Florida Pretrial Practice

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Florida Pretrial Practice

by Judge Amy Steele Donner, Robert D. Peltz, and Linda F. Wells

Quickly Find Detailed and Authoritative Answers
to Difficult Questions

After years of careful craftsmanship by litigators Linda F. Wells and Robert D. Peltz, and Judge Amy Steele Donner, a ground-breaking new procedure and forms guide is ready to answer your questions and speed your drafting.

Florida Pretrial Practice delivers quick and reliable answers with its outline format, tight writing, superb scholarship, and extensive citations. Its practice-tested forms and pattern paragraphs speed drafting. And the accompanying full-text CD-ROM provides a second and portable reference at no extra charge.

Offering in-depth, start-to-finish coverage, this answer book focuses on areas where questions frequently arise. It devotes pages to where you spend time: drafting pleadings, preparing and presenting motions, conducting discovery, resolving discovery disputes, and negotiating settlements. For example, you will find coverage of troublesome matters like:

Depositions

A trick for obtaining deposition documents with adequate review time. §22:104
Dealing with unreasonable notice. §22:108
What to do when an expert’s deposition fee is excessive. §22:74
Questioning tips. §§22:1633, 22:1172
Questioning and impeaching experts. §§22:211, 22:214
Investigating spoliation. §22:256
Tips for minimizing obstructionist tactics. §22:269
How to block coaching. §22:268
Proper procedure for suspending or adjourning a deposition. §22:280
Handling deposition disputes. §22:300
Allocating costs of production. §22:332
Protecting clients from belligerent questioning. §22:383
Objections. §22:396

Document Discovery

Techniques for identifying potentially-helpful documents to request. §21.60
Avoiding objections to your requests. §21:64
Dealing with problem requests. §21:150
Using a document control system. §21:213
Resolving document disputes. §21:260

Motions

Strategic considerations. §13:08
Drafting tips. §13:50
Suggestions for resolving simple contested matters. §13:122
Oral arguments tips and tactics. §13:170
Tactical considerations in defensive motions. §14:10

Florida Pretrial Practice is organized in step-by-step outline format that walks you through each portion of pretrial procedures featuring proven practice tips to help you avoid pitfalls. Procedure and law outlines in the publication are supported by 3,300 recent cases summarized in plain English. This two-volume publication also comes with a free companion CD-ROM featuring over 90 ready-to-use forms. The companion CD-ROM also contains the entire contents of Florida Pretrial Practice in a keyword searchable format.

Updated annually. ISBN 1-58012-096-2. Book price: $129.00

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