Colorado Civil Motions Practice

• Publication year: 2013
• Pages: 70
• Citation: Vol. 42 No. 3 Pg. 70

42 Colo.Law. 70 Colorado Civil Motions Practice Vol. 42 No. 3 [Page 70] Colorado Bar Journal March, 2013

By Henry Miniter

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Colorado Civil Motions Practice

by Eric B. Liebman

152 pp.; $59

Bradford Publishing Co., 2012

1743 Wazee St., Denver, CO 80202

(800) 446-2831; www.bradfordpublishing.com

Reviewed by Henry Miniter

Henry Miniter is an attorney at the Denver legal office of Farmers Insurance Exchange, where he represents defendants in civil actions _hminiter@gmail.com.

Denver attorney Erik Liebman set out to provide a practical framework of civil motions, and he really hit his mark. As a matter of function, Colorado Civil Motions Practice is a handbook, not a substantive treatise or procedural tome. A sleek 140 pages, it is a lean lattice work of the rules and standards for specific motions.

With scads of information a click away, there is a place on the practitioner's desk for a book that pulls everything together. The reader can consult the table of contents, go directly to a motion type, and obtain the legal standards for that specific motion. It is handy and usable—a sort of Zagat guide to motions.

For example, if an attorney needs to file a motion challenging personal jurisdiction, he or she can turn to that section and find a citation to the rule—CRCP 12(b)(2)...