Guidance for Complaints
Westlaw
Using Practical Law, click on Litigation from the home page. Then click on Commencement and Pleadings. You can filter by Georgia.
- In the practice notes tab, you will find, among other items, Drafting the Complaint and Filing and Serving the Complaint.
- In the standard documents tab, you will find, among other items, Complaint.
- In the checklists tab, you will find, among other items, Initial Considerations Checklist, Drafting the Complaint Checklist, and Filing and Serving the Complaint Checklist.
- In the state q and a tab, you will find, among other items, Commencing an Action.
For federal litigation, you can filter by National/Federal.
- In the practice notes tab, you will find, among other items, Initial Stages of Federal Litigation: Overview, and Commencing a Federal Lawsuit: Overview. You will also find Initial Considerations, Drafting the Complaint, and Filing and Serving the Complaint.
- In the standard documents tab, you will find, among other items, Complaint.
- In the checklists tab, you will find, among other items, Initial Considerations Checklist, Drafting the Complaint Checklist, and Filing and Serving the Complaint Checklist.
- In the toolkit tab, you will find, among other items, Commencing a Federal Lawsuit Toolkit.
Lexis
Using Practical Guidance, click on Civil Litigation from the home page. Then click on Initial Pleadings and Documents.
- In the practice notes tab, you can filter to Georgia for, among other items, Civil Litigation Process Map: Pre-litigation, Civil Litigation Process Map: Commencing an Action, Commencing a Civil Action, Commencing a Civil Action Resource Kit, Commencing a Lawsuit: Drafting the Complaint, Civil Litigation Process Map: Preanswer Motions, Civil Litigation Process Map: Responsive Pleadings, and Removing a Case to Federal Court. There is also a federal resource kit: Commencing a Civil Action and a practice note on Drafting and Compiling the Complaint (Federal).
- In the templates tab, you can filter to Georgia for, among other things, Complaint, Answer, and Notice of Filing of Notice of Removal.
- In the checklists tab, you can filter to Georgia for, among other items, Commencing a Lawsuit: Initial Considerations Checklist, Drafting the Complaint Checklist, and Filing the Complaint and Serving Process Checklist.
Sample Complaints
Westlaw
In regular Westlaw, search in the Pleadings database.
Lexis
In regular Lexis, search in the Briefs, Pleadings, and Motions database.
