1. WHERE WE ARE & WHAT WE’RE DOING Pleading Pre-trial Discovery Resolution without Trial Trial & Post-trial Appeal

2. DISCOVERY Methods of Discovery Initial Disclosures Depositions (Oral or Written Questions) Interrogatories Production of Documents Mental/Physical Examination Requests to Admit

3. DISCOVERY Methods of Discovery Rule 30 Depositions upon Oral Examination Any witness Oral testimony Live, less “canned” answers Follow-up questions Expensive No duty to supplement. See 26(e)(2)

4. DISCOVERY Methods of Discovery Rule 33: Written Interrogatories To parties only Written answers Prepared w/ help of attorney? No clarifying or follow-up questions Relatively inexpensive (esp. if standardized) Duty to supplement. See 26(e)(2)

5. DISCOVERY Methods of Discovery Rule 34-Production of Documents & Things To parties only Non-party documents-FR 45 subpoena duces tecum Duty to supplement. See 26(e)(2)

6. DISCOVERY Methods of Discovery Examples From A Civil Action From Jones v. Clinton