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Table of Contents Volume 1 – Building Trial Notebooks Foreword 1. The Plan 2. Summary 3. Pretrial Orders 4. Our Witnesses 5. Their Witnesses 6. Third Party Witnesses 7. Our Experts 8. Their Experts 9. Exhibit List 10. Finder 11. Deposition Summaries 12. Deposition Arrangements 13. Damages List 14. Pleadings 15. Admissions 16. Law; Trial Memo 17. Motions in Limine 18. Motions; Orders 19. Voir Dire; Juror List 20. Opening; Summation 21. Jury Instructions 22. Settlement 23. Insurance Blank Tab 30. Proven Tips & Forms 31. Discovery Tips: Deposition Checklists 32. Discovery Tips: Corporate Depositions 33. Discovery Tips: Electronic Evidence 34. Discovery Tips: Bodily Injuries 39. Attorney Fee Awards 40. Testimony Tips: Preparing Witnesses 41. Exhibits and Evidence Volume 2 – Bucklin Trial Notebook 1. The Plan 2. Summary 3. Pretrial Orders 4. Our Witnesses 5. Their Witnesses 6. Third Party Witnesses 7. Our Experts 8. Their Experts 9. Exhibit List 10. Finder 11. Deposition Summaries 12. Deposition Arrangements 13. Damages List 14. Pleadings 15. Admissions 16. Law; Trial Memo 17. Motions in Limine 18. Motions; Orders 19. Voir Dire; Juror List 20. Opening; Summation 21. Jury Instructions 22. Settlement 23. Insurance Blank Tab Expanded Table of Contents Volume 1 – Building Trial Notebooks Part I Foreword Why You Should Use a Trial Notebook How It Works Alternate Methods Work Poorly When to Begin How to Use This Book Your Trial Notebook as Primary File In a Hurry? Additional Notebooks Additional Forms Additional Tab Dividers Storage 1. The Plan §1.1 Litigation Checklist §1.2 Task-Specific Deadlines §1.3 Additional Tasks §1.4 Adding Conference Agreed Items to the Checklist §1.5 Your Duties in E-Discovery: The Checklist Items §1.6 Instructions to Staff §1.7 Form: Litigation Checklist §1.8 Form: Attorney’s Notes of Additional Tasks §1.9 Form: Assistant’s Notes of Additional Tasks 2. Summary §2.1 One Sheet Only §2.2 Additional Materials §2.3 Instructions to Staff §2.4 Form: One-Sheet Case Summary 3. Pretrial Orders §3.1 Instructions to Staff §3.2 Form: Worksheet for Pretrial Order Dates §3.3 Form: Pretrial Order Regarding Daubert-Style Challenges 4. Our Witnesses §4.1 Witnesses: Ours, Theirs, and Third Party §4.2 Why We Divide Witnesses This Way §4.3 Our Witnesses §4.4 Their Witnesses §4.5 Third Party Witnesses §4.6 The Witness Summary §4.7 Instructions to Staff §4.8 Form: Witness Summary §4.9 Form: What Other Possible Witnesses Are There? 5. Their Witnesses §5.1 Instructions to Staff §5.2 Checklist: Six Standard Items in Cross-Examination §5.3 Checklist: Standard Questions to Use Against Adverse Witness §5.4 Times and Words for a Non-Cross-Examination §5.5 Checklist: When the Witness Says “I Don’t Remember” §5.6 Form: Witness Summary 6. Third Party Witnesses §6.1 Instructions to Staff §6.2 Checklist: Six Standard Items in Cross-Examination §6.3 Form: Witness Summary 7. Our Experts §7.1 Expert Witnesses §7.2 Federal Rule 26 Requirements §7.3 Important Points §7.4 Avoiding Payment Problems §7.5 Content of the Expert’s Report §7.6 Form: Request by Hiring Attorney to Expert Regarding Report §7.7 Instructions to Staff §7.8 Form: Witness Summary §7.9 Checklist: Admissibility of Expert Opinion 8. Their Experts §8.1 Instructions to Staff §8.2 Checklist: Ten Standard Items to Consider in Cross-Exam of Experts §8.3 Form: Witness Summary §8.4 Request the Production of the Documents of the Adverse Expert Before You Depose the Expert §8.5 Form: Request for Production of Documents of Adverse Expert §8.6 Tell the Adverse Expert to Bring the File to the Deposition §8.7 Form: Subpoena Duces Tecum List of Items Adverse Expert Is to Bring to Deposition 9. Exhibit List §9.1 Avoiding