LITIGATION SEMINAR

LITIGATION SEMINAR
for Legal Assistants and
Legal Secretaries

	Saturday, October 27, 2001
9:00	Pre-Litigation Preparation Receiving and counseling a client; files and diaries; time limitations; pleadings; informal discovery; gathering documents; interviewing witnesses; legal research.	Lisa Almasy Miller, Esq. Dwyer & Miller LLP Portland, Oregon
10:15	Break
10:30	Starting the Lawsuit and Pre-Trial Discovery Rules of civil procedure; service of process; discovery; interrogatories; requests for admissions; requests for production of documents and things; depositions.	Diana Craine, Esq. Williams Daley O’Leary Craine & Love, P.C. Portland, Oregon
12:15	Lunch (on your own)
1:15	Trial Practice Jury demand; trial settings; note for trial; motion practice; exhibit preparation; trial notebook; jury instructions; trial briefs; subpoenas; forms and memo files.	William A. Barton, Esq. Barton and Strever, P.C. Newport, Oregon
2:45	Break
3:00	Post-Trial Practice Motions; entering findings and conclusions; cost bills; execution on judgements; appeals; brief writing; billing; client communications.	Helen T. Dziuba, Esq. Law Office of Helen T. Dziuba, P.C. Lake Oswego, Oregon
4:30	Adjourn