Paralegal Bootcamp

MAY 27, 2022

Working with attorneys can be challenging. From having the sometimes uncomfortable but necessary conversations to overcoming the obstacle of last-minute requests, here are 3 ways you can start working better with your attorneys. Fast-forward to the night before trial when this attorney asked to see the exhibits.

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JURIST

JANUARY 5, 2023

New York Attorney General Letitia James Thursday sued ex-CEO and cofounder of crypto trading platform Celsius Alex Mashinsky for defrauding customers. Mashinsky allegedly attracted investments by advertising deposit returns of up to 17 percent. According to the lawsuit, this figure was one of the highest rates that the market provided.

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Attorney at Work

MAY 28, 2022

From time to time, opposing counsel may act in an uncivil or unprofessional manner during a telephone call, where there is no official record as there might be in a deposition or a written communication. This creates a record that you can later use as a submission to the court, if necessary. During a Deposition. by Otto Sorts.

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LawSites

MAY 25, 2021

Will remote depositions disappear as legal professionals emerge from the pandemic? Not according to a recent survey by the court reporting company Esquire Deposition Solutions , which found that 78% of attorneys plan to continue conducting up to half their depositions virtually in a post-pandemic world.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

MAY 23, 2025

What if I can’t find an exhibit when the attorney asks me for it? Did we receive the original deposition transcripts after the depositions? Organize everything (pleadings, discovery, exhibits) as if you’re going to be sitting in court tomorrow and your attorney is going to ask you to find a copy of it.

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The Cloud Court Blog

JUNE 27, 2023

I’m talking to you, deposition index. And I mean that, deposition index. I also love that you understood that people had only vague ideas of what occurred in depositions they didn’t attend. And what did you do for them, deposition index? So, deposition index. You are the past, my friend. I am the future.

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Law 360

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

A Florida law firm asked a federal court Thursday to penalize a group of student debtors and their attorney over refusing to attend scheduled depositions in a debt relief case, accusing them of bad faith and calling their conduct a delay tactic.

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LDA PRO

APRIL 7, 2023

These cases get handled in a simplified court process designed to provide a quick and cost-effective resolution. Then decide whether to hire a small claims attorney in Sacramento or a registered legal document assistant! In conclusion, small claims courts provide a simplified process for resolving a wide range of disputes.

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The Estrin Report

DECEMBER 26, 2024

You may have to leave the title attorney or legal professional behindor maybe not. Where is it written that you must always hold the title of attorney or legal professional? For example, consider a litigation attorney aiming to transition into marketing. It depends on how you approach it. I call it leveraging your career.

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Attorney at Work

MAY 22, 2022

Paralegals and support staff, typically employed by the shared office provider, can also help line up court reporters, file paperwork and serve subpoenas. Professional deposition rooms. While amenities like lounges and on-site gyms are common in most shared office suites, private deposition rooms don’t usually make the cut.

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InHouseOps

JULY 30, 2021

Ron Carey, chief revenue officer with Esquire Deposition Solutions, discusses the use of remote deposition technology, how the COVID-19 pandemic supercharged the trend, and why it’s here to stay. CCBJ: Esquire Deposition Solutions recently published an infographic about COVID-19’s impact on technology for depositions.

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JURIST

MARCH 22, 2022

The officials filed motions to quash subpoenas compelling them to testify, which Judge Judith Levy of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan dismissed on Monday. In January 2021, t he Attorney General of Michigan brought two charges of criminal neglect against Snyder for his role in the crisis. .

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Attorney at Work

AUGUST 11, 2022

Litigators need to address the court and sometimes jurors. Remember your frustration when a witness did this in deposition? I once represented my husband in traffic court where I told the judge and prosecutor, “I. Subscribe to Attorney at Work. Every lawyer needs to speak with colleagues, clients and prospects.

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ABA Journal

JULY 30, 2024

Updated: A federal appeals court has affirmed an attorney fee sanction of nearly $12,000 against a Chicago lawyer accused of misleading the court when she…

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Attorney at Work

JULY 28, 2022

A few days ago, I met with an attorney who was originally introduced to me more than three years ago when he was considering changing offices. Paralegals and support staff, typically employed by the shared office provider, can also help line up court reporters, file paperwork and serve subpoenas. Professional deposition rooms.

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Attorney at Work

JULY 14, 2022

Supreme Court said- Quote- The doctrine of separate but equal did not make its appearance in this Court until 1896 in the case of Plessy v. But the court reporter is sure going to have a hard time recording the proceedings if you do this in a deposition or in a hearing. Subscribe to Attorney at Work.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

JANUARY 20, 2023

I will show you what it means to be a proactive paralegal and how to stand out to your attorney by making them think you’re a mind-reader. I worked for an attorney back in the nineties who thought I could read his mind. I knew there was a deposition next month that I could start preparing for this month.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

I started my legal journey years ago in hopes of being an attorney one day. Most attorneys are highly stressed and expect you to be their left hand. It will be a little hard to remember updates on cases when you handle 5+ attorneys and 100+ cases. Here are 10 Things Attorneys Look for in a Paralegal. Be Highly Organized.

