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| Judicial Ethics: America Owes Anita Hill an Apology and Clarence Thomas The Boot! | Other than my not liking this guy’s politics, the ethical issues I discuss here have huge ramifications for the average … | 2023/04/06 | 2023-04-06 20:15:26 |
| Transferring Photos and Videos from your iPhone | I am age 77. Much of what I pondered reading hundreds of science fiction and futurist books is coming to … | 2023/03/31 | 2023-03-31 20:49:24 |
| 2023 Legal Resource Guide, Personal Injury, Family, Civil Litigation, and Your Legal Checkup. | Getting Your “Legal House” in Order The Imperative of a Full Legal Check-up; an “Unbundled Legal Service”: – … | 2022/12/28 | 2022-12-28 16:25:19 |
| The Power of a ScanSnap Desktop Scanner and Digital Storage | Yes; there are people nerdy enough that they spend their time watching or making software or hardware tech reviews and … | 2022/12/07 | 2022-12-07 14:25:03 |
| Finding What Burton Hunter Has to Offer | At this stage, with 1800 blog pages, 470 articles, and three YouTube Channels, my materials and resources may seem … | 2022/09/30 | 2022-09-30 15:00:28 |
| What Don’t I Know? How Can I Find it? | One regret I have about my information sharing, particularly my blog at www.hunterlawfirm.net/blog, is that while people may search for … | 2022/08/10 | 2022-08-10 13:12:30 |
| Summing Up: Enhancing the Human Brain 2022. 3.0 | I have finished the Audiobook version of “Building the Digital Brain” by Tiago Forte. For the right reader, I reassess … | 2022/08/08 | 2022-08-08 21:16:02 |
| Enhancing the Human Brain 2022. 2.0 | I was inspired in my prior post by this book, “Building a Second Brain” by Tiago Forte. I haven’t finished … | 2022/07/23 | 2022-07-23 01:12:28 |
| Enhancing the Human Brain 2022 | I am halfway through my audiobook, “Building a Second Brain”, by Tiago Forte, 4.6 stars on Amazon. I give it … | 2022/07/20 | 2022-07-20 20:16:02 |
| Harder to be a Moderate in Partisan Times | If you want a “how to” or “top ten list”, just go to www.hunterlawfirm.net and enter a search term. … | 2022/06/27 | 2022-06-27 21:03:24 |
| The New 50%-50% WV Child Custody Law | Thank you, David McMahon: This link is too important not to post now and figure out how to disseminate better … | 2022/06/17 | 2022-06-17 20:52:41 |
| Finding the Right Lawyer | Let’s be honest here. When I pose this question, I am asking, “How can you find me?”, because, within my … | 2022/06/16 | 2022-06-16 20:15:35 |
| Practical Technology Tips: What Works | My last seminar presentation, July 2019; good stuff here. | 2022/06/13 | 2022-06-13 14:15:07 |
| A “SUMMING” LETTER TO A YOUNGER COLLEAGUE | The Internet Mountain Range I received this request from a person purporting to be a Dutch Lawyer practicing in Latvia. … | 2022/05/17 | 2022-05-17 11:14:57 |
| Our Helpful Resources: Writings and Videos | The information we share here is not case-specific and IS NOT legal advice, but there is much useful information in … | 2022/04/21 | 2022-04-21 18:47:43 |
| 46 Years of Practicing Law in Buckhannon and Upshur County | In 2020, I was asked by Anita Casey, Executive Director of the WV State Bar to do the Upshur County … | 2022/03/25 | 2022-03-25 20:13:34 |
| When you Choose a Lawyer, Choose Well. | When you choose a lawyer to help you resolve a serious injury claim, a painful family crisis, or a contentious … | 2022/03/22 | 2022-03-22 12:52:42 |
| Some Guidance for “Deliberate Intent” or “Industrial Accident” Claims | I am privileged to work with some of the finest lawyers in WV when dangerous working conditions result in injury … | 2022/03/01 | 2022-03-01 17:40:23 |
| Copernic Desktop Pro | Copernic Desktop Search Pro”: I am not sure I can recommend this to anyone, but I think it has endless potential. … | 2022/02/25 | 2022-02-25 01:35:52 |
| On Learning New Things: Video-casting and “Text to Voice” | When my wife and I go on a February “working vacation”, we have just a few “rules”: We select a … | 2022/02/25 | 2022-02-25 00:35:04 |
| A Compendium of Personal Injury Writings: NOT What You Think. | Much like cancer or heart disease, you hope it will never happen to you or those you love. But, … | 2022/01/17 | 2022-01-17 13:39:32 |
| Ten of My Best: Happy New Year 2022 | A Curmudgeon Family Lawyer’s View of Parenting – Attorney J. Burton Hunter III : Attorney J. Burton Hunter III (hunterlawfirm.net) … | 2021/12/31 | 2021-12-31 17:39:57 |
| Civil Litigation 101 | CIVIL LITIGATION GENERALLY My trial practice is primarily “civil” in nature. What are some examples of “civil litigation”? In family law, … | 2021/12/28 | 2021-12-28 21:29:48 |
| A Curmudgeon Family Lawyer’s View of Parenting | I’m mad! This is my 49th Christmas as a lawyer, and I am royally pissed-off. “Why?”, you ask? I’ll … | 2021/12/24 | 2021-12-24 16:47:21 |
| A Legal Blog: Perspectives of a Small Town (WV) Lawyer | I wrote my first blog article in 2008. Then I rested. A year later, as we regrouped from the “great … | 2021/12/01 | 2021-12-01 21:36:27 |
| WHAT ARE THE “RIGHTS” OF UNMARRIED PARENTS? | Recently I was asked about the “rights of an unmarried father”. An answer to that question must include reference … | 2021/11/18 | 2021-11-18 21:54:19 |
| Our Amazing Solar System | I share with my readers a video I completed today on our solar system. “Our Amazing Solar System“: https://youtu.be/Dbx1LaBegAc Of course, … | 2021/11/10 | 2021-11-10 21:51:08 |
| Why I like Snagit and Pathagoras | Recently, I posted about four “cool tools” for researchers, editors, and producers of content (which should mean most of us). … | 2021/10/30 | 2021-10-30 19:41:11 |
| Four Cool Tools: October, 2021: For Research, Presentations, Organizing, and Planning. | NOTE: YOU CAN SEE THE VIDEO BY CLICKING ON THE LIVE WINDOW > IMMEDIATELY BELOW, YOU CAN ALSO SCROLL THROUGH … | 2021/10/19 | 2021-10-19 21:47:58 |
| Child Custody in WV: an Update of “The Maze” | This is a short update of my 2016 article, “The Maze of Child Custody in WV”. https://hunterlawfirm.net/the-maze-of-wv-child-custody-issues-just-dropping-crumbs-wont-get-you-out/ Just a summary … | 2021/10/01 | 2021-10-01 20:16:39 |
| Checklist for Family Court Litigants: Initial Hearing. | _____ Have a pen and a pad to write notes and questions to your attorney. _____ Be sure you have … | 2021/09/24 | 2021-09-24 20:52:54 |
| HOW DOES A “GOOD LAWYER” STAY HEALTHY AND FIT FOR A LONG CAREER? | How does a good lawyer stay healthy and fit for a long career? Short answer: luck! As I finish my … | 2021/09/17 | 2021-09-17 13:43:18 |
| Keeping Our Perspective: 2021, A Reading Life | The sign in front of Worlds of Books, Kent Ct. I remind my readers that there’s a LOT of practical, … | 2021/08/18 | 2021-08-18 21:50:46 |
| Our Recommitment to Excellence 2021 | More than a dozen years ago, as we were contemplating our future as we absorbed and recovered from the great … | 2021/08/09 | 2021-08-09 13:59:24 |
| Some Useful Tech Tips: Document Assembly and Tasks | I like what works. I need tools. Here are a few. USING SIRI FOR E–MAIL AND REMINDERS On a … | 2021/06/22 | 2021-06-22 13:02:21 |
| Personal Injury Claims: Five Myths | FIVE MYTHS REGARDING YOUR PERSONAL INJURY CLAIM Among many subjects that people think they understand, but really don’t, are personal … | 2021/05/13 | 2021-05-13 21:17:51 |
| Unbundling, Limited Scope Contracts, Legal Coaching, Ghost Writing, and Mentoring | What’s the next best thing to free legal information, as in my blog? How about a low cost ($500) “legal … | 2021/04/15 | 2021-04-15 18:53:49 |
| Guardians and Conservators (The Time May Come) | A search of my blog reveals that I have not written an article solely devoted to the subject of guardianship … | 2021/03/24 | 2021-03-24 15:56:43 |
| Ideas to Improve the “One Size Fits All WV Child Custody Bill”, HB 2364 | I just sent this letter to each member of the WV Senate Judiciary Committee and staff on the Pending Child … | 2021/03/24 | 2021-03-24 13:14:34 |
| A Recent Honor: Client Champion 2020 | Isn’t it wonderful that every insurance company can save you $500 by switching to them, every burger joint has … | 2021/03/08 | 2021-03-08 20:40:36 |
| Cancel Culture Goes After Dr. Seuss; Who Will Be Next? | Dr. Seuss is a favorite of mine. I have even performed as Horton; https://photos.app.goo.gl/GbqMKXkWUU8pavkx7 Particularly, Horton Hatches an Egg. … | 2021/03/03 | 2021-03-03 15:00:50 |
| A Pending WV Family Law Catastrophe | This is the letter I wrote today to WV Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Charles Trump and copied to the entire … | 2021/02/23 | 2021-02-23 21:37:20 |
| Family Law in WV: A Deep Dive | FAMILY LAW IN WEST VIRGINIA: A DEEP DIVE JURISDICTION Family Court West Virginia Family Courts share jurisdiction with the Circuit … | 2021/02/19 | 2021-02-19 19:13:54 |
| Personal Injury Claim Misconceptions | The one key to personal injury television advertisements is that ads must be simple, just like ads for insurance coverage. … | 2021/02/09 | 2021-02-09 22:13:05 |
