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The roles and responsibilities of a litigation attorney

Are you involved in a business dispute or civil related clash? Area of interest can include broker liability, privacy data breach, medical liability, fraud, and professional liability, and many more. All these situations can be handled by a litigation lawyer. In the past few years, many countries have tightened their rules owing to the tremendous increase in the litigious society lawsuits. Lot of people are opting for lawsuits assist even for the smallest issues. 

Handling the legal cases can be quite stressing and you need to know how to deal with the litigation attorney when you face such situations. 

Who is a litigation attorney?

Litigation attorneys are legal experts who represent a defendant or plaintiff in a civil case. Also known as trial attorneys or litigators, they manage all kinds of litigation from enquiry, pleading and discovery via pre-trail to appeal processes. Without them, not only will it be a challenge to assess the process, but also will minimize the chances of winning the case.

They can handle different types of civil lawsuits, such as personal injury claims, environmental law, real estate lawsuits, medical malpractice, business disputes, shareholders oppression, employment lawsuits, and many more.

Since litigation attorneys are experts in law and since they are conversant with all the procedural tricks of the legal process, having a litigation attorney will put you in the best position to win your case. In return, they get some monetary compensation once you win your case.

Education and training

They must have completed their jurors (law) degree from reputable and highly credited universities or law bar associations. If they’ve enrolled or taken training in the law bar in the neighboring states, it’s a plus point. 

Case assessment process

Initially they would conduct case investigation to gather evidence that can help them in filing a lawsuit and can also offer pre-litigation settlement before the case has been filed. They should help in drafting pleadings in response to the initial complaint. 

Next comes is the discovery process such as interrogatories, depositions, or requests for production of evidence, and requests for admission, before proceeding for pre-trail procedure. Once the trail has been represented, they would help in settlement and in case if trail evidence is dismissed, they opt for appeal, challenging the court’s decision. 

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