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FasTrain - Florida Civil Trial Preparation, 4th Edition with CD-ROM


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Publisher :Florida Bar Continuing Legal Education
Format: softbound , BOOK
ISBN: 9781422453889
2009
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    FasTrain Florida Civil Trial Preparation is designed to guide the attorney through all phases of trial preparation, from interviewing the client to preparing the closing argument and jury instructions. Details regarding trial notebooks, pretrial motions, discovery, and evidentiary issues are provided to help the attorney focus and advance the case, and settlement options are explored as a prudent alternative to trial. Each phase of preparation is individually covered, and thoroughly cross-referenced. 

     

    Ervin Gonzalez, an outstanding, nationally recognized trial attorney, generously shares his valuable practice strategies and guidance in this thorough, easily digestible manual.

     

    Highlights of the new 4th Edition include recent case law and statutory developments addressing peremptory challenges, supplemental disclosure requirements, rights of minors during pre-trial and trial examinations, and the court?s delivery of jury instructions.

     

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    Visit our Florida Bar Continuing Legal Education Publications website for a complete list of The Bar's titles.

     PART ONE: ORGANIZATION

    I. INITIAL ACTIVITIES

    II. PROCEED WITH CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE OR PRETRIAL CONFERENCE

    III. PREPARE FOR AND CONDUCT DISCOVERY

    IV. KEEP ABREAST OF CASE DEVELOPMENTS

    V. SET CASE FOR TRIAL

    VI. PROCEED TO FINAL PRETRIAL CONFERENCE

    VII. COMPLETE FINAL PREPARATION FOR TRIAL

    VIII. PREPARE FOR JURY SELECTION

     

    PART TWO: MOTION PRACTICE

    I. MOTION BASICS

    II. DEFENSIVE MOTIONS

    III. MOTIONS TO STRUCTURE CASE

    IV. GENERAL TRIAL PREPARATION MOTIONS

    V. DISPOSITIVE MOTIONS

     

    PART THREE: DISCOVERY

    I. OVERVIEW OF DISCOVERY

    II. DEVISE DISCOVERY PLAN

    III. INFORMAL DISCOVERY

    IV. INTERROGATORIES

    V. REQUESTS TO ADMIT

    VI. REQUEST TO PRODUCE OR INSPECT FROM PARTY

    VII. REQUEST TO PRODUCE OR INSPECT FROM NONPARTY

    VIII. REQUEST FOR PHYSICAL OR MENTAL EXAMINATION OR REPORT

    IX. ORAL DEPOSITIONS

    X. RESOLUTION OF DISCOVERY ISSUES

    XI. FINAL PRETRIAL DISCLOSURES

     

    PART FOUR: EVIDENCE

    I. OVERVIEW

    II. INTRODUCTION OF FORMAL DISCOVERY INTO EVIDENCE

    III. INTRODUCTION OF NONTESTIMONIAL EVIDENCE

    IV. INTRODUCTION OF ?LIVE? TESTIMONY INTO EVIDENCE

    V. RESPONSE TO OPPOSING PARTY?S EVIDENCE

    VI. PREPARE TRIAL PLAN

     

    PART FIVE: SETTLEMENT AND ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION

    I. INTRODUCTION

    II. EVALUATION OF CASE

    III. INFORMAL SETTLEMENT NEGOTIATIONS

    IV. FORMAL OFFER OF SETTLEMENT OR DEMAND FOR JUDGMENT

    V. MEDIATION

    VI. ARBITRATION

     

     

    Gonzalez, Ervin A.


    Ervin A. Gonzalez - Partner, Colson Hicks Eidson, Coral Gables , FL Mr. Gonzalez is board certified as a specialist in civil trial law (personal injury and wrongful death cases) and business litigation law by The Florida Bar and The National Board of Trial Advocacy. He has 20 verdicts in excess of one million dollars and has settled numerous multi-million dollar cases throughout his career. He is rated ¿AV¿ by Martindale-Hubbell, as well as named in the ¿Best Lawyers in America ¿, a who¿s who of the legal profession¿s top practitioners as evaluated and selected by their professional peers. He was also selected as one of the Best Lawyers in Florida by Florida Trend Magazine and in the nation by Leading American Attorneys. Further, he has been rated as one of the Leading Hispanic Lawyers In America.

    Mr. Gonzalez graduated from of the University of Miami School of Law ¿ Juris Doctorate, 1985, cum laude, and is currently an adjunct professor at the University of Miami School of Law for the trial skills litigation program.

     

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