LexisNexis Practice Guide: Pennsylvania Civil Pre-Trial Practice
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LexisNexis Practice Guide: Pennsylvania Civil Pre-Trial Practice provides in-depth practical guidance on Pennsylvania law and procedure with step-by-step guidance essential to effectively managing each step of the pre-trial process in a civil lawsuit. Each chapter in the Practice Guide reflects the keen legal analysis and practical insights of the authors, Hon. Daniel J. Anders and Bobby Ochoa III, Esq., as well as members of the publication’s advisory board.
Topically organized, the title covers:
• Jurisdiction and Venue;
• Statutes of Limitation;
• Initiating an Action;
• Responsive Pleadings: Preliminary Objections, Answers, and Counterclaims;
• Discovery Generally;
• Written Discovery;
• Depositions;
• Discovery Motions and Orders;
• Expert Witnesses and Reports;
• Motions In Limine;
• Summary Judgment;
• Pre-Trial Conferences and Trial Preparation;
• Arbitration, Mediation, and Settlement;
• Preview of Successful Trial Strategies and Presentation;
• Forms;
and much more.
LexisNexis Practice Guide: Pennsylvania Civil Pre-Trial Practice integrates how-to practice guidance, task-oriented checklists, downloadable forms and references to sources that provide in-depth explanations of subjects to make the intricacies of civil pre-trial practice understandable to Pennsylvania practitioners. It offers targeted practical guidance for the Pennsylvania litigator struggling to master the complexities of the Pennsylvania and federal court rules and case law that govern this important facet of civil litigation and practice.
The 2023 edition ISBN is 9781663354327.
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Table of contents
Chapter 1 JURISDICTION AND VENUE
Chapter 2 STATUTES OF LIMITATIONS
Chapter 3 INITIATING AN ACTION
Chapter 4 RESPONSIVE PLEADINGS: PRELIMINARY OBJECTIONS, ANSWERS, AND COUNTERCLAIMS
Chapter 5 DISCOVERY GENERALLY
Chapter 6 WRITTEN DISCOVERY
Chapter 7 DEPOSITIONS
Chapter 8 DISCOVERY MOTIONS AND ORDERS
Chapter 9 EXPERT WITNESSES AND REPORTS
Chapter 10 MOTIONS IN LIMINE
Chapter 11 SUMMARY JUDGMENT
Chapter 12 PRE-TRIAL CONFERENCES AND TRIAL PREPARATION
Chapter 13 ARBITRATION, MEDIATION, AND SETTLEMENT
Chapter 14 PREVIEW OF SUCCESSFUL TRIAL STRATEGIES AND PRESENTATION
FORMS APPENDIX
TABLE OF CASES
TABLE OF STATUTES
INDEX