| Divorce: Gathering the Critical Details of Marital Assets and Debts | Recently I reposted a blog article that I wrote in 2013, a practice tip, on how I organize the information … | 2021/02/05 | 2021-02-05 13:40:35 |
| Burton Hunter and YouTube | I have been creating videos for 60 years. It started with an 8 mm. movie camera with a turret 3 … | 2021/01/25 | 2021-01-25 16:00:44 |
| Lawyering During a Pandemic, And Finding the right lawyer in 2020-21 | Burt, Cinca, and Chloe: reducing stress during the Covid 19 Crisis. This is a very tough time to be an … | 2020/11/13 | 2020-11-13 13:06:07 |
| Competence: The Path to Acquiring It | I have not been blogging much lately. I had a flurry of activity this summer on my “J. Burton Hunter … | 2020/10/26 | 2020-10-26 12:02:46 |
| The Problem of Trash, Garbage, Clutter, and Filth in Family Law | Hello there: Are you going through a divorce, or facing the prospect of one, and you have minor children? Or … | 2020/09/01 | 2020-09-01 20:15:35 |
| The Framework for West Virginia Civil Litigation | “I’ll sue you!” Easy to say, but most non-lawyers do not know how fraught with difficulty such a threat may … | 2020/07/27 | 2020-07-27 17:06:03 |
| The West Virginia Family Court Restraining Order Statute – Chap. 51-2A-2a | Burton Hunter, co-author of the “WV Family Law Restraining Order Statute” with fellow WV lawyer and friend, Thomas O’Neill, WV … | 2020/07/23 | 2020-07-23 15:26:55 |
| The Framework for a West Virginia Adoption | This short video provides an outline of the adoption process in WV and a few of the typical situations where … | 2020/07/22 | 2020-07-22 13:45:18 |
| The Legal Framework of Domestic Violence in West Virginia | In just a few minutes, Mr. Hunter clears up the confusion between the crimes of domestic battery and assault and … | 2020/07/21 | 2020-07-21 13:44:04 |
| The Framework for a West Virginia Modification Petition | In less than 15 minutes, Mr. Hunter covers the WV Family Court Modification statute and process. If you want a … | 2020/07/20 | 2020-07-20 12:32:28 |
| The Framework for a West Virginia Personal Injury Claim | In 21 Minutes Mr. Hunter busts some myths of personal injury claim processing in WV, auto collisions, accidents, rear-enders, texting … | 2020/07/14 | 2020-07-14 11:37:34 |
| The Framework for a West Virginia Divorce | This twenty-minute video provides a framework or outline for a divorce proceeding in WV and the critical services a good … | 2020/07/10 | 2020-07-10 20:14:06 |
| The West Virginia Family Court Contempt Process | If the other party in a family court case violates an order, what can you do? In this eight-minute video, … | 2020/07/10 | 2020-07-10 20:02:54 |
| Introduction to WV Lawyer Video Series: Personal Memoir | Welcome to our July 2020 series of informative and instructional videos on various legal topics. Skip it is if you … | 2020/07/10 | 2020-07-10 11:26:03 |
| Divorce: Collecting the Financial Information Ain’t for Sissies | On Getting Accurate Financial Information from Clients Most lawyers aren’t accountants, but good divorce lawyer will take some accounting courses, … | 2020/06/16 | 2020-06-16 21:06:44 |
| Auto Insurance Roulette: Is it Worth the Gamble? | We have all heard it. Jokes, “yucks”, and false promises of auto insurance carriers promising they can each save you … | 2020/05/20 | 2020-05-20 21:17:02 |
| A Legal Resource if Your Life is Off-Kilter | As the photograph shows, I was a bit “off-kilter” last week when the large brush pile I was pulling yanked … | 2020/05/07 | 2020-05-07 21:44:22 |
| A ROADMAP TO BURTON HUNTER’S IDEAS AND “WISDOM” | Sometimes it takes your best friend to get you to view a problem from a different perspective. He explained that … | 2020/04/29 | 2020-04-29 17:41:25 |
| Mr. Hunter’s Message to Adversaries | Mr. Hunter’s Message to Adversaries: https://youtu.be/zKZ0ZEALMQo Whether you are a lawyer or unrepresented, here is my message to you. We … | 2020/04/27 | 2020-04-27 23:29:07 |
| Mr. Hunter’s Promise to Potential Clients | Mr. Hunter’s Promise to Potential Clients: https://youtu.be/sgaWtuVjgoo In this 1.5 minute video from a few years ago, I give a … | 2020/04/27 | 2020-04-27 23:20:24 |
| Just for Fun: An Auto Racing Memoir | Burton Hunter Auto Racing Memoir: https://youtu.be/2vmX6eXlQmc A friend got me to read, via Audiobook, a biography of Journalist H.L.Mencken, perhaps … | 2020/04/24 | 2020-04-24 21:19:12 |
| A Legal Check Up on the Things that Matter: | A Legal Check Up on the Things that Matter: Wills, Powers of Atty, Insurance, and the rest: https://youtu.be/pq6kIRjimVI Here we … | 2020/04/24 | 2020-04-24 20:41:44 |
| Domestic Violence: the Ramifications | Domestic Violence, the Ramifications from Either Perspective: https://youtu.be/sHPhZFbY Domestic violence is an ever-present reality in our fair State. And there … | 2020/04/23 | 2020-04-23 21:15:53 |
| Up in the Air? We Are Here For You! | J. Burton Hunter III and his remarkable staff are here, working, and serving our clients. And, as any business, … | 2020/04/22 | 2020-04-22 14:55:48 |
| My Three Beefs with our System, my Colleagues, and The WV Legal Aid Society | My Three Beefs with our System, my Colleagues, and The WV Legal Aid Society: https://youtu.be/jOmvDZ302C0 That the family law court … | 2020/04/21 | 2020-04-21 21:06:15 |
| Intro: Access to Justice, Unbundled Services, Contingent Fees, Family Law, Mediation, Collegiality | Intro: Access to Justice, Unbundled Services, Contingent Fees, Family Law, Mediation, Collegiality: https://youtu.be/q1tVK9xPWRw Got five minutes? In this introductory video, … | 2020/04/21 | 2020-04-21 16:43:31 |
| An Example of an Unbundled Legal Service: Allocation of Parental Rights, AKA “Paternity Suit” | An Example of an Unbundled Legal Service: Allocation of Parental Rights, AKA “Paternity Suit”: https://youtu.be/1ig2nxa3lXY There are myriad services a … | 2020/04/20 | 2020-04-20 19:10:07 |
| Renewal after Crisis: a Pattern of My Life | Renewal after Crisis: a Pattern of My Life: https://youtu.be/GxVANwpkvVM Let’s hope this post does not have a long shelf life. … | 2020/04/20 | 2020-04-20 16:45:57 |
| THE AGONY OF AN ACCIDENTAL INJURY and PICKING UP THE PHONE TO CALL A LAWYER | THE AGONY OF AN ACCIDENTAL INJURY and PICKING UP THE PHONE TO CALL A LAWYER https://youtu.be/hIEVCFsBYc8 It happens in … | 2020/04/17 | 2020-04-17 12:21:03 |
| The Imperative of a Full Legal Check-up; an “Unbundled Legal Service”: | The Imperative of a Full Legal Check-up; An “Unbundled Legal Service”: https://youtu.be/YpTnNFm82ng I notice I have used the term “unbundled … | 2020/04/16 | 2020-04-16 21:58:10 |
| Burton Hunter’s Screen Test Introduction – New Video Series | This 40 second video is supposed to be self-deprecating: I am not here because of my looks, or because others … | 2020/04/16 | 2020-04-16 21:40:18 |
| Simple Technology that Allows Me to Speak to You | Simple Technology that Allows Me to Speak to You: https://youtu.be/Nw9RwRtWETE Before posting your video, … | 2020/04/15 | 2020-04-15 11:50:45 |
| Messages from Connecticut During the Great Crisis | Messages from Connecticut During the Great Crisis: https://youtu.be/p_KF6vBw46E Here I begin my conversation, from a Ct. … | 2020/04/15 | 2020-04-15 11:29:22 |
| The Need for A Legal Check-up at a Time of Crisis: Wills, Powers of Atty, etc. | We all received a reminder of our mortality the last month. Isn’t it time to step back and do an … | 2020/04/14 | 2020-04-14 09:28:51 |
| Mr. Hunter’s Screen Test. | Over ten years, with the world facing an economic crisis, I give thought to how would I survive and thrive. … | 2020/04/14 | 2020-04-14 09:25:46 |
| Video Series 2020: While Locked Down by the Coronavirus | It took six months to get back to a subject I covered at The Family Law Seminar which was held … | 2020/04/13 | 2020-04-13 20:04:15 |
| How to Serve Clients During the Coronavirus Crisis | How does a small firm cope with the Coronavirus and Covid 19? Here’s my approach: Or we can use technology … | 2020/03/26 | 2020-03-26 20:23:17 |
| Public Announcement During Corona Virus Crisis | Note to friends and the public: we are heeding our Governor’s announcement, but as an “essential business”, and by vote … | 2020/03/23 | 2020-03-23 20:42:30 |
| SOME PERSONAL INJURY TRIAL PRACTICE TIPS | I admire lawyers who can remember details, case and statute citations, complex medical terms, and the names of people they … | 2020/02/26 | 2020-02-26 20:46:51 |
| Mediation: Slipping Away? | Here is a link to the 115 of my blog articles where I mention the word “mediation”. You will notice … | 2020/01/27 | 2020-01-27 19:36:53 |
| Thinking Outside the Box: Mankind and the Universe | There is no rule a small town lawyer cannot ponder his place in The Universe. https://hunterlawfirm.net/burts-history-of-the-world-part-i-to-the-age-of-enlightenment/ https://hunterlawfirm.net/burts-criticism-of-religion-and-religiosity/ | 2020/01/24 | 2020-01-24 17:59:32 |
| Enforcing a Child Custody Agreement, With and Without the Court | Time and again I meet people who have been dealing with violations of their court-ordered parent plan who have no … | 2020/01/17 | 2020-01-17 12:06:53 |