Omissions §9.2 Tip: Use Exhibits in Openings §9.3 Instructions to Staff §9.4 Form: Exhibit List §9.5 Form: Exhibts Foundations Checklist, a Quick Reference List for Your Trial Notebook 10. Finder §10.1 Instructions to Staff §10.2 Form: Client, Insurer, and Co-Attorney Finder §10.3 Form: Adverse Party and Attorney Finder §10.4 Form: List of Witnesses and Persons Having Relevant Knowledge 11. Deposition Summaries §11.1 Rules and Example §11.2 Why Here? §11.3 Instructions to Staff 12. Deposition Arrangements §12.1 How It Works §12.2 Instructions to Staff §12.3 Stipulations at Depositions With Exhibits §12.4 The Clincher §12.5 Best Item to End Deposition With §12.6 Form: Deposition Availability Coordination §12.7 Form: Instructions to Person Videotaping Deposition §12.8 Top Ten Ways to Save on Deposition Expense (and Still Gain Advantages to Your Side) §12.9 The Rules Do Let You Add Video to a DWQ §12.10 Form: Notice of Taking Written Deposition [With Documents] [With Video] §12.11 Form: Plaintiff’s Cross-Questions to Medical Custodian §12.12 Form: Notice of Taking Audio-Visual Deposition Without Written Transcript §12.13 Video Synchronization §12.14 Need for a Valid Subpoena to a Deposition Witness §12.15 Subpoena for an Out-of-State Witness to the Deposition §12.16 Objecting to the Taking of a Deposition §12.17 Form: Objections to Taking Deposition and Motion for Protective Order 13. Damages List §13.1 Tip and Form: Medical Bills §13.2 Form: Plaintiff’s Request for Admissions Re Medical Expenses §13.3 Instructions to Staff §13.4 Personal Injury Special Damages List 14. Pleadings §14.1 Instructions to Staff 15. Admissions §15.1 Request for Admissions §15.2 Instructions to Staff 16. Law; Trial Memo §16.1 Trial Memo §16.2 Instructions to Staff 17. Motions in Limine §17.1 Form: Motion in Limine Opening Section §17.2 Form: Plaintiff’s Motion in Limine §17.3 Form: Defendant’s Motion in Limine §17.4 Instructions to Staff 18. Motions; Orders §18.1 Instructions to Staff §18.2 Form: Plaintiff’s Oral Dictation of Motion for Directed Verdict §18.3 Form: Defendant’s Oral Dictation of Motion for Directed Verdict 19. Voir Dire; Juror List §19.1 Using the Voir Dire Form §19.2 Summary of the Case §19.3 Instructions to Staff §19.4 Form: Voir Dire Diagram §19.5 Tips on Voir Dire §19.6 Your Goals in Voir Dire §19.7 Voir Dire Questions Not to Ask §19.8 Learning the Judge’s Rules §19.9 Jury Questionnaires §19.10 Form: Basic Jury Questionnaire §19.11 Form: Jury Questionnaire, Bodily Injury Cases §19.12 Form: Jury Questionnaire, Breach of Contract Cases §19.13 Form: Jury Questionnaire, Product Liability Cases §19.14 Tips on Handling Your Voir Dire Time and Questions §19.15 Challenges for Cause §19.16 Form: Sample Challenge Questions §19.17 Peremptory Challenges 20. Opening; Summation §20.1 Instructions to Staff 21. Jury Instructions §21.1 Instructions to Staff 22. Settlement §22.1 Warning: Disbursing Settlement Proceeds §22.2 Three Settlement Forms §22.3 Advising the Client to Settle §22.4 Form: Settlement Offers Record §22.5 Form: Negotiation Preparation Worksheet §22.6 Form: Settlement Conference Computations §22.7 Plaintiff Attorney’s Closing Letter on Successful Settlement §22.8 Form: Plaintiff Attorney’s Closing Letter on Successful Settlement 23. Insurance §23.1 Obtain the Policy §23.2 Subrogation §23.3 Instructions to Staff §23.4 Form: Insurance Coverage, Handling, and Subrogation Liens Blank Tab Part II 30. Proven Tips & Forms §30.1 Keep the Other Side Reacting §30.2 Plaintiff’s Example — Do Not Tolerate Nonresponsive Answers §30.3 Form: Request for Admission to Defendant §30.4 Defendant’s Example — Use Interrogatories or Requests Aggressively §30.4.1 Form: Request for Damages Disclosure §30.5 The Client Can