Some examples of the legal services which can
and often must be performed in civil litigation
are described as follows:
- Review of business documentation and files and legal research to assess client's chances of
success and way of doing business
- Consultation with authorized personnel & making decisions as to revisions in documentation to
reduce costs of litigation, what claims to pursue & how to pursue them including setting up &
monitoring small claims procedure in house
- Investigation of problem situations and location and resources of adversary
- Written demand & follow up
- Pre Litigation Settlement Negotiations
- Presuit assessment of probable fees and expenses and probability of success
- Preparation and filing of petition, letter soliciting settlement, requests for disclosures, admissions
and production and interrogatories
- Secure service of process- citations (State courts) or summons (Federal courts) issued by
clerk:
- Continental United States: certified mail, process server or Secretary of State
- Foreign Countries: Letters Rogatory, process server or Secretary of State
- Objection to jurisdiction- special appearance
- Response to Special Appearance
- Petition for Removal from State to Federal Court
- Response to Petition for Removal and Motion to Remand to State Court
- Objection to venue in State Court- Motion to Transfer Venue
- Response to Motion to Transfer Venue
- to retain case on docket
- for default judgment
- for summary judgment
- in Limine to limit opponent's evidence at trial
- Interviewing witnesses
- Online research
- Production & duplication of documents
- Depositions
© 2006 Charles L. Black Aycock