| Unbundling of Legal Services: a Low Cost Alternative | The concept of unbundling of legal services is simple and economical, but for some reason it took 20 years or … | 2020/01/16 | 2020-01-16 13:28:18 |
| The Custody Revolution in WV | It is time for me to write a comprehensive blog article on various custody issues in WV. There have been … | 2020/01/15 | 2020-01-15 13:38:17 |
| Personal Injury Essentials: Two to Bookmark | It only took a moment. There was a car stopped at the intersection. The next moment, it was in front … | 2020/01/14 | 2020-01-14 12:26:33 |
| Fundamental Insurance Protection 2020 | I am no insurance expert; for that, go to my friend and colleague Vince King, or even your friendly local … | 2020/01/13 | 2020-01-13 13:15:31 |
| What’s Important In Life | For over four decades, I have worked with people during some of their darkest times; recovering from injury or … | 2020/01/10 | 2020-01-10 13:07:11 |
| Annual Review 2020 | This time last year I published “Perspectives of a Small Town Lawyer”, a 300 page distillation of 1400 pages and … | 2020/01/07 | 2020-01-07 12:24:21 |
| What Kind of Lawyer Do You Need? | What qualities do you need in your lawyer? | 2019/12/20 | 2019-12-20 02:51:08 |
| No Retirement for Burt! | One gets a few grey hairs and makes a few changes to his office, and the questions begin. Burt is … | 2019/10/30 | 2019-10-30 23:02:03 |
| Ten Subjects on Law Office Management and Technology | I learned at a recent WVU College of Law Seminar that WV may be the only state where our rule … | 2019/10/08 | 2019-10-08 19:43:15 |
| Preparing Yourself and Your Office For the Future | Why have I not been blogging recently? Here goes: We took a couple long awaited, and I hope well earned, … | 2019/10/08 | 2019-10-08 19:25:02 |
| Burt’s Writing Rules (e-mails and memos) | Burt’s Rules These “rules” are not researched or “official” in any sense, but I had very good high school English … | 2019/04/28 | 2019-04-28 16:55:45 |
| RURAL DIS-CONNECTIVITY: Part of WV’s Plight: And My Struggles with DirectTV and AT&T | This is a blog article and Complaint to West Virginia Attorney General Consumer Protection Division about the Buckhannon, WV AT&T … | 2019/04/15 | 2019-04-15 13:32:05 |
| Valuation of Marital Assets | Personal Property Valuation Resources Thank you to our newest employee Courtney Eskew for her research into some of the many … | 2019/02/22 | 2019-02-22 21:20:06 |
| A 50 Year Retrospective | I won’t be able to say this as well or as concisely as I would like, but here goes. My … | 2019/02/18 | 2019-02-18 12:16:03 |
| Financial Disclosure in Divorce: Get it Right! | Below is a draft of the form I have begun having my clients read and sign. “Counting and Collecting the … | 2019/01/31 | 2019-01-31 20:16:43 |
| More Organizing the Facts in Your Case: Linking CaseMap, Outlook 365, and Evernote. | I had two new revelations yesterday; one has great potential, and one works now and will be vital to our … | 2019/01/21 | 2019-01-21 13:37:54 |
| Resources: For My Clients, Potential Clients, Self-Represented, and Colleagues. | /fAs I have explored how to do this job, to innovate, and to share my ideas, I have encountered and … | 2018/12/17 | 2018-12-17 18:48:55 |
| Truth, Myths, and Lies | Myth, Lies, and Truth CNN’s ad on promoting truth is a good one: “This is an apple. Some people might … | 2018/12/10 | 2018-12-10 20:01:17 |
| Jeff Kessler: Candidate for the WV Supreme Court of Appeals. | Jeff Kessler is a top quality candidate for the WV Supreme court, intelligent, committed, moderate, restrained, focused, literate, collegial, and … | 2018/10/30 | 2018-10-30 12:54:59 |
| The Challenges to Modern Religion: Part II | The Challenges to Modern Religion: Part II There is an amazing backlash to “accelerating change”. There are movements to deny … | 2018/10/17 | 2018-10-17 22:16:27 |
| The Challenges to Modern Religion: Part 1 | The Challenges to Modern Religion: Part 1 I cannot think of a way to write this post without causing some … | 2018/10/17 | 2018-10-17 22:10:35 |
| GAPS IN WV FAMILY LAW | This is just a short observation based on a discussion I had today with our family law mediator. Here is … | 2018/10/17 | 2018-10-17 22:07:47 |
| The War Between Women and Men | I am looking at two “how to” books written by nationally known divorce lawyers, “Hit Him Where It Hurt$” by … | 2018/10/11 | 2018-10-11 21:00:40 |
| A Lawyer’s Thoughts on Slavery and Racism. | A Few Thoughts on Slavery and Racism. And a post-script on the related subject, subjugation of women. One can tell … | 2018/10/11 | 2018-10-11 20:46:02 |
| A CONUNDRUM FOR FAMILY COURTS: WHAT TOOL FOR WHAT PROBLEMS? #2 | Collaborative Law: Is It Enough, Or Must We Have More? The following post, in draft form, was the second half … | 2018/09/28 | 2018-09-28 13:37:47 |
| A CONUNDRUM FOR FAMILY COURTS: WHAT TOOL FOR WHAT PROBLEMS? #1 | A CONUNDRUM FOR FAMILY COURTS: WHAT TOOL FOR WHAT PROBLEMS? # 1 ( A discussion of some tools that can … | 2018/09/25 | 2018-09-25 11:51:58 |
| Tying Together Five Years of Law Office Management and Technology | This is the slideshow of my Sept. 22, 2018 Continuing Legal Education Presentation on small firm law office management and … | 2018/09/24 | 2018-09-24 11:24:42 |
| An Axe Wielding Futurist Recognizes Accelerating Change | https://www.ozy.com/rising-stars/the-ax-wielding-futurist-swinging-for-a-higher-ed-tech-revolution/86909 | 2018/09/02 | 2018-09-02 22:37:31 |
| On Blogging, and my New Book 2018 | As I prepare to self publish my first book, I share with you the table of contents to my nine … | 2018/07/31 | 2018-07-31 20:23:07 |
| The Sad State of Our Fine Profession | Caveat: I speak from the perspective of a small firm, rural, trial lawyer. Perhaps those in larger cities and other … | 2018/07/14 | 2018-07-14 14:55:46 |
| Tying It All Together: Mediation, Unbundling, Collaboration, and a New Paradigm | What I hoped to simplify is getting more complicated. I am doing research so I can report to the readers … | 2018/06/25 | 2018-06-25 19:39:03 |
| WV’s Child Custody Relocation Statute: A Critical Issue for Parents and Children | I met with a new client recently because she had encountered an obstacle to her plan to relocate the parents’ … | 2018/06/19 | 2018-06-19 23:37:46 |
| Anthony Bourdain, Suicide, and The Meaning of It All | “Bourdain”: My title to a FB post; I said to a good Facebook friend, “Thanks for getting an interesting discussion … | 2018/06/13 | 2018-06-13 11:18:13 |
| Low Tech Solutions for the Tech Savvy Lawyer | My web designer/graphic artist Dan was kind enough to add this feature to allow me to upload a PDF. Here … | 2018/06/11 | 2018-06-11 20:23:20 |
| YOU HAVE YOUR COURT APPROVED PROPERTY SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT: NOW WHAT? | This is a companion to my article, “So You Have Your Child Custody Agreement: Now What?” https://hunterlawfirm.net/so-you-have-your-child-custody-agreement-now-what/ I was prompted … | 2018/05/23 | 2018-05-23 13:39:54 |
| Stupid Lawyer Trick #27 – The Trigger Happy Contempt Petition | I am painfully aware that I come across with posts like this as an arrogant “know-it-all”. Do you think I … | 2018/05/18 | 2018-05-18 15:11:27 |
| The Lost Art of the Letter: and Finding a Perfect Informal Font | Susan Jacoby’s “The Age of American Unreason” https://tinyurl.com/yasc7trz , is a brilliant assessment of the last 50 years of American Intellectual … | 2018/05/16 | 2018-05-16 14:28:20 |
| Collaborative Divorce: I Remain Unconvinced | Here is a Huffpost article and scholarly discussion of “Collaborative Divorce”. It left me cold with the terms “psychotherapy” and … | 2018/05/14 | 2018-05-14 18:28:03 |
| E-Mail Pitfalls and Opportunities | I am impatient. I do not understand the lawyer who will dictate a formal letter, scan it, and fax it, … | 2018/04/27 | 2018-04-27 20:47:11 |
| Brand New WV Custody and Alimony Law | Note to my readers: I apologize for the limited nature of this post, but it is the end of a … | 2018/04/08 | 2018-04-08 19:40:02 |
| My “Law Coach” or My Lawyer? | Unbundled Legal Services “My ‘law coach’ or my lawyer?” It this a trick question? Not really, but there is a … | 2018/03/26 | 2018-03-26 18:41:58 |
| You Aren’t Going to Mediation! (Now what will you do?) | This article is aimed primarily at family court lawyers, but lay people may benefit. Let’s keep something in mind. Personal … | 2018/03/21 | 2018-03-21 20:41:59 |
| 2018: Mediation Tips Revised | KEYS TO A SUCCESSFUL MEDIATION: Fundamentals of Mediation Editors Note: This rambles a bit, so I have highlighted some keys … | 2018/03/07 | 2018-03-07 23:59:33 |
| Digging Down 2018 – Short and Sweet! | Digging Down 2018: Short and Sweet Here’s the deal. Whether you have a lawyer or not, you probably will get … | 2018/03/07 | 2018-03-07 19:39:30 |
| 2021 Revised: Digging Down – On Organizing and Preparing Your Case | INTRODUCTION First; in the interest of time and copying, I provide here a link to the PDF version of this … | 2018/03/07 | 2018-03-07 19:24:02 |
