Chapter 1. An overview of the pretrial processChapter 2. Interviewing and the establishment of the attorney-client relationshipChapter 3. Pretrial planning and investigationChapter 4. Drafting the complaintChapter 5. Responses to the complaintChapter 6. The scope of civil discoveryChapter 7. InterrogatoriesChapter 8. Depositions upon oral examinationChapter 9. Requests to produce, for admissions, and for physical and mental examinationsChapter 10. The intervention of the court into the discovery processChapter 11. The presentation and argument of motionsChapter 12. Motions for summary judgmentChapter 13. The final pretrial conference, pretirial orders, and judicial management of the pretrial processChapter 14. Negotiation and settlementChapter 15. Alternative dispute resolutionIndex