Pleading Your Case offers an insightful, humorous and practical approach to pleadings. Veteran litigator Janet S. Kole walks you through the steps of drafting a complaint or response and provides helpful tips and strategies to make your pleadings more effective. This book is your first step to crafting a complaint or response that effectively tells your client's story.

When you think of pleading your client's case, you undoubtedly envision delivering a stirring oral argument in front of a judge or a jury. While that is certainly the endgame in litigation, it is not the beginning. Complaints and answers are called "pleadings" for a reason: they are the initial explanation that you craft as a lawyer to explain your client's position. But where do you begin? Pleading Your Case offers an insightful, humorous and practical approach to pleadings. Veteran litigator Janet S. Kole walks you through the steps of drafting a complaint or response and provides helpful tips and strategies to make your pleadings more effective. Pleadings do not need to be dry. They can and should convey your fervent belief in your client's cause. Pleading Your Case is your first step to crafting a complaint or response that effectively tells your client's story.

Additional written evidence is contained in Volume 3, available on the Committee website at www.parliament.uk/healthcom

A comprehensive library of over 200+ MODEL COMPLAINTS (in print and on CD), created, tested and honed by attorney-experts in multiple litigation practice areas. These complaints are presented in book and electronic format on a CD-ROM, which may be opened in MS Word. These forms may be edited to suit the unique facts and circumstances of each case. Use these complaints as your templates and save valuable time drafting and typing. In addition, each section contains practice tips and checklists unique to the practice area. Volume I Real Estate Litigation & Environmental Litigation Land Use/Planning Zone Litigation Construction Litigation Probate & Estate Litigation Admiralty & Maritime Litigation Volume II Business Torts Litigation Cyber Law, Internet Piracy & Computer Crimes Litigation Franchise Litigation Insurance Coverage & Bad Faith Litigation Lemon Law & Auto Defect Litigation ERISA Litigation Legal Malpractice Litigation

This concise book provides readers with practical guidance to help them to both avoid errors and develop robust processes to protect themselves and their patients, as well as dealing appropriately with complaints and litigation, when things do go wrong. Free of complex legal terminology, the book outlines key concepts in medical law and how these may be applied to clinical situations in both hospital and community settings. Key Features Accessible text addressing these specific areas of concern for all health care students and practitioners - error and harm, complaints, negligence claims and litigation Supported throughout with case examples, accompanied by commentaries from experienced clinical specialists Both medical and legal perspectives are reflected in the experienced editor team Incorporating case law with practical studies, legal information is supplemented by clinical commentaries from a range of specialists representing the perspective of the health care practitioner. The book is essential reading for medical and health students, practising clinicians and allied health care professionals at all levels.

The Model Rules of Professional Conduct provides an up-to-date resource for information on legal ethics. Federal, state and local courts in all jurisdictions look to the Rules for guidance in solving lawyer malpractice cases, disciplinary actions, disqualification issues, sanctions questions and much more. In this volume, black-letter Rules of Professional Conduct are followed by numbered Comments that explain each Rule's purpose and provide suggestions for its practical application. The Rules will help you identify proper conduct in a variety of given situations, review those instances where discretionary action is possible, and define the nature of the relationship between you and your clients, colleagues and the courts.