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Why Do You Bring Your Client to Every Hearing?
I believe, whenever possible, my client should accompany me to court, even when we are meeting the court in chambers for a “scheduling conference”, or a “status conference” or a “pretrial hearing”. Other lawyers reply, “That makes no sense.” And even a judge recently said, I am not going to make any rulings today,… View Article
Effective Preparation of a Case – For Mediation and Trial
This morning I was listening to our preacher preach, (of love, hope, and faith, the most important is love – see I really was just resting my eyes!) and pondering the subject of my next blog article. Just a moment ago, I realized I had written it. When I got home from church, I had another… View Article
Moving From Blogger? Or not really?
1. Monday I sent my colleague e-mail list a clip, using Snagit, of the Amazon Page showing the new Fujitsu iX500 Scansnap Scanner, and yesterday I sent them a link to “The Lawyerist” LAB, the top rated lawyer’s technology blog. http://lab.lawyerist.com/ 2. That is one great scanner, under $500, 50 pages (25 sheets) a minute,… View Article
A Life of Reading
My blog book, published to Amazon Kindle, had my second grade photograph as the cover. That’s just about the time that reading began to take a hold on my life. It is my reading that helps provide the perspective from which I view the world. I did not always love reading. Neither of my parents,… View Article
The Education of the Perfect Paralegal
Few of my blog articles are motivated by so many factors. I am going to post this in both of my blogs. We are faced with a manageable crisis in our office. The last time this happened, my remarkably efficient assistant walked out of our office on four days’ notice. It was a crushing experience,… View Article
2013 New Year Resolutions
I have been disconnected since Thursday December 27 visiting family. Not much time to ponder the coming year, but here goes: 1. Having practiced law for over 40 years, it is imperative that I stay healthy and fit, so I have to complete my planned weight loss of 25 lb. 2. In order to take… View Article
Many Ways to Meet Your Lawyer – Personal Injury – Divorce – Civil Suits
My perception is that doctors are aloof and inaccessible. Not mine of course. Dr.” O’ ” is very friendly and accommodating. You can see him power-walking around Buckhannon. But, these days the patient thinks “my doctor” is the PA (physician’s assistant). If you are a personal injury lawyer, just try to get your client’s specialist,… View Article
Where to Find Words of Wisdom – Or “Which Button Do I Push?”
Getting the Legal Information You Need – How To Do It? I am sure I have mentioned this before, but the people of WV and our profession are better off because a Morgantown Lawyer named Darrell (Dan) Ringer became interested in WV Public Broadcasting. Dan may remember how we got to know one another. I don’t…. View Article
I Wonder What’s Gone Wrong? Newtown Connecticut
I awoke this morning and immediately thought about yesterday’s horrific shooting in Ct. My wife Nancy called her Mother Marjorie on Friday afternoon. She had been crying all day. Marjorie is 91 years old, and she lives about 20 minutes from the shooting scene. Around 9:40 a.m. she was driving to the store when the state trooper… View Article
The Client is The Boss, or is S/He?
I have written on this topic before in “The Dilemma of the Difficult Client, Oct. 22, 2012 http://tinyurl.com/c9bfplx . Recently I have pondered the question of how much is the client the boss, and should she or he “be the boss”. The short answer is, “Of course the client is the boss. They pay our fees.”… View Article