File. Then serve. Preferably with an established process server. The big ones in your area can help you get the filing right as well.

The first step here is to take a hard step backwards from the collateral spinoff litigation of malpractice. Malpractice is quite difficult to...

It is quite common. It allows the attorney to have a buffer in her trust account against the charges you may incur. In active litigation, this...

Pre Hearing?

A lot more context is needed here. But generally a judge can reconsider her own decisions, sua sponte, at any time before judgment under CCP 1008.

Res Judicata

"Res judicata" means "a thing decided." Once a court has decided something (and assuming all appeals are resolved or expired) it will not do so...

I agree with my colleagues. Statements in litigation are generally protected from liability by Civil Code 47b (the litigation privilege). If the...

I'd suggest you stop this crusade right now. To exclude a judge it has to either be for cause CCP 170.1 or without cause under 170.6 (which you...

For the time being I would assume that service was proper. Running away from the process server does not invalidate service. If you ignore it,...

Can response to special interrogatories or an opposition to a motion to quash be sent to a process server?

Is it "legal" is not a great question to ask. Let me help you hone in here. An opposition should be served by overnight mail, CCP 1005(c) ["...

There is no answer to that, since most cases are never reported. As a practical matter, the discovery rule is /objective/ not /subjective/. This...