By Etan Mark, Berger Singerman LLP (January 31, 2017, 2:28 PM EST) -- Rarely do commercial litigators agree with each other. Yet, by an overwhelming margin, we agree that civil litigation takes too long, costs too much and is all too often about resource attrition rather than what the rules demand — a "just, speedy and inexpensive determination of every action." With the commencement of the Civil Justice Initiative Pilot Project, the 11th Judicial Circuit, under the leadership of Judge Jennifer Bailey, Judge Monica Gordo, Judge Norma Lindsay, Judge Thomas Rebull and Judge Rodney Smith, has taken a big step toward framing a response to the growing inefficiencies, costs and delays that many of us — judges, attorneys and clients — associate with civil litigation....