In this article, Naperville attorney Kevin O’Flaherty explains how written discovery fits into the larger civil litigation process.

There are various phases of written discovery. These include requests for production of documents, interrogatories and requests for admission of facts. We explain each of these documents and also discuss common objections to written discovery. We explain and the process of resolving objections and compelling discovery responses when the other party fails to adequately respond.

Click here to read the full article by our Naperville defense attorneys explaining the Written Discovery Phase of Litigation.

​In this article, our Naperville civil defense litigators discuss the use of motions for summary judgment in civil litigation.

Motions for summary judgment may be used to request a court to provide a ruling on all or some of the issues in the case without trial. We discuss how motions for summary judgment are filed and the process for briefing and hearing these motions. If there is no issue of material fact and judgment is appropriate for a matter of law, motions of summary judgment are often granted, and can be a more cost-effective defense strategy than a trial.

Read the full article from our Naperville civil defense litigators, who explain how motions for summary judgment work in Naperville civil litigation. 

Our Naperville defense attorneys further discuss motions to dismiss in the following companion write-up.

We explain the two major types of motions to dismiss (2-615 and 2-619) and how they are similar and different to one another. We also take some time to outline how briefings and hearings for a motion to dismiss work under Illinois legal procedure.

Read the full article by our Naperville defense attorneys explaining motions to dismiss in Illinois civil litigation.