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Attorney Satisfaction with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure—Report to the Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on Civil Rules

Emery G. Lee, Thomas E. Willging

March 1, 2010

This report compares selected questions from opinion surveys regarding civil litigation completed by members of the American College of Trial Lawyers, ABA Section of Litigation, and National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA).

Attorney Choice of Forum in Class Action Litigation: What Difference Does It Make?

Shannon R. Wheatman, Thomas E. Willging

January 1, 2006

This article presents a post-Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 (CAFA) discussion and analysis of data presented previously in An Empirical Examination of Attorneys' Choice of Forum in Class Action Litigation

Standards Governing Attorney Conduct in the Bankruptcy Courts: Report to the Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on Bankruptcy Rules

Marie Leary, Robert J. Niemic, Melissa Deckman Fallon

March 1, 1999

Bankruptcy courts are different from the district courts in the attorney conduct area in that attorneys who practice in bankruptcy courts are subject to a complex statutory system, which includes bankruptcy-specific conflict of interest criteria and other standards directly governing attorney con

Standards of Attorney Conduct and Disciplinary Procedures: A Study of the Federal District Courts

Marie Leary

June 1, 1997

The Judicial Conference Committee on Rules and Practice and Procedure studied the effect of having multiple standards of professional conduct for attorneys practicing in the federal district courts.

Discovery and Disclosure Practice, Problems, and Proposals for Change: A Case-based National Survey of Counsel in Closed Federal Civil Cases

Thomas E. Willging, John E. Shapard, Donna J. Stienstra, D. Dean P. Miletich

January 1, 1997

At the request of the Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on Civil Rules, the Center conducted a study of the discovery process, examining the extent to which discovery is used, the frequency and nature of problems in discovery, the impact of the 1993 amendments, and whether additional rule ch

Attorneys' Views of Local Rules Limiting Interrogatories

Carroll Seron, John E. Shapard

January 1, 1986

The results of a survey of practicing attorneys in twelve districts concerning their experience with district court rules that limit the number of interrogatories one party may serve on another without leave of court to serve more.

Time Trends in the Earnings of Attorneys: Preliminary Report

Kenneth W. Hansen

January 1, 1978

The Quality of Advocacy in the Federal Courts: A Report to the Committee of the Judicial Conference of the United States to Consider Standards for Admission to Practice in the Federal Courts

Anthony Partridge, Gordon Bermant

January 1, 1978

A report on judges' evaluations of lawyers' performance in federal district courts and courts of appeals, undertaken in response to Chief Justice Burger's criticism of federal court advocacy.

Attitudes of United States Judges Toward Limitation of Oral Argument and Opinion-Writing in the United States Courts of Appeals

Jerry Goldman

January 1, 1975

The results of a survey undertaken for the Commission on Revision of the Federal Court Appellate System, in which the attitudes of federal judges regarding appellate oral argument and opinion-writing practices were explored.

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