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Areas: Civil litigation: Contested and uncontested probate and intestate estate cases; contested & uncontested guardianship / conservatorship cases; divorce and child custody litigation; plaintiff’s personal injury cases; closely held corporation/ partnership litigation; plaintiff’s defective home construction cases; civil appeals (Alabama Court of Civil Appeals and Alabama Supreme Court briefs). Specific civil litigation tasks performed regularly: Prepared motions and memoranda of law in support of motions for summary judgment; prepared affidavits and evidentiary materials in support of motions for summary judgment. Prepared motions in limine; detailed fact and witness lists; and detailed expert witness designations including all information required under Rule 26. Prepared and submitted jury instructions; final orders; interrogatories, requests for production, requests for admissions, answers to interrogatories, requests for production and requests for admissions, including cataloging and bates-labeling. Prepared pretrial scheduling orders; prepared trial exhibits; prepared subpoenas duces tecum for deposition and trial. Searched for and located experts for use in particular cases. In child custody and divorce litigation, prepared original complaints, CS-41s, CS-42s, CS-43s, CS-47s; settlement agreements, answer and waivers in lieu of testimony, deposition of plaintiff, affidavits of residency, and final orders. Set up depositions; set up mediations; set up arbitrations; coordinate signature of settlement agreements by multiple parties and multiple counsel. Calendaring and tickering of trials, pretrial hearings, motion hearings, depositions, and mediations. E-filing in the state E-filing system; scanning and indexing; E-filing in Federal District Court for the Northern District of Alabama. Specialties: intellectual property; patents and trademarks; labor; unfair labor practice defense; counterunion communication campaigns; NLRB proceedings; executive severance plans; LLC formation; corporate formations; corporate books; advisory boards; executive speeches; WARN layoff plans