This step-by-step manual is designed to help the practicing family lawyer effectively and successfully navigate through the complexities of domestic litigation. Clearly written and logical in its style and organization, this practical volume is filled with practical advice, useful tips, checklists, sample Q and A's, bullet points, and helpful guidelines for handling the diverse circumstances of a trial.
The Divorce Trial Manual is the necessary tool family lawyers need to organize and present their case in order to achieve the optimum outcome for their clients.
The included CD-ROM contains practical forms plus an invaluable, 67-page client manual.
Chapter 1: Initial Client Interview
Chapter 2: Organization for Trial
Chapter 3: Discovery
Chapter 4: Theory of the Case
Chapter 5: Motions
Chapter 6: The Closing Argument
Chapter 7: The Opening Statement
Chapter 8: Direct Examination
Chapter 9: Cross-Examination
Chapter 10: Choice and Preparation of Lay Witnesses
Chapter 11: Experts and Their Reports Chapter 12: Evidence
Chapter 13: Development and Introduction of Exhibits
Chapter 14: Conclusion Bibliography
Appendix 1: Trial Ledger
Appendix 2: Pleadings
Appendix 3: Responses to Discovery Appendix 4: Client Manual
Appendix 5
Appendix 6
Glossary
Index
After starting her own private practice, Lynne Z. Gold-Bikin went on to become a chair of the ABA Section of Family Law and the founder of the ABA's Domestic Violence Committee. Her reputation as a no-nonsense litigator landed her a position as chair of the family law department and managing partner of a satellite office of Wolf, Block, Schorr, and Solis-Cohen. In her 25 years of legal experience, she has worked with hundreds of women, counseling them through separation, divorce, and abuse.
Stephen A. Kolodny has been a certified family law specialist since the inception of that certification program in 1980, and he continues to practice family law almost exclusively, handling complex property characterization, valuation, and custody litigation issues. He is listed in Best Lawyers in America, named as one of the top 10 divorce lawyers in America by Town & Country magazine. Mr. Kolodny is a founding diplomat of the American College of Family Trial Lawyers and a member of its membership committee. The American College of Family Trial Lawyers is limited to 100 of the best family law trial lawyers in America selected by their peers based upon trial advocacy skills.
Format: 7x10" Softcover with CD
Copyright: 2003
Pages: 280
ISBN: 1-59031-237-6
Publisher: American Bar Association
