per your instructions
• Communicate with opposing counsel concerning unanswered discovery and draft motion to compel if necessary
• Prepare deposition summaries for ease in locating key witness testimony
• Review all discovery documents to continue development of witness and exhibit lists
• Coordinate client signatures to discovery documents

Motions, Hearings, and Pre-Trial:

• Initial drafts of motions and orders
• Proofreading, editing and cite checking all briefs
• Preparation of exhibit attachments
• Prepare client affidavits and coordinate execution
• Coordinate electronic and physical filings
• Obtain hearing dates from Court and notify opposing counsel
• Monitor pleading requirements per local court rules
• Organize hearing notebooks
• Determine pre-trial order requirements per local court rules, docket deadlines
• Initial draft of pre-trial order, communicate with opposing counsel to receive information for pre-trial order, finalize order prior to hearing
• Obtain pre-trial hearing, docket and notify all parties

Settlement, Mediation, and Arbitration:

• Coordinate with client and opposing counsel to schedule settlement conferences, select mediator or arbitrator
• Confirmation notice to all parties
• Review mediation statement requirements
• Prepare initial draft of mediation statement and organize attachments
• Organization settlement/mediation/arbitration notebooks
• Prepare initial draft of all settlement documents

Trial Preparation:

• Obtain trial setting and file motion requesting trial setting, if required
• Notify opposing counsel and client of trial settings and deadlines
• Review Scheduling Order and court rules to determine all trial related deadlines, docket and monitor all deadlines
• Develop trial notebook
• Coordinate preparation of trial exhibits, delivery to court and opposing counsel
• Prepare pattern jury instructions and questions
• Prepare motions in limine and obtain hearing date prior to beginning of trial
• Issue subpoenas and obtain service on trial witnesses
• Coordinate trial schedule with expert witnesses
• Coordinate arrangements for electronic equipment and exhibit enlargements
• Participate in the hot seat at trial utilizing electronic trial presentation software 

Judgment and Appeal:

• Draft judgment
• Determine and docket appeal deadlines
• Perfect judgment lien and begin post-judgment discovery
• Assist with appeal process as necessary