Are you familiar with JD Supra? It is a website that contains thousands of legal documents prepared by lawyers around the country. You can search by key word, locate a document relevant to your issue, and use to short-cut your research time.
For example, here is a brief written on behalf of a plaintiff who was opposing a motion by a defendant in a civil case to stay discovery while criminal charges were pending against him for the acts that also gave rise to the civil suit.