How to Select a Litigation Lawyer?

Answer 1

Litigation describes the process by which a client tries to attain damages, restore a right or bring resolution to a legal dispute. Clients secure litigation attorneys for a variety of reasons. Litigation covers the following types of legal disputes:

Civil Litigation

•Patent Litigation

•Defamation

•Discrimination

•Business

•Personal Injury

•Trade Secret

Civil litigation refers to lawsuits or legal disputes that do not involve criminal charges. In many instances, civil lawsuits have a statute of limitations on various charges. Individuals filing a civil lawsuit must be aware of the statute of limitations in the state that the civil dispute occurred. Most civil lawsuits are settled out of the courtroom. Therefore, most individuals can expect a settlement to be reached without ever proceeding to trial.

If it does proceed to trial, then the clients can expect the process to proceed as follows:

•Pleadings

•Pre-trial

•Trial

•Judgment

•Appeal Process

Probate Litigation

Most individuals are involved in probate litigation to settle an estate or execute the instructions of a will or trust. Beneficiaries of wills often visit a probate court during the reading of a will. If a dispute arises from the distribution of assets, the probate court will handle the case. Probate litigation attorneys will work with the executor of the estate to be certain all aspects are executed according to the deceased person’s desires.

Age Discrimination

Denying employment to a person based upon their age is considered a form of discrimination. Individuals of age 40 and older are protected by the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA). The law also governs the way in which a person can hire, fire, promote, reassign, transfer, train or layoff a person with regards to age.

Several thousand lawsuits were filed with the EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Corporation) in 2005 relating to age discrimination. Of the 16,585 filed, 14,076 of those were awarded $77.7 million collectively in monetary damages.

Pregnancy Discrimination

Employers cannot discriminate against or refuse to hire a woman because of pregnancy. The Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978 forbids employers against this practice. Pregnant women must be treated as disabled if unable to perform the task assigned and may not be denied health insurance.