Preliminary Sections

• Author: Leonard H. Bucklin
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Building

Trial Notebooks

Volume 1

The notebook system, forms, and

guidance for litigation, from case intake,

through discovery, to final argument

By Leonard Bucklin

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(Rev. 8, 3/13)

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Leonard Bucklin

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Civil Discovery

• Deposing the Defendant Driver

• Deposing the Corporate Designee in

Health Insurance Denial Case

• Deposing an Expert Witness

• Deposition Outlines

• Deposition Practice Tips

• Interrogatories: Breach of Contract

• Interrogatories: Breach of Contract

Defense

• Interrogatories: Damages

• Interrogatories: Fraud and

Misrepresentation Interrogatories

• Interrogatories: Proving Plaintiff's Cause

of Action in an Auto Accident Case

• Interrogatories: Interference with Business

Relations

• Interrogatories: Wrongful Death

Civil Litigation

• 4 Jury Questionnaires

• Elements of Proof Rubric

• Essential Objections Checklist

• Preparing to Take or Defend a Liability

Deposition

• Summarizing Personal Injury Damages

• Voir Dire Diagram

• Voir Dire Tips

• Voir Dire Questions

California Civil Litigation

• Discovery Disputes

• Elements, with Complaint: Breach of

Contract for Failure to Perform

• Elements: Breach of Implied Covenant of

Good Faith and Fair Dealing

• Elements: Negligence

• Objecting to Expert Testimony

New York Civil Litigation

• Attorney-Client Privilege

• Cross-Examining Experts

• Document Requests

• Motions in Limine

• Witness Examination

Criminal Law and Practice

• Challenging Written Statements

• Cross-Examination of Eyewitnesses

• Plea Bargaining, with Forms

• 4 Representation Agreements

Federal Criminal Practice

• Plea Bargaining

• Pretrial Detention Hearings

• Pretrial Release on Conditions

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