| 2018 Update: Equitable Distribution: WV Divorce Property Law | Most of my clients have property smaller than this former Vanderbilt abode in Asheville, N.C., The Biltmore! There seems to … | 2018/03/07 | 2018-03-07 19:00:07 |
| Mr. Hunter’s Revised Letter to Clients | IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS TO NEW CLIENT(S); PLEASE READ CAREFULLY AND SIGN. Dear New Client: 1. During his representation, there are certain … | 2018/03/06 | 2018-03-06 15:54:51 |
| Gun Violence in America: A Small Town Lawyer’s Thoughts | A GREAT CHALLENGE FOR AMERICA: VIOLENCE Where do we start? With our animal nature? Our tribal past? Our “Colt and … | 2018/03/01 | 2018-03-01 15:32:44 |
| An Example of Unbundling of Legal Services | As you will see if you search my blog for “unbundling”, “unbundled legal services”, or “future of the law”, I … | 2018/02/15 | 2018-02-15 20:07:30 |
| The Divorcing Litigant’s Big Argument! | The argument for not consulting a lawyer in your divorce: 1. At least half of all lawyers are below average. … | 2018/02/14 | 2018-02-14 16:23:14 |
| Review of Pathagoras Document Assembly Application | I was asked to submit a review for use by the Technolawyer website and resource. I hope I make the … | 2018/01/31 | 2018-01-31 20:01:36 |
| A Personal Injury Glossary: Negligence, Insurance, and the Rest | 25 Personal Injury Related Definitions These are not “legal definitions”, nor is this legal advice, but it may come in … | 2018/01/24 | 2018-01-24 21:43:29 |
| Grim News For a Troubled State: Are There Solutions? | Grim News: I don’t where each of you are right now, but if you’re an “outsider”, I hope you are … | 2018/01/24 | 2018-01-24 20:53:43 |
| Why Make Daily Posts to Social Media? | Quick note to friends and family on FB. I like to post family, pets, scenery, and food, as do many … | 2018/01/17 | 2018-01-17 12:30:56 |
| Search #8 of My Blogs: “Contingent Fees” | This is search # 8 of my blogs, “Perspectives of a Small Town Lawyer” and “WV Lawyer – Tips and … | 2018/01/08 | 2018-01-08 22:04:40 |
| Future of the Law: A Selection of My Posts | A Colleague asked me for a list of articles I have written on the broad subjects of “future of the … | 2017/12/14 | 2017-12-14 21:18:27 |
| COMPETENCE | Some thoughts on Competence. Most mornings, I like to stop before I walk out the door, push back in the … | 2017/12/02 | 2017-12-02 23:55:53 |
| Family Court Mediation Streamlined – Some Ideas | Family Court Mediation Streamlined – Some Ideas Author’s note: These ideas are mine. I have presented them to the WV … | 2017/12/01 | 2017-12-01 22:20:31 |
| Robert M. Morris; a Lawyer for Others to Emulate. | A friend of ours died Nov. 13, 2017. Here are “just the facts”. And below are a few of my … | 2017/11/21 | 2017-11-21 17:26:59 |
| Mediation Food for Thought | INTRODUCTION I am pleased that we have begun a dialogue within the WV State Bar regarding mediation and other innovations … | 2017/11/18 | 2017-11-18 20:19:16 |
| “To Everything There is a Season” | Just a few minutes before leaving for the funeral. … | 2017/10/19 | 2017-10-19 18:28:41 |
| Tying Together “Unbundling” of Legal Services | (Adding Landlord Tenant Disputes to the Unbundling Package) Life is often chaotic, with unforeseen setbacks along the way. If you … | 2017/09/27 | 2017-09-27 19:10:41 |
| So You Have Your (Child Custody) Agreement: Now What? | Author’s Note: this article was inspired by a nervous client who concedes the parenting plan we negotiated for her … | 2017/07/23 | 2017-07-23 15:11:02 |
| MORE ABOUT UNBUNDLING (A $500 Product That is Worth $1000) | I admit that I have been obsessing on one issue, which is the disparity between WV people who need, … | 2017/07/07 | 2017-07-07 13:53:25 |
| What You May Not Know of the Legal Profession | I attend each year two two day long seminars put on by the West Virginia Association for Justice, formerly WVTLA, WV … | 2017/06/06 | 2017-06-06 00:57:05 |
| A Few Thoughts on Law Office Technology | Technology is a “two-edged sword”. It can be a time waster. It is easy for someone like me to “gamify” technology, so the … | 2017/06/06 | 2017-06-06 00:27:33 |
| Global Warming: How the Environmental Movement Has Botched It! | This is my “take” on the environmental movement and its emphasis on “Global Warming”. To me that approach is self-defeating. I … | 2017/06/05 | 2017-06-05 23:25:08 |
| Document Assembly for the Busy Non-Nerdy Lawyer: Pathagoras | This articles is targeted to other lawyers, particularly family law, but it also give insights to potential clients, or even … | 2017/04/27 | 2017-04-27 12:18:03 |
| OUR SUPER-HELPFUL WEBSITE: WWW.HUNTERLAWFIRM.NET | We are happy to announce that we have made life easier for you! Of course, if you are part of … | 2017/04/18 | 2017-04-18 21:01:47 |
| 30 SIMPLE FACTS ABOUT YOUR PERSONAL INJURY CLAIM | Starting with Ronald Reagan, and later Carl Rove, common perceptions of our civil justice system have hardened into negativity. Injury … | 2017/04/11 | 2017-04-11 20:16:17 |
| Unbundling of Legal Services (A Low Cost Alternative) | The poor and people of moderate income have great difficulty in obtaining legal services in WV. Something like 70% of … | 2017/04/10 | 2017-04-10 22:21:29 |
| THE SECRETS OF WINNING, Number II | (Cont. from ‘THE SECRETS TO WINNING’ Custody of your Child: This article is written primarily for the large majority of … | 2017/04/07 | 2017-04-07 18:35:30 |
| THE SECRETS TO “WINNING” CUSTODY OF YOUR CHILD | This provocative title of this two part article is true, but with a twist. There are “secrets” to a winning … | 2017/04/07 | 2017-04-07 18:22:42 |
| A CONCISE SUMMARY OF THE FUTURE OF THE LAW | A CONCISE SUMMARY OF THE FUTURE OF THE LAW I tackled this subject last summer in a major article, perhaps … | 2017/03/24 | 2017-03-24 21:23:36 |
| House Bill 2658: “The One Size Fits All, Children Can Go to Hell, Custody Law” | For the time-being, here is the link to House Bill 2658, which I affectionately call, “The One Size Fits All, … | 2017/03/12 | 2017-03-12 19:43:09 |
| A Summing Up of Eight Years’ of Blogging | My serious blogging began March 1, 2009. I had posted an article a year before, and then I rested. In searching … | 2017/02/27 | 2017-02-27 22:04:45 |
| Mr. Hunter’s Message (and Plea) to People in Power | Don’t worry; the people in authority do not read this blog. But lots of “little people” do. I intend to keep … | 2017/02/27 | 2017-02-27 02:54:26 |
| Mr. Hunter’s Message (and Plea) to his Colleagues | This is my plea to my friends and colleagues to take on the challenges to our profession. Burton Hunter’s Message … | 2017/02/26 | 2017-02-26 23:50:53 |
| Mr. Hunter’s Message to His Adversaries | This is my offer to opponents in my court cases to avoid a war and pursue rationality, or not. Burton Hunter’s … | 2017/02/26 | 2017-02-26 23:40:46 |
| Mr. Hunter’s Promise to Potential Clients | This is the first of four messages that I am posting to my website first page. jbh Burton Hunter’s Promise … | 2017/02/26 | 2017-02-26 23:11:38 |
| Coping With Accelerating Change | This will be a short post, for me anyway. But I want to make an important point, with an example … | 2017/02/05 | 2017-02-05 20:31:48 |
| Then and Now for a Personal Injury Attorney – Slip and Fall | I have often blogged of the history of technology from the perspective of a lawyer who has practiced his craft from 1972 to 2017. … | 2017/01/26 | 2017-01-26 21:54:11 |
| A Claim Against Your Own Insurance Company? | Let’s look at another kind of injury, bad faith by your fire insurance company: You have a major fire. The … | 2016/12/13 | 2016-12-13 00:28:23 |
| I Want to be your Personal Injury Lawyer because… | Questions and Answers for the Person Injured by the Fault of Another. These are good cases. They have a beginning, … | 2016/12/13 | 2016-12-13 00:12:19 |
| 2016 WVU College of Law Family Law CLE | I know, “Sexy Title”, right? Family Law. At least this article has the merit of brevity. After a couple of days … | 2016/09/10 | 2016-09-10 19:33:58 |
| Memories of a Small Town Lawyer #1 | Today I was showing my paralegal Letetia our old sample form files. Four bankers boxes, carefully tabbed with tables of … | 2016/09/07 | 2016-09-07 14:10:45 |
| Self-Represented Mediation | Let me make a few things clear: People should not be their own lawyers in family court or in pursuing … | 2016/09/03 | 2016-09-03 18:49:47 |
| Photographic Literacy: Ideas for the Small Firm Lawyer or Intelligent Lay Person | Burt’s Sony Cybershot DCS RX100 Everyone has become a photographer/videographer. That’s good for Rodney King, but it sure leads to … | 2016/08/31 | 2016-08-31 00:34:24 |
| Future of the Law 2016 | My Conning Tower to The Future of The Law As Paul Newman said in his movie, “The Verdict”, “Now … | 2016/08/23 | 2016-08-23 02:47:32 |
| Return From My Blogging Sabbatical | The View From Our Office – Corner Main and N. Kanawha; Create Buckhannon’s Art Project Mural – A Great Small … | 2016/07/01 | 2016-07-01 22:50:55 |
