Resources for Litigators: Discovery

See Part III: Interrogatories and Requests for Production of Documents. Offers samples for a few select types of litigation but can also act as a template for claims in other practice areas as well. Part VII offers additional Model Discovery.

See Chapter 5: Gathering the Evidence for a discussion of discovery tools along with how to gather and preserve evidence.

Sample interrogatories for many, many different types of cases organized alphabetically by topic. Offers interrogatories for both plaintiff and defense and each set of interrogatories features a summary of the topics covered by the questions along with the numbers of the questions that relate to that topic. Appendix offers Uniform Interrogatories and the jurisdictions that suggest or require they be used (including PA, NJ & DE)

Reviews all types of discovery tools including checklists and sample forms

Sort through practice notes and sample documents. Limit by jurisdiction filter and add key words to locate specific types of documents and discovery tools.

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See Part III: Interrogatories and Requests for Production of Documents. Offers samples for a few select types of litigation but can also act as a template for claims in other practice areas as well. Part VII offers additional Model Discovery.

See Chapter 5: Gathering the Evidence for a discussion of discovery tools along with how to gather and preserve evidence.

Reviews all types of discovery tools including checklists and sample forms

See Part IV: Requests for Admissions. Offers samples from several different case types. Part VII offers additional Model Discovery.

See Chapter 5: Gathering the Evidence for a discussion of discovery tools along with how to gather and preserve evidence.

Reviews all types of discovery tools including checklists and sample forms

Does not discuss Requests for Examination in detail but does provide Model Discovery requests in Part VII.

See Chapter 5: Gathering the Evidence for a discussion of discovery tools along with how to gather and preserve evidence.

Annual CLE course handbook. Browse using Table of Contents or Index. Prior year editions available on the "Related Items" tab along with transcripts of the course.

See Part II Depositions for sample questions related to various types of cases including motor vehicle accidents, premises liability, medical malpractice and others. Part VII offers additional Model Discovery

See Chapter 5: Gathering the Evidence for a discussion of depositions under "Discovery Tools." There is also an "Advice to Client" section at the end which offers suggestions about what to tell clients about their deposition to help prepare them for the experience.

Discusses purposes of deposition, preparing for deposition, using documents during depositions and making objections. Much of this treatise covers questioning techniques and methods.

Covers preparing for and carrying out the deposition from both the deposing attorney and the defending attorney perspectives and how to use depositions at trial. Appendix includes state and federal deposition practice rules. Updated annually.

Annual CLE course handbook covering variety of topics. Browse using Table of Contents or Index. Prior editions available on the "Related Items" tab along with transcripts from the course.

Reviews all types of discovery tools including checklists and sample forms

Describes mechanics of and preparation for depositions but also gives sample questions for different types of cases (both plaintiff and defense)

See Chapter 7. The Deposition: Additional Principles and Considerations

Discussion of laws surrounding routine and deliberate destruction of evidence including discovery sanctions.

See Chapter 2, Disclosures. Walks through the different types of initial disclosures provided for under the federal rules.

Chapter 9 deals with Precomplaint discovery provided for under Federal Rule 27.