Preface

• Author: Stewart I. Edelstein
• Profession: Commercial trial lawyer
• Pages: 29-34

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PREFACE

TAKE THIS QUIZ

So you want to succeed as a trial law yer! It would so helpful for any

aspiring trial lawyer to have a mentor on standby for practical advice

whenever needed. This is that mentor. In your career, you will confront

a host of issues. You need to be prepared to deal with them.

Do you know what to do?

• As you are draft ing a complaint, you are in a quandary about

what to allege, which causes of action to assert, which defen-

dants to sue, where to bring the act ion, and what you need to

discuss with your client. See Chapter 3(C).

• You have just received an antagonistic email from opposing

counsel. See Chapter 3(B), section 2.

• You are about to communicate with your expert, and you must

determine whether that communication will be within work

product protection. See Chapter 2(D).

• You just realized that you inadvertently produced to opposing coun sel

ESI within t he attorney/client privilege. See Chapter 4(G), section 7.

• Your client complains that compliance with opposing coun sel’s request

for ESI would be prohibitively expensive. See Chapter 4(G), section 6.

• In negotiating a matter in which you represent more than one

client, opposing counsel proposes a settlement that treats some

of your clients disproportionately. See Chapter 5(A), section 6.

• At mediation, you have reached an impasse. See Chapter 5(B),

sec tion 5.

• Your client is in arrears in paying your bills. See Chapter 1(G).

• You need to prepare an opening statement and a closing argu-

ment in a jury trial. See Chapter 6(A), sections 3 and 4.

• At trial, opposing counsel seeks to put in rebuttal evidence.

See Chapter 6(C), section 14.

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