Sorry for being away for the past few weeks – some personal family matters (which worked out great!) and, more importantly as far as you’re concerned, the release of a great new product for litigators, paralegals, and other professionals have kept me tied up.  And sorry about the “press release” you’re about to read, but we’re really excited about the general release of SmartRules.com.

What is SmartRules.com?  Well, it solves the problem of keeping track of how all the different sources of court rules and procedures affect the way litigators need to draft and file litigation documents with courts across the country.  SmartRules does this by providing step-by-step instructions for handling procedures in state and federal courts across the country, including state or federal rules of civil procedure, evidence codes, state-wide court rules, etc. all the way down to local court rules.

 

Basically, SmartRules.com takes all the hassle out of complying with all of the various rules that apply to drafting and filing legal documents with courts across the country.  It’s been used by 40 of the top 200 law firms in the country for the past 7 years, and now it’s available for online purchase by small firms or individual practitioners, paralegals, and other legal professionals.

Let me give you a quick example:

Figuring out which rules apply to a given scenario such as filing a motion to dismiss often requires consulting multiple sources – civil procedure, rules of evidence, standing orders, local rules, etc. – some of which may conflict with each other or even be out of date.

SmartRules.com eliminates the need to make sense of all these rules sources individually. Instead, just enter your jurisdiction and what you’re working on. SmartRules.com then provides you with a SmartRules Guide—a step-by-step checklist for that particular task, including up-to-date drafting and filing requirements from all applicable rules sources.  Here are a couple of links to popular SmartRules modules for your review (with free previews available):

Ø      Answer in Los Angeles Superior Court

Ø      Motion to Dismiss in the Central District Court of California

Ø      Answer in Cook County Superior Court

Ø      Application for a Temporary Restraining Order in the Eastern District Court of New York

We keep working on killer new applications, and we have another one coming out in after the first of the year.  I’ll keep you posted as I get back into the blogging mode.  Happy Thanksgiving!