[blindlaw] questions about paper files

[Steve P. Deeley]

I'm not an attorney, however, what ever happened to the paperless office 
myth??

Steve
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Craig Spencer" <craigspencer2.0 at gmail.com>
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Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2010 5:04 PM
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] questions about paper files


> 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.
>
>
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> Most of my Court appearances involve traveling to other counties and I
> usually travel to Court with someone from the office.
>
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> After reviewing the file with that person I take notes and make reference 
> to
> what is in the paper file.
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> 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
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>> 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
>> To: NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List
>> 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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