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Practical Technology 102
It is easy to spout some of the tips and ideas I stumble over and another to find things that work. Here is what I learned today: If you get one of those miraculous Fujitsu Scansnap 1500 Scanners, with bundled Adobe Standard 9.0, check your default. You will want to make sure you are scanning to your… View Article
Kacie Anthony-Miscellany-Videos
Just a few thoughts: 1. My failure to post the last few weeks does not mean I am easing off. I am just reloading. 2. I am home this week for a “working vacation”. 3. Tomorrow, with my wife Nancy as videographer, I hope to refresh my video library with 20-40 30-60 second spots, with… View Article
A Study In Hypocrisy
Once in a while my plans for a post are “post-poned” by something hitting the news. Once it was the kid they tazed for running across the baseball diamond (my title: “Taze the Kid?”, May 5, 2010) ; another was prompted by a death penalty story (my title: “Scumbags and the Death Penalty”, May 7,… View Article
Not The Normal Personal Injury Blah Blah
(Note: February 10, 2012. J.B.H. This post is not nearly as self serving as the title implies. It describes my early experiences with personal injury law as a spring board for an explanation of our tort law system in WV. Our system is based on a fundamental value that we should be responsible for our… View Article
Disposing of 5000 Closed Client Files
As promised, I have two articles in draft on the continuing subject of my personal injury practice. I keep thinking of key events that helped me to understand how to represent individuals injured by the fault of another. You do not just walk out of law school understanding this stuff! Today I am at the WV Association for… View Article
Why Should I Retain Burton Hunter For My Personal Injury Claim?
Retain Burt Hunter for my car accident claim? This is a fair question to ask, but it is really two questions: 1. Why can’t I just handle my own claim? 2. Why select Burton Hunter instead of one of the many other lawyers competing for my attention. As for question # 1, even a “routine… View Article
What, a Week?!
What a week to be a lawyer. Knocked down, picked up, cussed out, uplifted, back and forth. Plan for a pleasant morning? Deal with half dozen crises. Feel like giving up. Several new clients call in rapid succession. Feeling down, and even out, friends call, classmates post blog articles, wife sends a thoughtful note, cousins… View Article
Disingenuous Lawyers
Merriam Webster Online Dictionary defines: dis•in•gen•u•ous, as: adj ˌdis-in-ˈjen-yə-wəs, -yü-əs- : lacking in candor; also : giving a false appearance of simple FRANKNESS : CALCULATING I like the word “disingenuous”. When I use it, I mean exactly what I say. I use it when another person, often a colleague, is saying one thing but meaning… View Article
Dear Honorable (Family Court) Judges
(Some Thoughts On Enhancing Justice in WV Family Courts) Dear Honorable Judges; Thank you for your insightful presentation at the National Business Institute seminar, “What Family Court Judges Want You to Know”, on April 1, 2011. I found myself comparing your approaches to those of the Family Court Judges in North Central WV, Upshur County… View Article