Effective Use of Interrogatories, Document Requests, and Requests for Admission

A pre-recorded streaming VIDEO replay of the April 2024 webcast, Effective Use of Interrogatories, Document Requests, and Requests for Admission.

Written discovery—in all its forms—can make or break your case. Learn how to do it right!

Trial lawyers get all the glory. Think of all the trial movies you’ve ever seen: did even one focus, even minimally, on a written discovery issue? While not a topic of popular interest, it is a topic that should interest every litigator. Good trial lawyers know that without effective written discovery, the chances to be good at trial almost vanish.

This seminar helps you make your written discovery more effective. Our experienced speakers emphasize the overriding necessity of a discovery plan—and the need to adjust that plan as circumstances change. In addition to receiving a thorough grounding in the federal and Virginia rules, you learn strategies for employing the various written discovery methods, and responding to opposition requests. If your practice includes civil litigation, you will benefit from the insights offered in this course.

• What are the rules, both in federal and in state court?
• Why a discovery plan is not optional
• How to plan discovery effectively
• Strategies for employing each of the discovery methods
• Compelling discovery
• Alternatives to discovery

• Understand the overriding need for a discovery plan
• Receive a thorough grounding in the federal and Virginia discovery rules regarding interrogatories, document requests, and requests for admission
• Learn strategies for employing the various written discovery methods
• Get valuable tips on best practices in making and responding to discovery requests

Faculty

Edward A. Benoit, King & Spalding LLP / Washington, DC

Taylor T. Lankford, King & Spalding LLP / Washington, DC

About the Speakers

Edward A. Benoit, King & Spalding LLP / Washington, DC

Edward Benoit is an associate in King & Spalding’s Trial & Global Disputes Practice Group.  He represents clients in complex, high-stakes civil litigation. Mr. Benoit’s practice encompasses a wide range of subject areas, including putative consumer class actions, plaintiff- and defense-side commercial disputes, the False Claims Act, the Medicare Secondary Payer Act, ERISA, antitrust matters, and federal constitutional law.

Taylor T. Lankford, King & Spalding LLP / Washington, DC

Taylor Lankford is a senior associate in King & Spalding’s Insurance Coverage and Recovery practice, representing policyholders exclusively. He has experience in a variety of complex civil litigation matters, with a particular focus on insurance litigation and appeals. A 2010 graduate of The University of Virginia School of Law, Mr. Lankford was a member of the Virginia Journal of Social Policy & the Law. He graduated in 2006 from The University of Virginia, receiving a B.A. in English Literature and Sociology with distinction.  During his time as an undergraduate, he was named an Echols Scholar and inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa honor society. In addition, Mr. Lankford was a 2008 summer intern for the Honorable Joseph F. Anderson, Jr. in the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina.