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Litigation

Jan. 25, 2001

Time Is of the Essence in a Court of Law

By Douglas G. Carnahan In all the continuing legal education materials I have seen, I don't think I've ever read anything about the art of estimating time. Time estimates are important because your judge often will want to know how long your matter will take, even for something as short as a small preliminary hearing, or as long as a complicated trial.

By Douglas G. Carnahan
        
        In all the continuing legal education materials I have seen, I don't think I've ever read anything about the art of estimating time. Time estimates are important because your judge often will want to know how long your matter will take, even for something as short as a small preliminary hearing, or as long as a compli...

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