--- title: Discovery description: Advocate Magazine articles on Discovery, from the Subject Matter Index. --- ## [Using deposition testimony to support your motion to compel](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-february/using-deposition-testimony-to-support-your-motion-to-compel "Using deposition testimony to support your motion to compel") Make it harder for defense to justify withholding documents you need [Tilak Gupta](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/tilak-gupta "Tilak Gupta") From Issue: [2022 February](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-february) ## [To stop or to go?](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2017-may/to-stop-or-to-go "To stop or to go?") Making sense of “who ran the red light?” [Allen Bourgeois](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/allen-bourgeois "Allen Bourgeois") [Matthew Manjarrez](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/matthew-manjarrez "Matthew Manjarrez") From Issue: [2017 May](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2017-may) ## [The “how to” for motions to compel](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2023-december/the-how-to-for-motions-to-compel "The “how to” for motions to compel") Motions to compel are powerful tools to educate opposing counsel on – and enforce – discovery obligations [Taylor R. Porter](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/taylor-r-porter "Taylor R. Porter") From Issue: [2023 December](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2023-december) ## [The clock starts now](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2026-october/the-clock-starts-now "The clock starts now") Using trial preference as a strategic litigation tool without letting discovery become your weakness [Olivia Ratiner](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/olivia-ratiner "Olivia Ratiner") [Vlad Idelman](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/vlad-idelman "Vlad Idelman") From Issue: [2026 October](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2026-october) ## [Swipe up for discovery](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2025-october/swipe-up-for-discovery "Swipe up for discovery") The new rules of social evidence, where one viral image can gut your claim [Owili K. Eison](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/owili-k-eison "Owili K. Eison") From Issue: [2025 October](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2025-october) ## [Securing the universe of documents in civil-rights actions](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2021-february/securing-the-universe-of-documents-in-civil-rights-actions "Securing the universe of documents in civil-rights actions") You are only as good a civil-rights practitioner as the discovery you compel. Yes, compel. [Denisse O. Gastélum](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/denisse-o-gastelum "Denisse O. Gastélum") From Issue: [2021 February](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2021-february) ## [Turn up the heat on your record subpoenas](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2019-april/turn-up-the-heat-on-your-record-subpoenas "Turn up the heat on your record subpoenas") You’ve served the subpoena duces tecum but still don’t have the documents – here’s your game plan [Clifton N. Smoot](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/clifton-n-smoot "Clifton N. Smoot") From Issue: [2019 April](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2019-april) ## [They said it didn’t exist](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2026-october/they-said-it-didn-t-exist "They said it didn’t exist") Challenging a defendant’s “diligent search and reasonable inquiry” after Higginson [Aram Zohrabian](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/aram-zohrabian "Aram Zohrabian") From Issue: [2026 October](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2026-october) ## [The digital minefield](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2025-july/the-digital-minefield "The digital minefield") Exposing and defusing social-media surveillance at trial [Garret Valerio](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/garret-valerio "Garret Valerio") [Joseph Younes](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/joseph-younes "Joseph Younes") From Issue: [2025 July](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2025-july) ## [The added value of a private investigator in a motor-vehicle case](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2021-january/the-added-value-of-a-private-investigator-in-a-motor-vehicle-case "The added value of a private investigator in a motor-vehicle case") What you don’t learn from a police report may be just what you need to prove liability and identify other defendants [Harry Kazakian](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/harry-kazakian "Harry Kazakian") From Issue: [2021 January](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2021-january) ## [Show me what you got](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-january/show-me-what-you-got "Show me what you got") Major California civil procedure changes with new mandatory disclosures (CCP § 2016.090) [Miles B. Cooper](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/miles-b-cooper "Miles B. Cooper") From Issue: [2024 January](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-january) ## [Securing discovery in jail-death cases](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2025-june/securing-discovery-in-jail-death-cases "Securing discovery in jail-death cases") Navigating discovery disputes of in-custody-death cases; case law you’ll need to rely on [Denisse O. Gastélum](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/denisse-o-gastelum "Denisse O. Gastélum") From Issue: [2025 June](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2025-june)