Federal Civil Procedure Before Trial – National Edition serves as an authoritative procedural guide on pretrial practice in federal courts. It comprehensively covers federal court jurisdiction with a focus on removal and remand, pleadings, motion practice and discovery, and all other pretrial stages of a lawsuit. Key citations to federal statutes, rules, and cases are included, plus court-tested forms and practice pointers that reflect years of litigation experience. Contents include:

• Subject matter jurisdiction
• Personal jurisdiction
• Venue
• Service of process
• Defaults
• Parties
• Pleadings
• Attacking the pleadings
• Actions with special procedural requirements
• Discovery
• Motion practice
• Injunctions
• Summary judgment
• Pretrial conference and settlement procedures
• Other motions and procedures
• Sanctions