[blindlaw] questions about paper files

[Craig Spencer]

Thanks.
I suppose that if one or two attorneys are to deal with one file the file in 
most cases would be set-up by the sighted attorney?



I practice primarily in family law and domestic violence restraining orders 
and when I get the case, the file is already put together.



Most of my Court appearances involve traveling to other counties and I 
usually travel to Court with someone from the office.



After reviewing the file with that person I take notes and make reference to 
what is in the paper file.



It may be what the office procedures for a particular law practice require?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Russell J. Thomas, Jr." <rthomas at rjtlawfirm.com>
To: "'NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List'" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2010 2:42 PM
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] questions about paper files


> Unfortunately, there is no easy answer to your question.
>
> To start, the law practice should have only one file per case or per 
> client;
> otherwise, if each attorney keeps his/her own file, you have chaos.
>
> The best option is to have all files kept electronically, recognizing that
> of course there will be times when paper documents will have to be used.
>
> If, in your question, you are talking about preparing a Response to a
> Request for Documents, unless it is a simple request or limited to a small
> number of easily recognized documents, you will probably need sighted 
> help,
> especially if you have to take a large volume of documents and decide 
> which
> documents must be produced and which documents do not need to be produced.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Craig Spencer
> Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2010 10:02 AM
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> Subject: [blindlaw] questions about paper files
>
> For attorneys who work in offices with other attorneys, how do you address
> managing the paper file for a case?
>
> Do you set-up the file yourself?  What about when a document needs to be
> referenced or shown to the opposing side?
>
>
>
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