Efficient and Impartial Discovery Dispute Resolution
In today's complex legal landscape, the discovery process often can lead to significant delays and heightened tensions between parties. Those delays and tensions can be exacerbated by hearing date delays and court backlogs. Noah D. Lebowitz offers expert private Discovery Referee services to streamline this critical phase of litigation.
With extensive experience in managing discovery disputes, Mr. Lebowitz ensures that the process is not only efficient but also fair and impartial. Mr. Lebowitz served as Judge Pro Tem in San Francisco Superior Court Law & Motion Department hearing discovery motions for nearly nine years. In that role, Mr. Lebowitz presided over the discovery calendar typically one day per month, hearing several hundred discovery motions. Motions heard by Mr. Lebowitz spanned the entire Master Calendar civil docket including employment, personal injury, professional liability, commercial, consumer, construction defect, and housing litigation.
Since the end of his Pro Tem role, Mr. Lebowitz has been appointed as a Discovery Referee pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure § 639 by the Superior Court of California in multiple jurisdictions. Mr. Lebowitz relies on his extensive experience presiding over discovery disputes regarding written discovery devices and depositions to facilitate a smooth discovery process. Mr. Lebowitz can issue timely rulings on discovery issues, significantly reducing delays in litigation.
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