Legal Humor

Phoenix lawyer Clint Batterton was trying to lighten his cross-examination of an anesthesiologist who was a plaintiff in a securities fraud case in 1988.

" I guess that means you and I are in the same business because we both put people to sleep," Batterton joked.

"Yes," replied the witness. "But, I wake them up."

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Coming Updates

2008 Planned Enhancements

Later This Summer

In the first half of 2008 we intend to release six new volumes comprised of the Judicial Council Forms for these areas of law:

•	Criminal	•	Litigation
•	Conservatorship	•	Juvenile
•	Guardianship	•	Landlord/Tenant

We will also include additional Judicial Council Forms in the Attorney-Client Matters volume. Effective with this future release, every Judicial Council Form will be included in ProDoc.

In addition to the volumes, we are creating special purpose PowerPacks with features you will find extremely useful:

Conservatorship PowerPack

• Inventory and Appraisal program – Easily create estate inventories using the GC-040 and GC-041 forms by simply entering all the necessary information once in an easy-to-use spreadsheet. ProDoc then automatically calculates the value of the estate, completely eliminating manual calculations – and potential errors.
  
  
• Accounting program – Using this feature, you enter information relating to the estate’s assets, receipts, disbursements, attorney’s fees, distributions, capital transactions, etc. in a simple-to-use spreadsheet. ProDoc handles all of the associated calculations for you and generates the necessary reports and documents. This feature will greatly simplify and speed your generation of the new GC-400 and GC-405 forms, as well as all of the related schedules and worksheets.

Guardianship PowerPack

• Inventory and Appraisal program and Accounting program – These will be the same as for the Conservatorship PowerPack.

• UCCJEA program – This program enables you to enter all the requisite information about addresses and prior cases affecting the minors in a user friendly data entry format. This will simplify and speed your generation of form GC-120.

The PowerPacks will be fully integrated with ProDoc, so the data you enter is stored and reused whenever needed in other forms you generate through ProDoc. It’s all about us finding more ways to save you even more time!

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ProDoc Customer Support: Using Case Data Sheets

Have you ever needed to know:

• If you have generated a specific document for a matter?
• How to quickly find case information to change rather than reassembling an entire document to change one bit of information?
• Who in your firm generated a specific document for a matter?
• Where a specific ProDoc-generated document is stored?

The Case Data Sheet feature in ProDoc will do all of the above for you as well as providing one even more important benefit to you:

It is a simple task for your paralegal/secretary to print a Case Data Sheet for your review after generating a document in ProDoc. And, you will often find it much easier to spot errors on the Case Data Sheet than it is by reviewing the entire printed document.

Learn how to print Case Data Sheets in ProDoc >>

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Trial Tip: Writing Effectively to Persuade Judges

The author of this article explains how good writing can help persuade judges to your point of view. He continues by providing the reader with practical tips for good writing. The tips are based on the classic rhetorical theory processes of logic, emotion, and credibility.

View Persuading Judges in Writing: Tips for Lawyers (And how technology can help)

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Practice Tip: A Blog Devoted to Lawyer Marketing

Tom Kane's Legal Marketing Blog.com provides practical marketing ideas for attorneys in firms of all sizes. Topics covered in his blog include: Client Communications, Legal Fees, Marketing Plans, Marketing Teams, Marketing Tips, and Prospecting for Clients (Rainmaking).

Read Legal Marketing Blog.com >>

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Tech Tip: The New Age Phone Service for Your Home/Office

Internet-based phone service just may be the practical answer to many challenges you face. Ooma™ provides unlimited domestic phone calls free of charges or monthly fees. It also provides for low-cost international calling packages. Additionally, it's packed with other features like: call screening, picking up calls in mid-message, an answering machine, call waiting, conference calling, and more. You pay a one time fee of $399 for the equipment and there are no other costs.

Learn more about Ooma >>

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Tech Tip: The Easy Way to Move to a New Computer

Your greatest nightmare may have nothing to do with clients. Instead, maybe it's the dread of moving to a new computer. But, PCMover® can remove much of the dread from this task. It features a simple setup procedure in which you decide which files and programs to transfer. PCMover then does the work for you.

Learn more about PCMover >>

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View Past Issues of this eZine

Looking for a Tech Tip from a past ProDoc eZine... but can't find that old eZine? We keep recent past issues on our web site for your review.

View past issues of the ProDoc eZine >>

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Vent—Tell Us What's on Your Mind

This is your opportunity to what's on your mind. Email us your suggestions and other feedback.

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