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>> My name is Craig Guthery.

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I'm a partner in a law firm
in the Washington, D.C. area.

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Most of what I do is representing
big companies who either are suing

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or have been sued by other big companies.

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And so my time in court is limited.

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I usually appear about once every -- once
a month I appear in front of a judge.

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Typically, I'll get a phone call or --
and they come from referrals mostly.

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Word of mouth.

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Somebody will give me a call and
say that I've got this problem.

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And the problem could be that they
had just been served with a lawsuit.

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Or they've been served a subpoena.

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Or maybe they just received letter from --

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from someone who is not happy
with something that they did.

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Other times they may be on the -- on the
plaintiff's side and they feel that maybe one

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of their employees left and took some

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of their intellectual property
and started a new business.

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That's just one of many examples.

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Someone ends up filing a lawsuit.

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And if it's -- if it's my client for example
that files the lawsuit, we -- that's a -- a --

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a project that requires a lot of research
before you even file the complaint.

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The complaint starts the lawsuit off.

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And then the court -- you know,
we file it with the court.

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The court accepts it and
starts that ball rolling.

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Eventually, the other side will
-- will respond to the complaint.

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And then you'll do a lot
of administrative stuff.

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Discovery will start where
you exchange documents.

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You take depositions of each other's witnesses.

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And then eventually you'll find
yourself in the courtroom at trial.