P R E S E N T A T I O N  O U T L I N E

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I.            PRELIMINARY CONSIDERATIONS

A.                What is the Universe of documents?

i.                     Standard (10s-100s)

ii.                   Large(1000s)

iii.                  Gigantic(1000000s)

B.                 What is your Money situation?

i.                     Appointed- state(PCC): “Just Ask Pat”, Trial Director.

ii.                   Appointed- Federal(CJA): Ex Parte Requests, each judge is different, that guy in Colorado

iii.                  Retained:  MAKE SURE YOU INCUDE COSTS N YOUR FEE QUOTE!

C.                Manpower

i.                     You

ii.                   Secretary

iii.                  Intern/Clerk/Paralegal/Investigator/Interpreter: 

iv.                 Second Attorney

D.            Co Counsel Cooperation, lack of cooperation

II.            SPECIFIC EXAMPLES

A.                WIRETAPS

i.                     State v. Federal: DA v. AUSA, , State Judge v. Fed. Judge. Multi jurisdictional, multi investigating agency, multi prosecuting agency:  Damien Mosler, major narcotics(SDDA);  AUSA land: Alana Wong(?),  JUDGE unit,  DEA, BNE. ICE

ii.                   Line sheets: Spanish line sheets, protective orders, audio files.

iii.                  Indexing:  Word Processor, Microsoft Access, Trial Director, Summation???

B.                 STING OPERATIONS

i.                     Confidential Informants:  NAMBLA prosecution in Fed. Court

ii.                   Outrageous Government Misconduct

C.                WHITE COLLAR CRIME

i.                     Discovery on hard drive

ii.                   Third Party Discovery: SEC, outside investigation, deposition testimony!

iii.                  Significance of  “Open File” Method: Brady obligation

III.       WHY SHOULD I CARE ABOUT REVIEWING DISCOVERY?

A.                Potential for IAC

B.                 Great for Client Control!

C.                Delay can be useful.

D.                FREE MONEY!

E.                 Sometimes it actually leads to dismissal, better offers, etc.