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8 Tips for Dealing with Difficult Opposing Counsel Point out Common Ground. Don't be Afraid to Ask Why. Separate the Person from the Problem. Focus on your Interests. Don't Fall for your Assumptions. Take a Calculated Approach. Control the Conversation by Reframing. Pick up the Phone.
You would use a motion to disqualify counsel to request that the court remove the opposing party's attorney from the case.
As a caution, any objection to statements made during closing arguments must be timely. As a general rule, failure to promptly make the objection will waive the objection for appeal. There may be an exception to this rule if the comments were so inflammatory that a party was denied a fair trial.
California Evidence Code § 930 provides that “a defendant in a criminal case has a privilege not to be called as a witness and not to testify.” While a defendant can waive this privilege and choose to testify, the prosecutor cannot call the defendant to the stand just to make the defendant explicitly claim the ...
Send a final meet and confer letter. If you've requested dates multiple times (hopefully in writing) and still no response, unilaterally set a date. If opposing counsel then objects that he/she/the client is not available, tell them that's too bad and that they've been given multiple opportunities to set a date.
5 Because the tribunal is not likely to be misled when a lawyer acts as advocate in a trial in which another lawyer in the lawyer's firm will testify as a necessary witness, paragraph (b) permits the lawyer to do so except in situations involving a conflict of interest.
If I have a procedural question such as “Do you know where that exhibit is?” I will directly address opposing counsel as Mr. or Ms. If it is not on the record, we generally call each other by our first names when we know each other from prior cases or experiences, or are friends.
As set forth in the Restatement (Third) of the Law Governing Lawyers, §108(4), “A tribunal should not permit a lawyer to call opposing trial coun- selas a witness unless there is a compelling need for the lawyer's testimony.” (emphasis added) Many jurisdictions follow this gen- eral rule, e.g., Louisiana.
If the problem persists, take action before the situation gets worse. Do not pass the issue to someone else in your office. Instead, a frank exchange between you and the opposing counsel may be needed. Perhaps a colleague can serve as an intermediary to smooth the way to a better relationship.
PLAINTIFF - The Plaintiff is the person initiating a claim in a civil case. DEFENDANT - The Defendant is the person being sued in a civil case, or the person who has been charged with a crime/driving offense in a criminal case.