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As you learn to navigate the personal injury trial system, you will likely find yourself focused on the big picture. When that happens there are some smaller, yet vital, details that can slip through the cracks.

As you gear up for trial, you will need to organize the documents that your client needs to support her claims. This list should give you a beginning guideline when you’re compiling documents.

As a personal injury attorney, you’ve spent countless hours studying the law and learning how to read, write, and speak like a lawyer. That said, your clients have likely delved into minimal, if any legal jargon.

When you’re preparing to go to trial, you have a lot of things on your plate. You’re watching the clock and making sure that your subpoenas are served and your documents are filed on time.

Trials can be incredibly stressful events, and the last thing any attorney wants to do is complicate his or her case even further by having vital witnesses and evidence excluded from the case. When I wrote the article, “What trial teaches us about discovery” for Plaintiff magazine recently, my goal was to help attorneys better understand the impacts that can come from proper (and improper) procedures.