Help Build Your Trial Notebook §30.6 Form: Checklist of Plaintiff’s Bodily Injuries §30.7 Developing Client Information Forms §30.8 Plaintiff’s Counsel Must Get IME Agreements in Writing §30.9 Form: Stipulation for Physical Examination §30.10 Form: Client Handout for Defense Medical Examination §30.11 Tips for Handling Reporters §30.12 Form: Rules for the Individual Client in the Average Case §30.13 Form: Attorney and Client Response to the Media §30.14 The Ethics Rules on Dealing With the Media §30.15 Protective Orders §30.16 Get Plaintiff’s Social Security and Income Tax Information §30.17 Request for Social Security Earnings Information §30.18 Request for Copy of Tax Return, Form 4506 §30.19 Request for Transcript of Tax Return, Form 4506-T §30.20 Using Electronic Transcripts of Depositions §30.21 The Take-Home Form: A Time Saver and an Evidence Builder §30.22 Form: Take-Home Instructions to MVA Bodily Injury Plaintiff Client 31. Discovery Tips: Deposition Checklists §31.1 Using Building Blocks §31.2 The Final Building Block §31.3 Deposition Objections — Valid and Invalid §31.4 Checklists and Forms in Motor Vehicle Accidents §31.4.1 Checklist: Deposing the Driver in an Auto Accident §31.4.2 Request that the Adverse Driver or MVA Witness Bring Items to Deposition §31.4.3 Form: Notice to Bring Items to Deposition — Motor Vehicle Accident §31.4.4 Using a Checklist to Establish (or Deny) Company Control of Driver §31.4.5 Form: Deposition Checklist — Truck Driver Under Control of Defendant Company §31.4.6 Deposing the Employer of the Driver of the Adverse Motor Vehicle §31.4.7 Form: Notice of Plaintiff’s Deposition of Company Controlling Driver §31.4.8 Interviewing and Deposing the Police Investigating Officer in a Motor Vehicle Accident §31.4.9 Checklist: Deposition/Interview/Trial — MVA — Police Investigating Officer §31.4.10 Taking Photographs of MVA Scene and Vehicles §31.4.11 Form: Short Checklist — Photo Assignment — Motor Vehicle Accident §31.5 Defendant’s Deposition of Personal Injury Plaintiff §31.6 Checklist: Defendant’s Deposition of Personal Injury Plaintiff §31.7 Plaintiff’s Deposition of Premises Liability Defendant §31.8 Checklist: Plaintiff’s Deposition of Premises Liability Defendant §31.9 Defendant’s Deposition of Slip & Fall Plaintiff §31.10 Checklist: Defendant’s Deposition of Slip & Fall Plaintiff 32. Discovery Tips: Corporate Depositions §32.1 Take a Deposition of the Organization (Not One Employee) §32.2 Get the Psychological Advantage §32.3 The Notice of Taking the Deposition §32.4 Make the Notice Support a Motion to Compel §32.5 Include a List of Items to Bring §32.6 Attach a List of Subjects on Which Examination Is Sought §32.7 Form: Notice of Plaintiff’s Deposition of Corporate Premises Liability Defendant §32.8 Form: Notice—List of Premises Liability Subjects on Which Examination Is Sought 33. Discovery Tips: Electronic Evidence §33.1 Educate yourself about E-Discovery Before You Have a Problem §33.2 The 2006 E-Discovery Amendments in a Nutshell §33.3 The First ESI Mistake to Avoid — and a Checklist to Avoid It §33.4 The Who, What, Where, When Questions to Ask Your Client §33.5 The Second ESI Mistake to Avoid: In One Word §33.6 Five EDD Cases You Should Know §33.7 Twelve Basic Terms You Need to Know in E-Discovery §33.8 Meta Data: What Is in It for Me §33.9 Making a Mirror Image of a Disk Drive §33.10 How Can Metadata Be Used as a Tool to Sort Out Only the Most Likely Materials to Review? §33.11 E-Mail: Paper, Image, or Original Format Production §33.12 Requirement for Original §33.13 The Lawyer’s Desktop and Reading ESI: The Problem of Conversion §33.14 Five “Best Practices” in Receiving E-Discovery in Electronic Format §33.15 Five ESI Mantras §33.16 The Top Four ESI Events