| Time for a Subject for the 2016-2017 Video Competition | I am struggling with the title for the 2016-2017 WV State Bar and Dept. of Education Video Competition for Middle … | 2016/05/10 | 2016-05-10 19:04:37 |
| Is It Time to Revise Mediation in WV? | (Editor’s Note: I have received some constructive criticism that my effort to promote common mediation rules for all courts is … | 2016/05/04 | 2016-05-04 22:37:20 |
| It Is Six Months After My Rear End Collison: What Should I Do? | The question above is a good one, but a tad late. Let’s discuss whether it is too late. If you … | 2016/05/03 | 2016-05-03 21:06:10 |
| Why is it Ok for WV Lawyers to “Live it Up” at the Greenbrier? | Last year, at my first meeting of the board of governors of the West Virginia State Bar, I learned this … | 2016/04/06 | 2016-04-06 21:12:03 |
| Another Table of Contents? | The answer to the title above is “Yes!”, but with a new and better twist. From time to time, I … | 2016/03/17 | 2016-03-17 13:43:07 |
| Urgent Note to Couples in their ’60’s Re: Social Security Benefits | You know how you hear those ads on Sirius or A.M. radio threatening some ominous change in our lives? They … | 2016/03/15 | 2016-03-15 11:57:14 |
| Video Competition: Magna Carta: Its Significance In Its 800th Anniversary Year | Here are the top four finishers in our WV Dept. of Education and WV State Bar Video Competition: “Magna Carta, … | 2016/03/14 | 2016-03-14 15:29:39 |
| How Much is Being Filmed Naked Worth? And Why? | Today’s big legal news is Erin Andrews’ damages award of $55,000,000.00 against her stalker, and against the Marriott Company. How … | 2016/03/09 | 2016-03-09 13:47:02 |
| Reflections on a BIG Birthday: March 7, 2016 | This is a solemn day but not a sad one. Today we said goodbye to my wonderful Stepmother, Maggie Dean, … | 2016/03/09 | 2016-03-09 13:19:10 |
| The Maze of WV Child Custody Issues – Just Dropping Crumbs Won’t Get You Out | They say the key to a good website is “Green Content”. So here is some. Below, in red, two years … | 2016/02/14 | 2016-02-14 21:53:09 |
| Is it Fair to Criticize Islam: Or is That Always Bigotry? | Commentary by Scott Simon on NPR’s “All Things Considered” crystalized my thinking on the issue of alleged discrimination against Moslems. … | 2016/01/31 | 2016-01-31 03:00:32 |
| An Article to Bookmark: Until Your World Comes Crashing Down | Have you ever been struck from the side by a New York City garbage truck going 45 mph? I have. … | 2016/01/22 | 2016-01-22 22:20:21 |
| Hire the Lawyer Who Hates Insurance Adjustors? | We all seen the ads. Greedy insurance adjusters flying paper airplanes and throwing at a dart board to determine your … | 2016/01/12 | 2016-01-12 17:55:07 |
| A Turning Point in American Gun Violence? | Sandy Hook Diner – Sandy Hook, Newtown, Ct. I visited here right after Christmas, my third time since the tragic … | 2016/01/05 | 2016-01-05 20:05:36 |
| The Year 2015 in Retrospect – Learning – Teaching – Thinking – Collaborating | I am pleased that this blog is being seen by more young lawyers and people seeking ideas on what it’s … | 2016/01/02 | 2016-01-02 16:35:39 |
| I Used to Detest Ralph Nader | I will try to keep this as short as one of my Facebook posts. In 1965, Ralph Nader wrote his … | 2015/12/02 | 2015-12-02 22:16:58 |
| Making the Best of Two Days On the Road, Oct. 31 – Nov. 1, 2015 | I encountered the Ghostbusters crew driving on I-81 South, Near Carlisle, Pa. I posted this to FB on Monday, but … | 2015/11/04 | 2015-11-04 21:25:16 |
| My Last “Dear Colleague Letter”, 9-29-2015 | I just mailed out my last letter to 100 or so colleagues I began writing to five years ago. Things … | 2015/09/30 | 2015-09-30 19:31:01 |
| CLE Caveat 9-24-2015 | No photos, graphics, or live urls : Just some thoughts looking back on the advice and tips I have handed … | 2015/09/24 | 2015-09-24 18:19:51 |
| Some Hot Tips | Burt’s Hot Tips. An excellent collections of legal podcasts. The Legal Talk Network: http://legaltalknetwork.com/ Excellent desktop search engine although … | 2015/09/24 | 2015-09-24 18:13:10 |
| Suggestions for Operating and Marketing A Small Firm Efficiently and on a Budget | Except for a four year stint in a firm called the U.S. Air Force JAG Corp, I have been in … | 2015/09/24 | 2015-09-24 17:43:44 |
| Some Thoughts on Hunting for Trophy Animals – And Some Tips on Punctuation | The news item of the rogue dentist who killed Cecil, Zimbabwa’s favorite lion will soon be off of the front … | 2015/07/29 | 2015-07-29 20:04:01 |
| Perspectives on the Iranian Peace Deal and Human Conflict | I don’t have time for this. But if I don’t capture it, it will be gone. And, I am taking … | 2015/07/14 | 2015-07-14 17:50:40 |
| WV FAMILIES DODGE A METAPHORICAL BULLET | I refer readers to my post, “WV Supreme Court Rules People May Not Agree to Leave Each Other Alone” https://hunterlawfirm.net/wv-supreme-court-rules-people-may-not-agree-to-leave-each-other-alone/ … | 2015/06/28 | 2015-06-28 22:05:05 |
| Mr. Hunter’s New Instructions to Clients Form 6-17-2015 | Burton Hunter’s Proposed Instructions to New Clients 2015 | 2015/06/17 | 2015-06-17 21:48:12 |
| Family Court Standing Order Project. | This will be short and sweet. Just an update on my efforts to improve the administration of justice in family … | 2015/06/16 | 2015-06-16 18:34:20 |
| The Times Are Changin’ | Just another sign that the times are changing. I have plenty of … | 2015/06/07 | 2015-06-07 03:01:15 |
| Howard Nations | I am a fan of legendary trial lawyer Howard Nations’ seminars. Here are his invaluable “Nations Law Links”: http://www.nationslawlinks.com | 2015/06/04 | 2015-06-04 15:40:44 |
| If I Were Tasked With Saving The Life of the Boston Bomber | I have tried a murder trial for the defense. It lasted almost two weeks. I will never try another, and … | 2015/05/19 | 2015-05-19 21:06:09 |
| The Wonderful World of Podcasting | I recently posted about the many wonderful features of the organizing app Evernote. That’s an app that permits you to collect … | 2015/05/15 | 2015-05-15 18:42:29 |
| The Chinese Curse: “May You Have a Mild Closed Head Injury” – And What if it Happens to You? | “Mild Closed Head Injury” It sounds pretty benign, as does the classic “Chinese curse”, “May you live in ‘interesting times’ … | 2015/05/01 | 2015-05-01 21:54:54 |
| WHAT YOU DO NOT KNOW (ABOUT INSURANCE AND SOCIAL SECURITY) CAN HURT YOU! | Two very important reminders in a sea of chatter and ignorance: 1. Your insurance protection; 2. Your Social Security benefits. … | 2015/04/28 | 2015-04-28 12:30:59 |
| A Proposal on Behalf of New and Small Firm WV Lawyers – A Turnkey Office Technology System | Burt’s Office: A Study in Transitional Technology This is an idea I got it as a result of attending my … | 2015/04/22 | 2015-04-22 23:51:37 |
| I. The Law of Families in WV – Some Very Preliminary Thoughts | Some Preliminary Thoughts on Human, Religious, and Political Conflict, and the Application of Those Thoughts to Familial Conflict and Family … | 2015/04/13 | 2015-04-13 19:59:00 |
| WV Senate Bill 430 – The Law That No One Heard Of | A Family Court Room WV Senate Bill (430), The Law That No One Heard Of Ok; I admit this blog … | 2015/04/02 | 2015-04-02 18:58:14 |
| Mr. Hunter – Why Can’t I Find Your Kindle Book Series? | This is a short follow up to my last blog post. Perhaps this will be a help to a fellow … | 2015/03/21 | 2015-03-21 19:25:50 |
| Publishing my Kindle Books | This will be short and sweet. Over the last 4 years, I have written approximately 600 pages and 250 … | 2015/02/23 | 2015-02-23 17:14:30 |
| How I Became a Communist? | First; let me say I am not a Communist! But, I have taken note of some people in my Republican … | 2015/02/20 | 2015-02-20 23:27:18 |
| What Kind of Giver Are You? Or Are You a Taker? | Credit to: ” Give and Take: Why Helping Others Drives Our Success” By Adam Grant, Penguin Press I write this … | 2015/02/06 | 2015-02-06 22:50:36 |
| Symantics, Metaphor, Religion, and Clarity of Thought | For an article on a related topic, see: http://hunterlawfirm.net/burts-criticism-of-religion-and-religiosity/ My website programmer Dan and my wife Nancy each say … | 2015/02/01 | 2015-02-01 19:42:49 |
| Digging Down – On Organizing and Preparing Your Case | Introduction First; in the interest of time and copying, I provide here a link to the PDF version of this … | 2015/01/23 | 2015-01-23 01:18:56 |
| Doing the Right Thing, and Not Being Afraid | One of my “crack paralegals” made a gutsy call today that got a client time with his children, under tense … | 2015/01/09 | 2015-01-09 21:22:10 |
| My big changes for 2015; (Burt’s 2015 New Year’s Resolutions) | 8. 2. 1. I am making a transition from my standard, conventional, Dell Latitude to a tablet! 2. I will … | 2014/12/31 | 2014-12-31 17:49:02 |
| Low Tech Fundamentals of Running a Law Office | I recently completed a fairly ambitious article setting out my efforts to create an Internet presence. https://hunterlawfirm.net/social-media-annual-review-marketing-for-the-small-firm-lawyer/ … | 2014/12/30 | 2014-12-30 14:00:11 |
