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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