Legal Question in Discrimination Law in Oregon

Re: 1983 Civil Rights Complaint

Send me your complaint and your memorandum of law, if you'd like someone to read it over.

You should probably somewhere tell me the story, if the complaint doesn't make it clear.

E-mail them to [email protected] or fax to (617) 527-0050.

1) Memorandum of Law should not be filed with the complaint, generally.

a) You may as well wait for the "answer" or "answer and counterclaims"

to be filed by the other side. b) Memos usually are in support of a

particular motion, not to brief the judge on the law under which you bring

your complaint. Typical motions are motions for summary judgment (which

probably would require you to have filed an affidavit as well.

The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure aren't all that complicated.

Boilerplate is available interrogatories and other discovery requests,

but not strictly required; they're useful, though.

How much money do discovery requests cost? Usually a few hundred

dollars for the lawyer's time, sometimes less for simpler cases and

sometimes much more, for example in a complex medical malpractice case.

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Stuart Williams,

Law Offices of Stuart J. Williams,

21 Walter St.,

Newton, MA 02459-2509