| Social Media Annual Review – Marketing for the Small Firm Lawyer | The heart of my Internet presence is my professional website, mentioned below: http://www.hunterlawfirm.net Pulling all of these threads together into … | 2014/12/23 | 2014-12-23 13:31:52 |
| WV Supreme Court Rules People May Not Agree to Leave Each Other Alone. | I have the greatest respect for our judges and justices. They have a tough job. And, by my oath as … | 2014/12/13 | 2014-12-13 03:52:31 |
| “Legal Disability” – What Do a Soldier, a 17 Year Old, an Inmate, and a Hospitalized Mental Patient Have in Common | The idea for this article came from my trusty paralegal, Letetia. She suggested I touch on some ramifications of an … | 2014/12/05 | 2014-12-05 22:38:43 |
| A Few Thoughts on “The Christmas Wars” | One thought on last night’s replay of Charlie Brown’s Christmas. Nancy and I each thought “uh oh!. The religious comments … | 2014/12/04 | 2014-12-04 22:20:24 |
| Remember the Children of Divorce. | Not every blog post needs to be an original, inspired, nugget. Even Fareed Zacaria “borrows”. I think that’s fine, so long … | 2014/11/10 | 2014-11-10 13:02:52 |
| Free E-575 page e-Book – Absolutely Everything I’ve Written in Four Years! | I am excited to announce a TOTALLY FREE PDF BLOG of four years of blog posts. Editor’s note: Update is now … | 2014/11/01 | 2014-11-01 22:27:36 |
| America’s Love Hate Relationship With The Poor. | Recently I wrote a post describing an option for a poor person who needs a lawyer. “Poor” is a relative term, since … | 2014/10/26 | 2014-10-26 21:39:02 |
| When You Can’t or Won’t hire a lawyer? A $500 Option. | 1. First; let’s define the kind of case. If it is a fault-based personal injury claim, such as serious injuries resulting … | 2014/10/21 | 2014-10-21 19:44:43 |
| Happy to be a Rich Man | 7It has been a dramatic, poignant, and fulfilling six months. 1. And so many connections. 2. Our 45th anniv. trip … | 2014/10/16 | 2014-10-16 15:47:38 |
| A Small Town Lawyer’s 50 Year Perspective – The Linsly School’s 200th Homecoming Reunion | These are the guys who visited the Maple Chalet. Thinking that I may have mentioned my high school education and … | 2014/10/13 | 2014-10-13 21:13:56 |
| 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 … | 2014/10/13 | 2014-10-13 18:38:00 |
| 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 … | 2014/09/26 | 2014-09-26 19:40:19 |
| 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 … | 2014/09/19 | 2014-09-19 13:22:46 |
| 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 … | 2014/09/11 | 2014-09-11 19:50:25 |
| 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 … | 2014/08/22 | 2014-08-22 21:52:50 |
| 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, … | 2014/08/17 | 2014-08-17 18:06:39 |
| 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 … | 2014/08/03 | 2014-08-03 21:28:15 |
| 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 … | 2014/07/28 | 2014-07-28 20:21:56 |
| 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. … | 2014/07/27 | 2014-07-27 18:15:25 |
| Lawyer Ratings | My colleagues and I in WV have been largely spared the instant feedback that online lawyer ratings provide, and the threat, … | 2014/07/21 | 2014-07-21 14:08:51 |
| 45 Years After the First Moon Landing | Nancy and I have had two non-stop months, chronicled on FB. My blogging has dropped to its lowest in 4 … | 2014/07/19 | 2014-07-19 14:57:10 |
| The Formative Effect on a Country Boy of the 4-H Clubs in Ohio County, WV in the ‘50’s and ‘60’s | The Formative Effect on a Country Boy of the 4-H Clubs in Ohio County, WV in the ‘50’s and … | 2014/07/08 | 2014-07-08 23:43:14 |
| My Prayer for Independence Day 2014 | My prayer for our nation, heading into Independence Day week-end: 1. That we appreciate the amazing freedom we have and … | 2014/07/03 | 2014-07-03 12:08:18 |
| An Invitation to LIKE and SUBSCRIBE | Today I will invite all my Facebook, Linked In, Twitter, and Google+ connections to “like” my professional Facebook Page, J.Burton … | 2014/06/16 | 2014-06-16 20:07:39 |
| Launching My New Website | Duomo in the background; view of modern Florence, Italy, May, 2014 Today I finished my fifth revision to “Burt’s History … | 2014/06/13 | 2014-06-13 22:08:32 |
| Burt’s History of the World – Part I – To The Age Of Enlightenment | This is the first part a “history lesson” I wrote for our grandchildren, Anna, Jack, Grady, Lucille, Frances, and our … | 2014/06/11 | 2014-06-11 21:17:13 |
| The Beginning of an Era – And Why I Wrote My Own “History of the World”. | Five years ago, I wrote my first blog post in “Perspectives of a Small Town Lawyer”, www.burtonhunteresq.blogspot.com . Then I rested … | 2014/06/11 | 2014-06-11 19:51:04 |
| Why Bother With a Legal Check-Up? | Today a person who “just wants a will” declined an appointment. I don’t do “just a will” any more. You … | 2014/05/30 | 2014-05-30 21:04:10 |
| The Family Vacation – Paying The Price For Being a Small Town Lawyer | Ok: you spend 45 years together, screw together your nerve at your anniversary, suggest a celebratory trip to Italy as … | 2014/05/23 | 2014-05-23 19:17:38 |
| The Changes: the Ones That Are Coming and the Ones That Are Here. | This summer I will select the best, most informative, and maybe most controversial of my nearly 4 years of blogging. … | 2014/05/09 | 2014-05-09 20:43:28 |
| Using Voice to Text Dictation | This is a very quick post, but great news I think. A client called this morning. She needed me to … | 2014/05/06 | 2014-05-06 13:14:42 |
| “Teacher; why do we have to learn this stuff?” | Not sure how I can make the obvious sound somewhat thoughtful, but here goes. At my 50th high school celebration … | 2014/05/05 | 2014-05-05 23:32:30 |
| Why Should a Non-Techy Lawyer Care About This? | Yes; I have used this photo before. … | 2014/05/01 | 2014-05-01 23:26:55 |
| Has Our Society Lost Something Essential in the Rearing of Its Youth? | Editor’s Note: I was getting ready to publish this, when it struck me: I do not want to imply things … | 2014/04/26 | 2014-04-26 19:59:01 |
| The Challenge to the Church in The Modern World (Or, What’s It All About Anyhow?) | I have been struggling with the fact that my church, The United Methodist, is dying. Quite literally, its members are … | 2014/04/26 | 2014-04-26 19:14:11 |
| Final Set-up for Microsoft Surface Pro For Office Use | Here is the final product of our experiment to set up a Microsoft Surface Pro 2 as a desktop substitute, … | 2014/04/18 | 2014-04-18 18:44:44 |
| How Perspectives Change | This simple blogging format tempts me to create shorter posts, knowing I won’t have to kill 40 minutes converting the … | 2014/04/15 | 2014-04-15 21:38:48 |
| Every Journey Begins With the First Step | All of my 274 blog articles began with the Blogger dashboard. Having just read “In the Plex – How Google … | 2014/04/14 | 2014-04-14 21:10:42 |
| My New Integrated Professional Website: www.hunterlawfirm.net | Getting our new website is very exciting. Having everything on a WordPress platform allows me to incorporate of my both blogs, … | 2014/04/09 | 2014-04-09 00:44:38 |
| Nerd’s Notes: The Journey to Make the Microsoft Surface Pro 2 a Desktop Substitute | Here are a few things I have learned – a follow up to my former blog article, http://tinyurl.com/kxybog4 , taking advantage of … | 2014/03/28 | 2014-03-28 21:26:00 |
| The Challenges of Microsoft Office’s Access Relational Database. | Years ago, I used Appleworks and Microsoft Works for list-making, spreadsheets, and word processing. The tutorial disk for Appleworks was … | 2014/03/27 | 2014-03-27 20:06:00 |
| The Lawyers’ “Golden Rule” for Sheriffs’, and Private, Process Servers | Personal injury, family law, and civil dispute lawyers often have to file lawsuits and serve papers on opposing parties. Here … | 2014/03/21 | 2014-03-21 11:07:00 |
| The Microsoft Surface Pro 2; some thoughts. New Potential for Doubling Your Reading Speed; And Updated Spreadsheet. | Dear Colleague, Friend, or Family Member; 1. A couple of weeks ago I wrote you about the nifty new tablet … | 2014/03/14 | 2014-03-14 21:06:00 |
| A Modern View of Religion by a Spiritual Person | Dear Faithful Readers: I introduce to you my Friend and Guest Blogger David Powell. David, a WVU graduate, is a true … | 2014/03/02 | 2014-03-02 19:05:00 |
| Experiments with : File Disposal – The Microsoft Surface Pro 2 as an Office Computer – and An Alternative to Expensive Litigation Software | Dear Colleague (and; this is so neat, I have included my family and friends mailing groups, BUT DO NOT HESITATE … | 2014/02/28 | 2014-02-28 22:44:00 |
| A New Table of Contents to My Blog and Other Useful Tidbits | Some days, the only use I can picture for my Dell Latitude Laptop is as a Frisbee, right off of … | 2014/01/30 | 2014-01-30 22:09:00 |
| Letter to Colleagues, Friends, and Family – A Pathagoras (Document Assembly) Refresher | Pathagoras Owner Roy Lasris Dear Colleagues; (and Burt’s staff, friends, and family, since this software benefits anyonewho needs to … | 2014/01/12 | 2014-01-12 00:53:00 |
