Young Lawyers Can Beat Experienced Litigators (As Long As The Young Lawyers Put Ego Aside)
If you’re a young lawyer, let them underestimate you, but work hard enough to beat them anyway.
Address Billing Concerns Immediately To Maintain Good Client Relationships
Whatever the reason for the problem, if you are not getting paid what you should and when you should, address your and your clients’ concerns right away
Shyness Is Not A Litigator Trait
Do not be a jerk, but do not be shy or overly concerned about offending others. Litigators need to be comfortable being aggressive.
Show Good Lawyerly Judgment: Hire Professionals (Like Accountants) To Do Their Work Better Than You Ever Could Do It
Lawyers should not be the only ones providing professional services to their law offices’ operations.
Be A Winning Writer, Not A Self-Indulgent One, Starting With Complaints
Legal writing has a purpose: any of the writings we submit as litigators to a court or arbitrator must be directed towards winning for our clients.
The Copyright Crusader
The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed the District Court for the Central District of California’s decision that the Batmobile is entitled to copyright protection. In…
Private Law May Be A Business, But Lawyers Are Not Simply Businesspeople
Lawyers have obligations businesspeople don’t. We cannot forget that.
Glossip Obtains Further Stay in Pending Oklahoma Execution
On September 30, 2015, the execution of Richard Glossip was stayed for the fourth time — this time, mere minutes before the scheduled lethal injection. Glossip, who was convicted in…
Remember At A Deposition You Are Building A Transcript
You may have a lot of goals for a deposition, but one should be ensuring that at the end of the day you have a transcript that you can actually…