Because federal subpoenas for any district can be issued by an attorney in the pending litigation and one rule governs, obtaining documents and testimony from across the country can be smoother than in state court cases. If your case calls for a subpoena to be served to get the documents or testimony, there are technicalities [...]
I’ve written two briefs recently where I was able to incorporate graphics. While I’m not the first person to include graphics in legal writing, I still felt like I was pushing the envelope a bit. And it was fun—a little rebellious and a little creative. I wasn’t sure how the hiring attorneys would feel about [...]
To conclude the series, I end with where I start. Practice Pointer No. 4: Read the rules. Follow the rules. Then accept the gray areas. It doesn’t matter how many times I have helped out-of-state attorneys have subpoenas issued and served in Georgia. Every time I read the rules. I have the commission, the notice [...]
I’ve written before about how an attorney can help you sort through the issues when you are served with a subpoena. And now I want to let you know what an attorney needs to know to analyze your situation. Without knowing the gritty details, no attorney can answer “yes” or “no” to your question, “Do [...]
I’ve made it known that when I have my druthers, I use footnotes in briefs. I began to use footnotes when, through my independent studying of legal writing, I became convinced that it makes for a clearer brief when you use sentences and paragraphs to argue rather than string citations. When you move all the [...]
In the three years since my article Best Practices for Issuing Subpoenas: Depositions of Georgia Residents in Cases Pending Out of State was published, I’ve been helping out-of-state counsel issue, serve, and enforce out-of-state subpoenas. And almost every case teaches me something new. I began this series with Practice Pointer No. 1: It is Georgia [...]
With two librarians in my family, I think my mom would be proud that I am asking, “What would a librarian do?” in studying ways for cost-effective legal research. In Thinking Like a Librarian: Tips for Better Legal Research, Richard Buckingham, the Electronic Services and Legal Reference Librarian at Suffolk University Law School, offers practicing [...]
In the three years since my article Best Practices for Issuing Subpoenas: Depositions of Georgia Residents in Cases Pending Out of State was published, I’ve been helping out-of-state counsel issue, serve, and enforce out-of-state subpoenas. And almost every case teaches me something new. I began the series with Practice Pointer No. 1: It is Georgia [...]
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