| More Correspondence with Baron Henley – Dear Colleages, January 1, 2014 | Burt’s First Dear Colleague Newsletter of the Year – 2014 Dear Colleagues; 1. Just delete this thread if you simply … | 2014/01/03 | 2014-01-03 19:57:00 |
| Burt’s January 1, 2014 Letters to Colleagues (and Clients). | Here is evidence of our efforts to become “paper-less”; 460 bankers boxes that we brought downstairs,60 of which are ready for … | 2014/01/01 | 2014-01-01 21:35:00 |
| Guest Blogger Barron Henley – The Realities of the Paperless Office | Folks: You are invited to my sister blog, “WV Lawyer, Tips and Techniques”, for a post, with permission, from our … | 2013/12/20 | 2013-12-20 19:56:00 |
| The Dream of a “Paper-LESS” Office is a Reality | Thank you Barron Henley of Affinity Consulting (full contact information below) for allowing me to post the e-mail you wrote … | 2013/12/20 | 2013-12-20 00:00:00 |
| A Father’s View of Risk Taking | This February, Nancy and I will have been married 45 years, and will have known each other … | 2013/12/12 | 2013-12-12 00:11:00 |
| A New Post to My Sister Blog – Equitable Distribution and Alimony Workbooks | Practical Tips to my Colleagues – Equitable Distribution and Budget Spreadsheets – Budget:http://tinyurl.com/l2mdp6r | 2013/12/08 | 2013-12-08 22:15:00 |
| Family Law Practice Tip – Equitable Distribution and Alimony Spreadsheets | Note to the reader: If you are a colleague who would like the Excel Workbook described below, just write me … | 2013/12/08 | 2013-12-08 21:28:00 |
| A Report of the Book, “The Clockwork Universe: Isaac Newton, the Royal Society, and the Birth of the Modern World”, by Edward Dolnick. | I am pleased to post this book report a client prepared of this wonderful short history of the British Royal … | 2013/12/01 | 2013-12-01 22:46:00 |
| A Small Town Lawyer Chatters on FB About His World. | Below is a thread of discussion on the critters around our homes and our town: 1. I just read … | 2013/11/16 | 2013-11-16 21:19:00 |
| How is Buddha Relevant to the World of A Small Town Lawyer? | A view of our natural world, from our deck, 11-11-2013 For any of my readers who prefer something more immediately … | 2013/11/12 | 2013-11-12 22:41:00 |
| If I Could Know Only Ten Things About My Family Law Case, What Would They Be? | If I Could Know Only Ten Critical Things About My Family Law Case, What Would They Be? 1. You probably … | 2013/10/24 | 2013-10-24 21:18:00 |
| If I Could Know Only Ten Critical Things About My Serious Injury Claim, What Would They Be? | This is as simple as I can make it. 1. Unless you or someone very close to you has … | 2013/10/04 | 2013-10-04 21:33:00 |
| Amazon Comes to My Client’s Rescue – Don’t Believe Everything You Think, by Thomas Kida | I am pleased that someone was kind enough to ghost write this blog article for me. It is by the spouse … | 2013/10/02 | 2013-10-02 20:50:00 |
| 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 … | 2013/09/30 | 2013-09-30 19:53:00 |
| 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 … | 2013/09/27 | 2013-09-27 21:39:00 |
| 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 … | 2013/09/25 | 2013-09-25 20:14:00 |
| 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 … | 2013/09/20 | 2013-09-20 12:39:00 |
| The Lack of Privacy in the Modern Age | What a busy late summer it has been. With luck, next week we will get to a “working vacation” where … | 2013/09/16 | 2013-09-16 20:20:00 |
| Why Should My Lawyer Know Technology | I have written on the need for lawyers (and clients) to use technology, I hesitated to write this, but perhaps … | 2013/08/30 | 2013-08-30 21:01:00 |
| 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 … | 2013/08/16 | 2013-08-16 21:28:00 |
| 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 … | 2013/08/13 | 2013-08-13 22:35:00 |
| 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 … | 2013/07/30 | 2013-07-30 21:44:00 |
| 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 … | 2013/07/18 | 2013-07-18 22:42:00 |
| Personal Injury Urban Myths – The Phonebooth – The Other Side of the Story. | Have you heard the one about the pedestrian, who was severely injured in a phone booth by a drunk driver, … | 2013/07/18 | 2013-07-18 18:07:00 |
| Eclectic Summer Reading and Listening For Your Vacation – 2013 | 1. I will never write a novel, paint a masterpiece, or win a Nobel Peace Prize, but I still want … | 2013/07/12 | 2013-07-12 21:35:00 |
| More on “Why Hire a Divorce or Personal Injury Lawyer?” | This is the post you should forward to a friend or family member with legal woes, if you care … | 2013/06/26 | 2013-06-26 21:16:00 |
| Militant Moderate – Mad As Hell! | MAD AS HELL! My clients sometimes call me a bulldog. Only when I have to be, but…….. Ok; … | 2013/06/26 | 2013-06-26 00:43:00 |
| Burt’s Response to the Challenges of the Modern World | a. Recently received from two colleagues of my generation: i. “I will only communicate by regular mail. If … | 2013/06/07 | 2013-06-07 00:38:00 |
| Where Have You Been Mr. Hunter? | I miss my Apple II! I would love to say my many “fans” have been pestering me with questions of … | 2013/05/30 | 2013-05-30 21:20:00 |
| Burt’s Letter to His New Clients – From Perspectives of a Small Town Lawyer | Here is a letter I drafted as a handout for new clients. And the “Legal Checklist” is an early article … | 2013/05/14 | 2013-05-14 22:26:00 |
| Burton Hunter’s Letter to New Clients | Letter to New Clients From: Burton Hunter Dear New Client: 1. For many years, we have been … | 2013/05/11 | 2013-05-11 21:31:00 |
| Dragon for iPhone – Simple Tip | blog and will catch this follow up. 3. I mentioned that Dragon for the iPhone is impractical because of … | 2013/05/08 | 2013-05-08 12:47:00 |
| J. Burton Hunter III’s WV Supreme Court Cases | 2013/05/07 | 2013-05-07 12:14:00 | |
| Practical Technology Tips For a Small Family Practice | Above is the title to my recent seminar presentation. The slides are at my professional Facebook Page, J. Burton Hunter … | 2013/05/04 | 2013-05-04 00:18:00 |
| LOW TECH – PRIORITIZATION | 1.The Book? Effective Time Management (Using Outlook); Seiwert and Woeltje 2.Eisenhower Matrix: p.p. 38-43. 3.I have seen this in other … | 2013/04/26 | 2013-04-26 21:21:00 |
| LOW TECH, SUSPENSE, SUSPENSE, SUSPENSE! | 1.You can’t get much lower tech than a plastic banker’s box with 31 drop folders. 2.Number them for the days … | 2013/04/26 | 2013-04-26 21:16:00 |
| Why Play by the Rules? | The movie drunk with the knife once famously said to actor Paul Newman, “There ain’t no rules in a knife … | 2013/03/27 | 2013-03-27 21:38:00 |
| A Small Town Lawyer’s Reading List | I have been asked to present a 50 minute seminar on the topic of Law Office Technology. I started to … | 2013/03/17 | 2013-03-17 23:02:00 |
| What If I Hire a Divorce Lawyer | I was tempted to cover my family law, personal injury, and civil trial practice in one article. That will not … | 2013/03/08 | 2013-03-08 21:04:00 |
| Fundamental Precautions – Before and After Your Serious Collision | Folks; I am well aware that I sound like a nanny, but that’s what you are paying me for, or … | 2013/03/06 | 2013-03-06 13:26:00 |
| Reflections Upon A Working Vacation | For those of you who only follow this blog, a lot more has been happening than shows up here: 1. … | 2013/02/24 | 2013-02-24 17:54:00 |
| The Value of a Working Vacation | Exactly a year ago, my wife Nancy and I were doing much as we are this year, taking a mid-winter … | 2013/02/18 | 2013-02-18 23:05:00 |
| Burt’s Nerdy Videos, Pathagoras Document Assembly, and the Sony rx100 Camera/camcorder | If you have a few minutes, I think you will enjoy this serendipity. Pathagoras # 1: http://tinyurl.com/ahsrtfd (A Roy Lazris … | 2013/02/12 | 2013-02-12 01:12:00 |
| 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 … | 2013/02/04 | 2013-02-04 21:58:00 |
| 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 – … | 2013/02/03 | 2013-02-03 19:18:00 |
| 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 … | 2013/01/23 | 2013-01-23 23:20:00 |
| 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 … | 2013/01/13 | 2013-01-13 00:47:00 |
| 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 … | 2013/01/07 | 2013-01-07 02:35:00 |
| 2013 New Year Resolutions | I have been disconnected since Thursday December 27 visiting family. Not much time to ponder the coming year, but here … | 2013/01/01 | 2013-01-01 23:10:00 |
| 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 … | 2012/12/24 | 2012-12-24 22:57:00 |
| 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, … | 2012/12/21 | 2012-12-21 20:27:00 |
| 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 … | 2012/12/16 | 2012-12-16 00:14:00 |
| 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 … | 2012/12/12 | 2012-12-12 21:55:00 |
| Thoughts on the Effective Use of E-mail and Its Ilk. | Some posts seem to be equally applicable to this blog and to my “WV Lawyer – Tips and Techniques”, www.burtonhunteresq2.blogspot.com . … | 2012/12/07 | 2012-12-07 23:19:00 |
