What are the steps in the litigation process?
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Details vary depending upon the type of suit, the court and the amount in controversy, but basically the steps are as follows.\n\nFirst, the Plaintiff files a Complaint. This says what the other party (the Defendant) did wrong, and what they owe the Plaintiff and why. Copies of the complaint are given to the court, and must be served on the Defendant[s].\n\nThen, the Defendant files an Answer. This rebuts the claims made by the Plaintiff, and asserts any defenses. The Defendant can also file a Counter-Complaint, which is their version of the Complaint (see above).\n\nAlternately, a Defendant may file other civil procedure motions attacking the Plaintiff's Complaint, saying it's not valid, wrong court, improperly formatted, whatever. Some civil procedure rules sometimes allow this category of filing instead of an Answer. \n\nOnce the Complaint and the Answer are filed, lots of pre-trial motions can occur, case management conferences are scheduled, preliminary hearings before the judge, etc. Discovery also happens along the way, which is where the parties get to ask each other for copies of potential evidence.\n\nDuring this intervening period, the vast majority of cases settle. Some estimates are as high as 80% to 90% of cases never actually go to trial, being resolved either in mediation or negotiated settlement, or dismissed because they are not valid for one reason or the other.\n\nFinally, at some point (if the parties have not come to a settlement) the case is schedule for trial. If you've watched any of the hundreds of movies or TV shows about trials, you get the idea. The trial is actually a very tiny fraction of the entire process, but it makes for the best on-screen drama.\n\nAt the end of the trial, a decision is handed down. Almost always, one party wins, the other party loses. \n\nThen the appeals process can start (see above, but all using different rules this time).
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you will need to seek a lawyer that specalizes in Employment litigation. Good luck to you.
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To "file a suit", a person submits a complaint to a court that has jurisdiction over the subject-matter and over the person who is being sued, and the person goes through a process of formally delivering a copy of the complaint to the person being sued, along with a summons ordering the person to either answer the complaint or accept the court's decision based on just the complaint.\n\nThere are lot of complicated pieces in this including: which court has jurisdiction, what statements or claims must the complaint contain, how can the defendant be notified of the complaint, and so on.  For that reason, it is advisable to get the help of an attorney who is licensed in the jurisdiction and experienced in the court where the suit is to be brought.  A local bar association can help refer you to an attorney, and many attorneys give free consultations that may help you determine the answers to some of those tricky questions.\n\nThe exception would be if the amount being sued for is only a couple thousand dollars or less.  In most places, there are small claims courts that specialize in handling such small matters.  Lawyers are not as necessary, and in some small claims courts they're forbidden.  Forms and instructions are often available online and designed to be completed by non-lawyers.  I hope that helps.
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Your Department of Fair Trading & Consumer Affairs are the first point of contact.  Next, you can try the Small Claims Tribunal and also check with the Public Prosecutions Office what sort of cases they will handle.  Good Luck.
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Every step you need to take is listed here. It's very long or I would have pasted it here.\nhttp://www.managementhelp.org/strt_org/s...
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You don't want to file a lawsuit. You want resolution of the situation. Document what has been done, put in chronological order and attach a letter asking for investigation. CC the heads of appropriate agencies, and perhaps the local DA or head of Family Court as well as the Judge in your case.\n\nBEFORE you send this out, take it to a civil (generalist)  lawyer, pay his hourly rate and ask him to edit /rewrite in better language.  It's your letter, he isn't representing you, simply assisting you in dealing with others.\n\nSuing a state is like nailing jelly to a tree.  Instead,  take some steps that outline the negligence of the state, your attempts to fix and be persistent and polite.
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If there's a class action lawsuit then you don't need to do anything to be a part of it, unless you opt of the class action suit you become a part of it and agree to the settlement, if any.  If there's not one filed already then you'll need a lawyer to file suit and request a class action suit, sounds easier then what it truly takes.
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It depends on a number of different factors.  The discovery phase of a civil case can take years to complete sometimes, especially if the opposing attorney is not very cooperative.  If the complaint was filed in August and there is no chance of a settlement, you be looking at 2,3, maybe 4 years before it goes to trial.
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Call the 1800 number, file a charge, an investigator gets back to you and you officially begin the charge. Can go to mediation, can be dismissed, can go to court, it depends on wether you have a case and the evidence to prove it.
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go to a lawyer with the details.
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Check out this website.  It goes through all the steps.
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First, spell it right:  Supreme Court.\n\nSecond, find what you are rebutting.\n\nThird, rebut it.
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The time can vary depending on the complexity of the case. You can read more info by following the 1st link below.\n\nTo find the filings, you need to get them from the court that has jurisdiction. Some of those have the info on-line, others don't.\n\nIf the case is large enough, there is often a case management company involved, who posts info on-line. One such company is in the 2nd link below
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Procedure for what? I hope they cleard the road. Off hand I'd say litigation is next.
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It depends what you are appealing at what level-county, state, federal. In the paperwork for whatever it is you are appealing, the process should be listed. If it isn't, contact your local Legal Aid Society.
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An application process to some type of appeal.
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Write out a timeline of everything that happened, attach any documentation you have supporting this information and send it with a letter of complaint to the state bar association.  Follow up on a weekly basis by phone & in person.  Eventually, if you make enough of an nuisance of yourself they may bring all the lawyers involved up on charges, either suspend them for a length of time or disbar them, and make them reimburse you the amount of money you lost.\n\nI went through this same type of thing in Louisiana with an attorney who barely got me divorced and never followed up on the property settlement or child support.  He ended up being suspended for two months and reimbursing me half of the $1000.00 I'd paid him.  It took me two years of being persistant with the Louisiana bar to finally get some satifisfaction in this situation but it worked.