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Rapidly identify frequently encountered issues in a wide array of practice areas; avoid traps that otherwise might be overlooked in evaluating a case; and decide whether a client’s issue is one you can realistically handle. Especially useful for newly admitted practitioners and those transitioning to new practice areas.

Essential information for California business attorneys on substantive law and litigation strategies at both the federal and state levels. 

Get the best results for your client in a family law support case with step-by-step guidance, time-saving tips, and sample forms in this affordable, in-depth guide.

Get the information you need at all stages of a custody case, taking into account the changing needs and evolving nature of families.

An authoritative and practical guide on handling civil appeals that includes insightful judicial perspectives and strategic practice tips from appellate specialists across California.

This comprehensive resource keeps you on top by fully incorporating new law, providing in-depth treatment of electronic discovery and its special problems, and clarifying motion practice. Includes sample forms and a laminated Checklist of Objections that you can carry to depositions and court with you for easy reference.

Check out CEB's free How to Guide: How to Conduct Discovery in a Limited Civil Case.

An indispensable source of information, this book helps you easily tackle pretrial litigation from first client contact, through pleadings and law and motion matters, to preparing yourself for the best outcome whether through settlement, arbitration, or trial. Filled with sample forms.

Get a thorough understanding of all aspects of preparing, filing, or opposing a writ petition.

Establish and maintain effective communications with your client—from initial contact and retention to the conclusion of a case. This manual provides you with more than 65 sample letters and essential forms, as well as practice tips and succinct discussion of ethical and other issues you must consider in evaluating and representing clients.

No other source matches the thorough, practice-oriented treatment in this book.

The expert advice and analysis and practical forms you need for both transactional and litigation practice, including insurance and indemnity agreements. Authors include James Acret, Joan Cambray, Ted Senet, Richard Wittbrodt, Timothy R. Sullivan, and Gordon Hunt.

Widely known as the “Crim Law Bible,” this CEB classic answers virtually every question about criminal law practice in California.

"Even after almost 20 years of practice, it is the first place I start when I have a new issue and the first place I recommend that new lawyers look to help guide them in their research and practice."

   —Sangeeta Sinha, Felony Trial Attorney, San Francisco