Name: Subpoenas and RFPs: Getting Documents to Prove Your Case
Start: 2025-12-04T12:00:00-08:00
End: 2025-12-04T13:00:00-08:00
Location: Law Library

Subpoenas and RFPs: Getting Documents to Prove Your Case

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About this Event

The process of discovery in a civil lawsuit allows a party to obtain information and documents relevant to the suit. This helps the parties know ahead of time what evidence might be presented at trial, or to resolve the case prior to trial. In this class, learn about subpoenas and requests for production (RFPs) in California state court civil cases, in order to discover written documents and other physical objects you might need to prove your case or defend yourself successfully.

Class covers:

When to make requests for production (RFPs) and what you can ask for
Responding or objecting to RFPs
Motions to compel compliance, responses and further responses
Subpoenas: obtaining records or testimony from non-parties
Trial subpoenas and notices to appear at trial

Class approved for Court Interpreter Minimum Continuing Education (CIMCE) credit.

Presented by Bryan Hathorn:

Bryan Hathorn is an experienced attorney with a wealth of experience in legal matters ranging from complex commercial litigation to routine estate planning and business matters. Before starting his own firm, Mr. Hathorn worked at two large international firms, clerked for the Tennessee Supreme Court, and earned numerous accolades in law school--including being named outstanding graduate of his law school class at the University of Tennessee. Mr. Hathorn is a former research scientist and uses a detailed and analytic approach in the practice of law. He is widely published in both scientific and legal matters, has been an invited lecturer on a range of scientific and legal topics.

Registration fee: FREE

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LA Law Library does not provide legal advice:
LA Law Library does not provide legal advice. LA Law Library provides legal resources and assistance with legal research as an educational service. The information presented in this program is not legal advice and is provided solely as an educational service to our patrons. For legal advice, you should consult an attorney.