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    From limitation of actions and service of summons to pretrial stipulations, continuances and settlement, Matthew Bender Practice Guide: California Pretrial Civil Procedure is your "go-to" resource for instant analysis, guidance, forms and practice tips covering every aspect of California pretrial civil procedure. Its 40 expertly prepared chapters walk you step-by-step through:

  • • Litigation Milestones
  • • First Steps
  • • Plaintiff's Pleading
  • • Defendant's Response
  • • Provisional Remedies
  • • Pretrial Procedures
  • • Ending the Case Before Trial

    Representing the new standard in practice guides, Matthew Bender Practice Guide: California Pretrial Civil Procedure has streamlined chapter organization, precise guidance on finding pertinent online information, cross-references to relevant content, icons classified by type, and an abundance of checklists and forms that you can't find elsewhere. You get more checklists, more forms, more tips, more warnings, more strategic points, more of everything that makes a practice guide valuable and easy to use.

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    • Unit 1 Litigation Milestones

    Chapter 1 Litigation Milestone Checklists

    Unit 2 First Steps

    Chapter 2 Client Interview

    Chapter 3 Beginning and Terminating the Attorney-Client Relationship

    Chapter 4 Limitation of Actions

    Chapter 5 Parties

    Unit 3 Plaintiff's Pleading

    Chapter 6 Determining Forum

    Chapter 7 Complaints

    Chapter 8 Service of Summons

    Unit 4 Defendant's Response

    Chapter 9 Motions to Quash and Other Objections to Personal Jurisdiction

    Chapter 10 Dismissal for Lack of Subject Matter Jurisdiction

    Chapter 11 Demurrers and Motions for Judgment on the Pleadings

    Chapter 12 Motions to Strike

    Chapter 13 SLAPP Motions

    Chapter 14 Answers

    Chapter 15 Reclassification of Cases

    Chapter 16 Cross Complaints

    Chapter 17 Removal to Federal Court

    Unit 5 Provisional Remedies

    Chapter 18 TROs and Preliminary Injunctions

    Chapter 19 Attachment

    Chapter 20 Claim & Delivery

    Chapter 21 Lis Pendens

    Unit 6 Pretrial Procedures

    Chapter 22 Disqualification of Judge

    Chapter 23 Case Management

    Chapter 24 Pretrial ADR

    Chapter 25 Reference

    Chapter 26 Law and Motion Procedure

    Chapter 27 Service of Papers

    Chapter 28 Stipulations

    Chapter 29 Motions to Reconsider and Renewed Motions

    Chapter 30 Continuances

    Chapter 31 Intervention

    Chapter 32 Notice or Related Cases, Consolidation, Coordination, and Severance of Actions

    Chapter 33 Class Actions

    Chapter 34 Amended and Supplemental Pleadings

    Chapter 35 Sanctions

    Unit 7 Ending the Case Before Trial

    Chapter 36 Defaults and Motions for Relief

    Chapter 37 Settlement and Release

    Chapter 38 Summary and Judgment

    Chapter 39 Voluntary Dismissal

    Chapter 40 Dismissal for Delay in Bringing to Trial

     

    Kiesel, Paul R.


    Paul R. Kiesel is a partner with Kiesel, Boucher & Larson, LLP, Beverly Hills, California. His practice is devoted to the representation of consumers in personal injury, products liability, class action, construction defect and toxic tort litigation. After serving on the Board of Governors for the California and Los Angeles Trial Lawyers Association (now the Consumer Attorneys Association of California and Los Angeles), he has been elected an Emeritus Board Member of both organizations. Mr. Kiesel is also serving a two-year term on the Board of Governors for the Association of Business Trial Lawyers. Mr. Kiesel has been recognized as one of the top 50 trial lawyers by the Los Angeles Business Journal and by California Law Business as one of the 100 most influential attorneys in the State of California. He writes a monthly technology column for the Los Angeles Daily Journal and is a frequent presenter at continuing legal education programs.

    Lichtman , Peter D.


    The Honorable Peter D. Lichtman is a Judge of the Los Angeles Superior Court and former Supervising Judge of the Complex Litigation Program. Prior to that, Judge Lichtman served as a civil fast track judge. He was previously an attorney in private practice for 17 years, with concentration in the area of complex civil litigation. He has authored numerous articles and contributed to legal publications, as well as lecturing widely in the area of civil litigation.

    Edith R. Matthai


    Edith R. Matthai is a partner with Robie & Matthai, a Professional Corporation, in Los Angeles, California, where her practice centers on professional malpractice defense, insurance related litigation and business litigation. Ms, Matthai is also serving a term on the Board of Governors for the Association of Business Trial Lawyers. Ms. Matthai served as a Trustee of the Los Angeles County Bar Association. She has also served as President and Senior Vice President of the Los Angeles County Bar Association. Ms. Matthai has served for six years on the Judicial Council Task Force that has prepared the new Judicial Council Civil Jury Instructions for California. Ms. Matthai was named by California Lawyer as one of the prominent California attorneys in the defense of legal malpractice actions, and by the Los Angeles Daily Journal/San Francisco Recorder as one of the top 30 women litigators in California.

    Seabolt, Richard L.


    Richard L. Seabolt is a partner in the San Francisco office of Duane Morris LLP. Mr. Seabolt has extensive experience in complex trials and appeals arising from commercial disputes in the technology, entertainment, construction, and insurance industries. Mr. Seabolt frequently speaks and writes on civil litigation topics and topics involving his particular practice areas. He is currently an Advisor to the Litigation Section Executive Committee for the California State Bar. He previously served as Chair and Vice-Chair of the Litigation Section of the State Bar of California. He also is a member of the Judicial Council's Civil Jury Instructions (''CACI'') Advisory Committee, the Board of Governors of the Association of Business Trial Lawyers (ABTL), Northern California Chapter and the American Arbitration Association's Large Complex Case Panel.

     

 
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