22Dec/090
Pretrial memos prepared by lawyer for the creditor
In my second week as a lawyer, when I really did not know any better, I opened a file to look to see if there was a pretrial memo. Lo and behold, there was, defense counsel’s. Not knowing any better, I thought it was complete and showed up at court with it. The judge took a precious few minutes of court time to explain to an obvious new lawyer how pretrial memos work. told me to never rely on the other party to prepare anything and never let it go in unchallenged. here are obligations on both parties to prepare certain portions of the memo. Do not let the fact that the lawyer on the other side hasn’t done his share prevent or dissuade you from doing your share.
