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Post Script for Lynda.com and Evernote: 09-30-2013
I spent several more hours with www.Lynda.com and my Evernote training and can report the following: 1. Getting access to the forms and materials used in the training is an extra $12.50 per month. I found I could view the training on my iPad and go to the Microsoft Version of Evernote on my laptop…. View Article
Internet Learning Opportunities – Evernote and Lynda.com
The term “mind boggling” comes to mind as I work my way through another “working vacation”. Yes, strange as it sounds, Nancy and I have been finding 4-6 days a year just to go to a beach somewhere. The compromise is that I work from @ 10:00 a.m to 5:00 p.m. on some project of… View Article
A Small Town Lawyer’s Opinion on Keeping One’s Views to One’s Self.
I am at the beach with my wife, for a working vacation, so those are the photos I place here. My well-intentioned lawyer friends, and a few “marketing types” have told me, “For gosh sakes, do not talk politics or religion on your blog. You will lose clients.” No, he will never be cast as the lead in True… View Article
On the Hilarity of Escaping Pets
I have a blog article in mind for later today, but I just posted this to my FB page and thought I would share. Burt Hunter Strange; I am acting like it is a lazy Friday, but I have appointments, and a trial this afternoon, but I wanted to mention – ABC news got a… View Article
Keys To Success – A Competent Staff
I have two blog articles in me today. This one is about my staff, and my staffing in general. If I get it finished, I will try to go to my “sister blog”, “WV Lawyer, Tips and Techniques” www.burtonhunteresq2.blogspot for 10-15 office essentials. 1. No single person could have accomplished what we did this week. 2…. View Article
Self Representation – A Family Court Tragedy
There are few areas of the practice of law where the client needs help more, and where the WV Bar and our Courts are such failures, than the self-represented “pro se” party in family law, divorce and custody matters. 1. Criminal defendants get Court Appointed Lawyers; 2. Personal Injury victims get “free lawyers” on contingent fees, at… View Article
Keys to a Successful Mediation
Fundamentals of Mediation I sometimes forget how little the average litigant, and even judges, know about mediation. There are no riveting serial dramas staring a team of courageous mediators. By rule, judges may not even be told what goes on in mediation, so here are some insights for them and you.I mediated a case successfully… View Article
The State of Florida v. George Zimmerman – and Our System of Justice
A Facebook Friend took to task “Trial by Jury” following the George Zimmerman trial. I was tempted to do the same thing following the O.J. Simpson and Kacie Anthony trials. In those cases, neither victim had broken the defendant’s nose or pounded their attacker’s head into the pavement. They were utterly fault free, but their… View Article