Litigation 101
for Law Firm
Paralegals, Document Clerks & Project Assistants
Course Description
Litigation 101: Moving through the Litigation Steps in an Internet Age
Lunch Time Series
(One or Two Sessions)
Always
tailored to client's needs
Professor Binder will:
- Identify the basic steps in civil litigation: pleadings,
discovery, pretrial, trial, appeal.
- Provide an Overview of Courts, including the federal and state
court systems
- Learn Pre-Filing considerations: How to sue the proper
parties, Secretary of State research, statutes of limitation, Internet
research
- Examine Jurisdiction rules and forum selection, how to file or
research documents at the courthouse
- Identify the most glaring mistakes made in writing Complaints,
Answers, and other pleadings
- Discover the best document production strategies
- Understand how "Cybersquatters" are diluting your clients'
"brand," and how to stop this practice without resorting to litigation
- Experience the importance of a summary judgment motion, and its
impact on settlement
- Learn best practices in creating witness lists, exhibit lists,
and trial notebooks
- Examine your role as a team player in the trial and appellate
processes
Perry Binder, J.D.
Over 20 years of
experience as a
law
professor and attorney
pzbinder@msn.com
(404)402-1892