St. Augustine's civil LITIGATION attorneys

Unlike criminal prosecution, civil litigation is a lawsuit brought to court in order to receive damages or to recover a right. Civil litigation usually involves disputes of private law issues between individuals, businesses or non-profit organizations. At the same time, civil litigations can entail public law issues.

If you are entering a civil litigation lawsuit, contact one of our civil litigation attorneys in your area. The civil litigation attorneys of Canan Law offer expert evaluations of your case.

A civil litigation lawsuit is started as soon as the plaintiff’s attorney files a written complaint. The defendant’s attorney will then respond and deliver a written “answer” to the complaint in order to make any kind of plea.

After the answer is filed the parties engage in the “discovery” process. At this point the parties will learn about all the facts involved in the case in order to prepare the trial. The discovery process includes witness questioning and answering, the exchange of documents, as well as written questions, known as “interrogatories”.
Possible civil litigation lawsuits include, but are not limited to:

- Tort claim
- Real Estate disputes
- Contractual disputes 
- Employee discrimination claims
- General civil claims
- Miscellaneous

Whether you are entering the civil litigation lawsuit as the plaintiff or the defendant, it is important to have a qualified and specialized civil litigation lawyer by your side. Why not ask a Canan Law civil litigation attorney to give you an evaluation of your case today?

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