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The IP Law Blog

JUNE 2, 2022

24, 2022) the Court considered the permissible extent of attorney participation in the preparation of an expert report. The Court did so in response to plaintiff’s motion to exclude the testimony of defendant’s technical expert for failing to prepare his own report. In Munchkin, Inc. Tomy International, Inc.,

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Attorney at Work

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The ‘Reasonable Test’ Remains Universal Resources About the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism. see “classic retainer” vs. “advance payment retainer” vs. “security retainer” in Illinois ), but in general, a lawyer is required to deposit flat fees and expenses paid into a client trust account in advance for representation.

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Law 360

JUNE 21, 2021

As legal proceedings have moved online in light of the pandemic, lawyers may mistakenly believe that recorded Zoom video depositions can be entered as evidence, but without certain safeguards, the testimony is unlikely to be accepted by courts, says Phillip Zisook at Schoenberg Finkel.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

MAY 12, 2022

If attorneys need non-legal information about anything, I’m sure to find an email asking me to find it, and yes, they’ve usually already tried a Google search. Research skills are one of the top 10 things attorneys look for in a paralegal. Court Websites. GET A COPY OF THE FREE GUIDE HERE. Government Agency Websites.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

JULY 25, 2022

This includes the processes used to identify the laws and documents that apply to the facts of a specific case, including statutes, regulations, and court opinions. The long list includes complaints, subpoenas, interrogatories, deposition notices, pretrial orders, and legal briefs with various parties.

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CARET Legal

APRIL 14, 2025

With court dates, response windows, and filing deadlines constantly shifting, one missed update can jeopardize an entire case. Solution: CARET Legal offers centralized case management and deadline tracking that syncs with court rules and helps teams stay on schedule. Endless emails only add to the frustration.

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Attorney at Work

JULY 22, 2021

Jackie Schafer: I started out as a litigator at Paul Weiss, but spent most of my career in public service as an assistant attorney general, where I was regularly briefing and arguing cases before the state appellate courts in Alaska and Washington state. ’ Most cases are won or lost based on the writing.

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Everchron

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

[{"content":{"text":" Before the pandemic, the process of taking a deposition mostly had not changed in hundreds of years. By the mid-2000s, the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure had relaxed its guidelines around remote depositions in cases involving out-of-state or international witnessesbut these were infrequent circumstances.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

MAY 5, 2025

In a typical legal environment, almost every task a paralegal or attorney performs for a client counts as billable time. One mindset shift that can be powerful is to view your billable hours like deposits into your “career bank account.” of an hour), to ensure that clients are billed accurately.

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The Cloud Court Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

“The deposition is the new trial.” – Jim Garrity, 10,000 Depositions Later podcast Jim Garrity, an employment attorney based in Florida, has produced scores of podcasts and published multiple books on the topic of depositions. Why Don’t More People Recognize How Important Depositions Are? It’s not just an aphorism.

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Connor Reporting

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Attorneys using the Thomson Reuters product CaseNotebook to organize, manage, and share key case documents might request at their next deposition or trial to have a realtime court reporter write directly to their CaseNotebook on the attorney’s laptop/iPad. Use global stream if streaming to attorneys offsite. (If

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Paralegal Bootcamp

DECEMBER 7, 2021

most of the time you have to go look up the specific court rule for whatever it is you are doing anyway. Even if you had been working in Florida for the last 7 years, when it’s time to go to trial, you’re going to check your local court rules and state court rules, along with the judge’s specific rules. You’ll have an overview.

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CARET Legal

MARCH 17, 2025

This system puts everything in one place, so attorneys can focus on strategy and billable hours instead of scrambling for information. Courts dont take kindly to delays, and neither do insurance clients. Jurisdiction-Specific Calendaring : Track deadlines based on court rules and insurer reporting guidelines. The end result?

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LawSites

MAY 23, 2023

Financing Deposition Costs As I wrote about Steno in 2020 , Los Angeles lawyer Dylan Ruga , a former Steptoe & Johnson partner who founded his own plaintiffs’ litigation firm in 2016, first conceived of the company as a vehicle for financing deposition costs. Along the way, the company has grown to over 100 employees. .

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NCBA Law Practice Management Blog

MARCH 2, 2023

And, it’s not just about lawyers (especially the next wave of attorneys, young lawyers) wanting flexibility; it’s more about clients and leads wanting it. And, if you need to meet in-person with a client, coworking spaces, or borrowing spaces from attorneys who do maintain traditional office space , are both viable options.

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Sterno

JUNE 5, 2024

Every attorney knows that finding the deposition you need can be a pain. Whether it was taken months ago or you’re sure another attorney at your firm has deposed the witness before, the challenge of finding the required testimony often involves hours of footwork searching through your firm's repository.

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Above The Law

MAY 16, 2025

Most litigators need to travel for court conferences, depositions, site inspections, and other events during the life of a lawsuit. The attorneys at the firm and myself were not too impacted that we were only able to bill half of our travel time to this client since this usually meant we could still bill plenty of time to the client.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

A federal judge in the US District Court for the Central District of California Monday ruled against former Los Angeles City Councilman José Huizar, allowing evidence collected from a 2016 FBI search warrant at Huizar’s trial. The attorney for Huizar, Charles Snyder, argued before US District Judge John Walter Monday.

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Law 360

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Companies must take several steps to meet their duty to educate representatives for depositions in corporate and patent litigation, demonstrating to courts that good faith efforts were made to prepare — or else they may face monetary and evidentiary sanctions, say attorneys at Wolf Greenfield.

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