You Need to Manage §33.20 Form: Preservation Letter to Client §33.21 Form: Preservation Letter to Adversary Attorney §33.22 Form: Meet and Confer Report Regarding ESI §33.23 Form: Privilege Nonwaiver Agreement — Clawback Agreement §33.24 Checklist: Deposition of Information Technology Person Regarding Electronically Stored Information; the “IT/ESI Depo” §33.25 Checklist: Protocol for On-Site Computer Search and Inspection 34. Discovery Tips: Bodily Injuries §34.1 Reading the Medical Literature: Shortcut Medical Research §34.2 Shortcut Medical Research: The First Three Tools §34.3 Shortcut Medical Research: The Fourth Tool §34.4 Earnest Medical Research: Medical Textbooks and Journal Articles §34.5 Using Medical Research in Evidence and at Trial §34.6 Deciding Upon, and Hiring, Medical Doctors to Testify §34.7 Physiatrist as Additional Medical Witness §34.8 Considerations in Hiring Additional Doctors: the Four C’s §34.9 Always Interview Potential Medical Experts; Take the Records to the Interview §34.10 Plaintiffs Should Depose Their Own Doctor §34.20 Plaintiff’s Examination of Treating Doctor: Introduction to the Questions Outline Form §34.21 Form: Deposition or Trial Checklist — Plaintiff’s Direct Examination of Treating Doctor §34.22 Form: Deposition Checklist — Defense Examination of Plaintiff’s Treating Doctor §34.23 Items That You Want the Doctor being Deposed to Bring to Deposition §34.24 Form: Notice to Doctor Being Deposed re What to Bring to Deposition §34.25 Defendant’s Examination of the Defendant’s IME Doctor at Trial: Introduction to the Questions Outline Form §34.26 Form: Trial Checklist – Defense Direct Examination of Defense Doctor §34.27 Plaintiff’s Cross-Examination of Defense Doctor’s Testimony at Trial: Tips on the Suggested Outline §34.28 Form: Plaintiff’s Cross-Examination of Defense Doctor’s Testimony §34.29 Plastic Surgeon as Additional Medical Witness §34.30 The Basics You Need to Know About Scar Revision and Keloids §34.31 Using the Form for Additional Direct Testimony: Plastic Surgeon §34.32 Form: Additional Direct Testimony: Plastic Surgeon §34.33 Plaintiff’s Direct Examination of Treating Physical Therapist: Tips on Use and on the Suggested Outline of Testimony §34.34 Checklist: Deposition or Trial Checklist — Direct Examination by Plaintiff of Plaintiff’s Physical Therapist 39. Attorney Fee Awards §39.1 Timekeeping Required for a Reasonable Attorney Fee §39.2 The Four Elements Prevailing Parties Need in Their Time Records §39.3 The Problem With Large Billing Increments §39.4 Other Factors Than Time in a Reasonable Fee §39.5 Paralegal Time §39.6 Interest §39.7 Attorney Expenses §39.8 Special Considerations on Settlement and Attorney Fees §39.9 Traps in the Procedure for a “Reasonable” Attorney Fee §39.10 Documents to Support the Request for an Attorney’s Fee §39.11 Checklist: Content of the Billing Attorney’s Affidavit or Testimony §39.12 Exemplar Format: Billing Attorney’s Affidavit §39.13 Form: Motion to Grant Attorney Fees §39.14 Form: Special Jury Question on Attorney Fees §39.15 Form: Order by Court as Fact Finder on Attorney Fee §39.16 Using Experts in Proving or Attacking Amount of Fee §39.17 Presenting the Expert Witness on “Reasonable Attorney Fee” §39.18 Form: Checklist for Direct Examination, Expert Witness on “Reasonable Attorney Fee” §39.19 Deposing the Adverse Fee Expert §39.20 Form: Deposition Checklist, Adverse Fee Expert 40. Testimony Tips: Preparing Witnesses §40.1 The “Six-Step Prep” §40.2 Ethics of Witness Preparation in a Nutshell §40.3 Checklist: Personal Injury Plaintiff’s Trial Testimony §40.4 Plaintiff Should Use Spouse and Friends for Injury Testimony §40.5 Checklist: Testimony of Personal Injury Plaintiff’s Spouse §40.6 Form: Pointers for