Civil Cases

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    Keep Calm and Do Things Electronically

  • Rule 1.050 When Action Commenced

    Things have to start somewhere. Just ask the Big B...

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  • Power of Attorney (Video)

    We're not talking x-ray vision or super strength

  • Rule 1.410 Subpoena

    Not just classic courtroom drama shorthand.

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  • Rule 12.120 Pleading Special Matters

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  • Rule 12.105 Simplified Dissolution Procedure

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  • Rule 1.150 Sham Pleadings

    We all get shammed sometimes (pet rock, anyone?)

  • Rule 1.060 Transfers of Action

    Sometimes you file in the wrong place. It happens

  • Taking a Deposition (Video)

    Think the question-asker is the one who has it eas...

  • Rule 1.351 Production of Documents and Things Without Deposition

    For getting something from someone outside the cas...

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  • Rule 1.285 Inadvertent Disclosure of Privileged Materials

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    How to get a head start on a second chance.

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  • Rule 1.190 Amended and Supplemental Pleadings

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  • Rule 12.250 Misjoinder and Nonjoinder of Parties

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  • Indigent Status (Video)

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  • Rule 12.090 Rules for Counting Time

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  • Summary Judgment (Video)

    Sometimes a trial is just unnecessary.

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    Bankruptcy is a beginning, not an end.

  • Mediation and Arbitration (Video)

    Nothing wrong with having a voice of reason around

  • General Magistrate (Video)

    No, it's not a wizard leading an army.

  • Wage Garnishment (Infographic)

    See if you can protect your paycheck

  • Rule 12.260 Survivor; Substitution of Parties

    Justice doesn't have to stop when someone's gone

  • Pleadings (Video)

    We don't mean the thing you do to avoid a parkin...

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  • Rule 1.130 Attaching Cause of Action and Exhibits

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    Tough situation made tougher by unpreparedness

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    There's a reason pencils have erasers

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  • Tenant Rights (Video)

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  • Interrogatories (Video)

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  • Rule 12.040 Attorneys

    Representation isn't a cut and dried situation

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  • Rule 1.350 Requests for Production

    Yes, you CAN ask your opponent to give you things

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    Your home is your castle. Defend it.

  • Writ of Garnishment (Video)

    When what you owe comes out of what you make.

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    We're not talking x-ray vision or super strength

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