by Clint Dunaway | Apr 19, 2023 | Civil Litigation, Real Estate Law
What is a Motion for Summary Judgment? A Motion for Summary Judgment is a pleading used in civil lawsuits. filed where a party is asking the judge to rule the issues in dispute without the need for a trial. This is known as a summary judgment, in that it summarily...
by Clint Dunaway | Jan 20, 2023 | Civil Litigation, Real Estate Law
What is Discovery of Evidence? During a lawsuit, each party has the opportunity to request formal “discovery” from the opposing party. The Discovery process is accomplished in a variety of ways, one is to send the opposing party a formal set of requests. These...
by Clint Dunaway | Apr 28, 2022 | Civil Litigation
Mandatory Settlement Conferences Settlement conferences are mandatory in Arizona civil cases involving disputes of more than $50,000. The goal of these settlement conferences are to alleviate the Arizona Superior Courts from managing all the cases by themselves. The...
by Clint Dunaway | Jan 16, 2022 | Arizona Water, Civil Litigation, Well Sharing in Arizona
In the world of law, there are times when simply awarding money will not resolve a dispute. Sometimes, you need the court to step in and say, “Stop that!” or, less commonly, “Make it happen!” That’s where injunctions come in. An...
by Clint Dunaway | Jan 31, 2021 | Civil Litigation
What is a deposition? Deposition is the oral testimony of a witness taken under oath before trial at which time most of the objections available at trial do not apply; the basic rule being that the questions asked need only address themselves to information that is...
by Clint Dunaway | Jan 13, 2021 | Civil Litigation
how to record judgments in arizona So, you want to know how to record a judgment? Courts do not report judgments to credit agencies. However, landlords may report the judgment to the credit bureaus. An Arizona judgment is a matter of public record, but the only way to...
