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#Litigation

Posts tagged Litigation.

Stack of legal reference books beside a notepad on a boardroom table
Family & Civil Practice

Getting Your Client Ready for Examinations for Discovery

A step by step routine for the meeting before discovery, built to teach your client to listen, pause, and answer only what is actually being asked.

22 August 2026 · 6 min
A wooden gavel resting on a desk beside a stack of file folders and a client cost estimate
Family & Civil Practice

Talking to Clients About Costs Before They Get the Bill

A composite client story about the early honest conversation on costs exposure and cost awards that changes decisions and builds trust before the bill lands.

8 July 2026 · 6 min
A lawyer reviewing and annotating a printed expert report at a desk
Family & Civil Practice

Making Sense of Expert Reports Without Getting Lost

How to instruct, read, and challenge expert reports in a family or civil file, from the retainer letter to the line between honest opinion and advocacy.

14 December 2025 · 5 min
Stacked law books beside tabbed binders ready for a hearing
Family & Civil Practice

Organizing Exhibits for a Hearing You Can Navigate Under Pressure

A working method for numbering, tabbing, and cross referencing exhibits so you can find any page in seconds when the judge is waiting and the pressure is on.

10 July 2025 · 5 min
A desk with a coffee, a legal pad, and a printed motion calendar at the start of a busy week
Practice Management

How We Survived a Five Motion Week Without Dropping a Ball

A first person account of one associate juggling five motions in a single week, and the small habits that kept every file on the rails.

14 February 2025 · 6 min
The stone steps and columns of a courthouse exterior late in the day
Family & Civil Practice

When the Motion Cannot Wait Until Monday

A narrative walk through a genuinely urgent motion, from the Friday afternoon call to the order, and what you can safely let fall away when the clock is against you.

13 January 2024 · 6 min