Witnesses §40.7 Video Depositions §40.8 Form: Pointers for Your Video Deposition §40.9 Past Criminal Convictions of Your Witness §40.10 Form: Request for Notice of Intent to Use Conviction §40.11 The Ethics of Witness Preparation 41. Exhibits and Evidence §41.1 Customized Quick-Reference Checklists for Your Trial Notebook §41.2 Making Objections at Trial §41.3 Continuing Objections §41.4 Objections by Multiple Parties on One Side §41.5 Estoppel to Objections: Curative Admissibility §41.6 Some Evidence Is Not Admissible Because of Estoppel §41.10 Form: Objections Checklist, a Quick Reference List for Your Trial Notebook §41.11 Objecting to Answers; Motions to Strike §41.12 The Theory of Exhibit Foundations §41.13 Form: Foundations Checklist, a Quick Reference List for Your Trial Notebook §41.14 Turning Non-Verbal and Indefinite Responses Into Your Evidence §41.15 Low Impact/Back Cases: Car Damage Evidence Table of Cases Table of Statutes Index Volume 2 – Bucklin Trial Notebook 1. The Plan §1.6 Instructions to Staff §1.7 Form: Litigation Checklist §1.8 Form: Attorney’s Notes of Additional Tasks §1.9 Form: Assistant’s Notes of Additional Tasks 2. Summary §2.3 Instructions to Staff §2.4 Form: One-Sheet Case Summary 3. Pretrial Orders §3.1 Instructions to Staff §3.2 Form: Worksheet for Pretrial Order Dates §3.3 Form: Pretrial Order Regarding Daubert-Style Challenges 4. Our Witnesses §4.7 Instructions to Staff §4.8 Form: Witness Summary §4.9 Form: What Other Possible Witnesses Are There? §4.10 Form: Pointers for Witnesses 5. Their Witnesses §5.1 Instructions to Staff §5.2 Checklist: Six Standard Items in Cross-Examination §5.3 Checklist: Standard Questions to Use Against Adverse Witness §5.5 Checklist: When the Witness Says “I Don’t Remember” §5.6 Form: Witness Summary 6. Third Party Witnesses §6.1 Instructions to Staff §6.2 Checklist: Six Standard Items in Cross-Examination §6.3 Form: Witness Summary 7. Our Experts §7.7 Instructions to Staff §7.8 Form: Witness Summary §7.9 Checklist: Admissibility of Expert Opinion 8. Their Experts §8.1 Instructions to Staff §8.2 Checklist: Ten Standard Items to Consider in Cross-Exam of Experts §8.3 Form: Witness Summary 9. Exhibit List §9.3 Instructions to Staff §9.4 Form: Exhibit List §9.5 Form: Exhibits Foundations Checklist, a Quick Reference List for Your Trial Notebook 10. Finder §10.1 Instructions to Staff §10.2 Form: Client, Insurer, and Co-Attorney Finder §10.3 Form: Adverse Party and Attorney Finder §10.4 Form: List of Witnesses and Persons Having Relevant Knowledge 11. Deposition Summaries §11.3 Instructions to Staff 12. Deposition Arrangements §12.2 Instructions to Staff §12.3 Stipulations at Depositions With Exhibits §12.4 The Clincher §12.5 Best Item to End Deposition With §12.6 Form: Deposition Availability Coordination §12.7 Form: Instructions to Person Videotaping Deposition 13. Damages List §13.3 Instructions to Staff §13.4 Personal Injury Special Damages List 14. Pleadings §14.1 Instructions to Staff 15. Admissions §15.2 Instructions to Staff 16. Law; Trial Memo §16.2 Instructions to Staff 17. Motions in Limine §17.4 Instructions to Staff 18. Motions; Orders §18.1 Instructions to Staff 19. Voir Dire; Juror List §19.3 Instructions to Staff §19.4 Form: Voir Dire Diagram 20. Opening; Summation §20.1 Instructions to Staff 21. Jury Instructions §21.1 Instructions to Staff 22. Settlement §22.4 Form: Settlement Offers Record §22.5 Form: Negotiation Preparation Worksheet §22.6 Form: Settlement Conference Computations §22.8 Form: Plaintiff Attorney’s Closing Letter on Successful Settlement 23. Insurance §23.3 Instructions to Staff §23.4 Form: Insurance Coverage, Handling, and Subrogation Liens Blank Tab F7 |
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