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October 13, 2014

Nuts and Bolts of Preparing For Your Deposition

First, what is a deposition? A deposition is sworn testimony before a court reporter taken before the trial. It can be an audio recording, or audio and video. It is part of the discovery process, although a trial deposition can be taken to preserve for trial the testimony of a person who may be unavailable… View Article

September 26, 2014

A “Wunderful” Step Forward in My Task Management

  It has been an intense and exciting spring and summer. As a result, my writing output has suffered. Here is something that is useful, for colleagues or for clients. In searching for “task lists” or “to do lists” in Google, I of course found Outlook. It has a comprehensive Tasklist module. Perhaps because we… View Article

September 19, 2014

How to be Productive While Preserving One’s Sanity

  Having spent the last four days spending 7:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. proofing, revising, dictation, and e-mailing, and thus keeping my wonderful staff busy and current, I found myself with an “empty day” because of a continuance of a trial. I snapped the photo above, and then realized that this is a key to my… View Article

September 11, 2014

Many Thoughts on 9-11-14

1. I will focus on a “how to”, or “you should know” post next time. For now, several thoughts push into my mind, which I will share. 2. Today is the 13th anniversary of 9-11, 2001. 3. I was happy as I drove back from Elkins @ 10:00 a.m. today not to be afflicted with… View Article

August 22, 2014

MORE ON SOCIAL MEDIA REVIEWS OF LAWYERS

  Two of my recent posts, “Lawyer Ratings”, and “A Personal View of Finding the Right Lawyer”, have led directly to this post. Anyone viewing my pages on the rating service websites will note an uptick in reviews, and that they are all positive. They include,www.AVVO.com, www.Superpages.com, Google+, www.MerchantCircle.com, and http://www.lawyerratingz.com. This is not a… View Article

August 17, 2014

A Personal View of How to Find the Best Lawyer

J. Burton Hunter III and Assocs, PLLC 2014 Big Book Ad You might call this guy based on the ad, but, nowadays, probably  NOT without out looking him up on the Net. Personal injury lawyer marketing is a caricature. Lawyers have found television to be a very effective tool in marketing themselves. That means that… View Article

August 3, 2014

Adventures in Social Media Marketing – The Mystery of The #Hashtag

My new website: www.hunterlawfirm.net This will be a short post to “WV Lawyer – Tips and Techniques” for small firm lawyers and small businesses who are addressing the challenge of creating a marketing plan that includes something besides The Yellow Pages. Note I did NOT say, “instead of The Yellow Pages”. I doubled my Yellow… View Article

July 28, 2014

A Totally Unenforceable Marriage Contract

In a near perfect world, people would not have to enter into a contract to merge their lives according to these principles. From my experience, most of my 3000 + family law cases result from gross violations of the principles set out below, and most “difficult” cases do too. MARRIAGE CONTRACT Come now the parties,… View Article

July 27, 2014

My Areas of Legal and Geographical Practice

For those of you who simply want to know what I do and where I do it, here goes: 1. My personal injury/insurance practice includes: a. Auto, Truck, Motorcycle, and Pedestrian collisions. I can do these in any county in the State. I can find out of state counsel as necessary for WV Residents who encounter… View Article

July 21, 2014

Lawyer Ratings

My colleagues and I in WV have been largely spared the instant feedback that online lawyer ratings provide, and the threat, challenge, and opportunity of this “Brave New World”. Even today, the Yellow Pages  brings in as many clients as my Internet advertising, and simple “word of mouth” brings in more that all my advertising combined…. View Article