| The Proper Care and Feeding of Mediators | Practice tip; lawyers, protect and pay your mediator; don’t forget to pay your up front deposit. She or he needs … | 2012/12/06 | 2012-12-06 15:08:00 |
| The WV State Bar Referral Service – Leaping Into the New Millenium | W Get ready folks; the WV State Bar is headed into the new millennium, and WV Lawyers ignore this development … | 2012/12/05 | 2012-12-05 23:27:00 |
| Two Posts From My Blog, Perspectives of Small Town Lawyer | After a lull in posting, during a very busy fall, I found time for two useful posts on my “sister … | 2012/11/24 | 2012-11-24 23:37:00 |
| Children, Guardians Ad Litem, The Law, and Society | I spent last Friday at a seminar for guardians ad litem, or guardians in law, for children. It was not … | 2012/11/24 | 2012-11-24 22:34:00 |
| 2012 Seminars Attended to Date | As I work on my “big article” on Guardians Ad Litem and their link to larger problems of society, here … | 2012/11/20 | 2012-11-20 16:30:00 |
| Getting Mediation Right | A late arriving client allows for this short post. I intend to figure out a way to insert a long string … | 2012/11/14 | 2012-11-14 14:48:00 |
| Feigned Indignation | This is a follow up to my post of April 27, 2011, “Disingenuous Lawyers”: it is a small thing, but very … | 2012/10/12 | 2012-10-12 12:33:00 |
| Sharing is Good | The purpose of this blog is to share ideas, help others who are confronting challenges, help bring new lawyers along, … | 2012/10/05 | 2012-10-05 11:23:00 |
| Hanging Out Your Shingle – Not for the Faint of Heart | Having consistently written of my profession and perspective during my three years or so of blog writing in a way … | 2012/09/21 | 2012-09-21 22:08:00 |
| Staples and Commas | Several Months ago I tried to work my way, with an open mind, through a book on language that espouses loosening … | 2012/09/12 | 2012-09-12 20:03:00 |
| WV Mediation – Some Practical Ideas | Those of you who think I am cheating by simply adding this link to my other blog, WV Lawyer – … | 2012/09/08 | 2012-09-08 02:15:00 |
| Mediation: Practical Considerations | I last wrote about mediation in my blog, “Perspectives of a Small Town Lawyer” on Sat., June 9, 2012: http://tinyurl.com/7q23hda. … | 2012/09/08 | 2012-09-08 01:36:00 |
| Why Klout Went Klunk | My last post was a venting about Klout, who dropped me with a Klunk. Here is their story. Updates to … | 2012/09/05 | 2012-09-05 10:18:00 |
| Equitable Distribution – WV Divorce Property Law | Most of my clients have property smaller than this abode in Asheville, N.C., The Biltmore! There seems to be less confusion about … | 2012/08/31 | 2012-08-31 18:45:00 |
| On Judging a Book By the Cover | Nancy and Buddy, and Mary and Marley at the dog park in Westport Ct. If the small town lawyer has a … | 2012/08/31 | 2012-08-31 18:31:00 |
| The Delusion of Klout.com; a Lesson in Ego Deflation | Klout.com was catering to my ego and inflated self importance, showing a steady rise from 13 to 59, still below … | 2012/08/26 | 2012-08-26 16:07:00 |
| Domestic Violence and Family Court | First let me (humbly) say I am a really good personal injury lawyer. I will code this with some references to … | 2012/08/20 | 2012-08-20 20:48:00 |
| Practical Tips For Lawyers 8-14-2012 | For those “Important But Not Urgent” research and writing projects, have a home office where you can get away and … | 2012/08/14 | 2012-08-14 19:09:00 |
| Click on URL below for a quick tour of our offices. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vG-1xGIyuAQ My lifetime best friend, Dick Billick, is an … | 2012/07/30 | 2012-07-30 20:53:00 | |
| A Divorce Lawyer’s Plea to Mothers | Mothers, PLEASE do not raise a spoiled, entitled, pampered, undisciplined, whiny, petulant, controlling son! Because, when he grows up, he … | 2012/07/21 | 2012-07-21 14:26:00 |
| Two Tips : Time Billing and Resources | Finding time for two blogs is an interesting challenge, but mostly it is a hectic summer, with lots of mowing, … | 2012/07/19 | 2012-07-19 13:32:00 |
| Dominos or Popcorn – Does It Matter? | A week or so, I posted a Facebook note about Stockton Ca., the first city of its size to file … | 2012/07/11 | 2012-07-11 11:25:00 |
| Two Examples of a Society in Decline | Thoughts from a curmudgeon: 1. My wife and I watch 4 evening news shows back to back to back to … | 2012/07/04 | 2012-07-04 16:50:00 |
| Why Does My Lawyer Act The Way He Does? | 1. I am going to post to my FB professional page an e-mail thread of a discussion of my Linked … | 2012/07/04 | 2012-07-04 16:37:00 |
| Are We Headed to Armageddon? | I just posted this to FB. Just a few thoughts after a “powerless, phone-less” week-end in the “high 90’s”. The … | 2012/07/02 | 2012-07-02 15:20:00 |
| Why Won’t My Lawyer Call Me Back? | The title above was a question posed by someone on my Linked In Family Law Marketing group. I tried to … | 2012/06/23 | 2012-06-23 17:53:00 |
| More About Organizing Your Case. | Every case shares something in common. Each requires the gathering and organizing of information. The first source of that information … | 2012/06/21 | 2012-06-21 21:08:00 |
| Another Victory in the Tech Revolution – Dictation | Two or three years ago when David Duffield of the Duffield Law Firm (including tech whizzes Chad Lovejoy and Jason … | 2012/06/21 | 2012-06-21 19:18:00 |
| Technology Review | Those for whom James Gleick’s book Information is too long or daunting, or who cannot find a Latham’s Quarterly on “Communication” … | 2012/06/20 | 2012-06-20 17:26:00 |
| Co-parenting iPhone/iPad App | I got this tip from my Linked in Family Law Marketing group. | 2012/06/12 | 2012-06-12 12:06:00 |
| Post Litigaton Mediation, Without a Lawyer? | A recent phone call from potential client changed my answer to the question above. She stated: 1. Her child’s father … | 2012/06/11 | 2012-06-11 22:45:00 |
| A Foot in Each Camp | Thoughts following my attendance at the WV Association for Justice 54th Annual Convention and Seminar: I love being a … | 2012/06/09 | 2012-06-09 17:48:00 |
| Buy a $1,000,000 Umbrella! | $1,000,0000! Ok; my having to squeeze in 3 blog articles on a Sunday evening, with the last 100 laps … | 2012/06/03 | 2012-06-03 23:17:00 |
| Doing the Right Thing | This tip is so obvious and so often violated by my colleagues, especially the unimaginative ones: When you have the … | 2012/05/26 | 2012-05-26 16:51:00 |
| Why Did You Turn Down My Case? | My answer to the question above it this: You say “another lawyer” referred you to me because I will be … | 2012/05/23 | 2012-05-23 11:45:00 |
| Obama, Romney, Gay Marriage, and Bullies | This is the little boy that learned the lessen not to be a bully It has been a very hectic … | 2012/05/17 | 2012-05-17 22:02:00 |
| How I Got My Score Over 50 on Klout.com; Bird by Bird | Being a social media showoff sure has its frustrations. I shared some ideas with our friend Jim Kraft, who is … | 2012/05/17 | 2012-05-17 19:04:00 |
| How To Testify at Trial | This is not my client; just a generic/Google Images photo. Here is some advice I gave a client in a … | 2012/04/28 | 2012-04-28 22:32:00 |
| Getting Feedback | Thank you to everyone who views this blog. I just learned that I have had 17,000+ page views. Not exactly … | 2012/04/21 | 2012-04-21 23:27:00 |
| Getting Feedback | Yes; some day I am going to get some feedback that singes the hair off my head, but today I … | 2012/04/21 | 2012-04-21 23:16:00 |
| Paperless Office | This is a set up at home. Not yet paperless, but with my Fujitsu Scansnap Scanner. An echo from my … | 2012/04/12 | 2012-04-12 20:57:00 |
| Burt’s Picks of 11 Important Websites | I had this “Dear Colleague” mailing list. There we around 200 lawyers, some business and professional people, and friends … | 2012/04/04 | 2012-04-04 22:37:00 |
| West Virginia Lawyer – Tips and Techniques | Above is the title to my first post, and to this blog. For two years I have authored “Perspectives of a … | 2012/03/31 | 2012-03-31 22:53:00 |
| How To Read Burt’s Book? | As much as I would like to emulate John Grisham and Steve Coonts, I have no interest in writing fiction, … | 2012/03/23 | 2012-03-23 20:56:00 |
| Is It Ok to Bite My Child? | If the answer to the above question were a simple “No!”, it would not be the title to this blog … | 2012/03/14 | 2012-03-14 21:03:00 |
| Post Script | This is a good day for a retrospective. I ran head on into a tree on Monday and turned 66 … | 2012/03/09 | 2012-03-09 21:22:00 |
| What Can a Lawyer Learn On The Road? | After all these years, I still feel I should apologize for going on vacation. I already had two “anxiety dreams”. … | 2012/02/08 | 2012-02-08 20:54:00 |
| Burt’s Criticism of Religion and Religiosity | The Moon Over Our Home Our Friend the Mantis, With Duffy Looking On Wonders of Nature Burt’s Criticism of Religion … | 2012/02/06 | 2012-02-06 15:41:00 |
| Your Legal Checkup and Review; “An Ounce of Prevention” | (Avoiding Legal Problems, “Preventive Law”) We are used to the idea of an annual medical examination or “check up”, … | 2012/01/30 | 2012-01-30 21:12:00 |
| Hello 2012; An Avalanche of Change | Nancy and I are concluding the year 2011 at the home of her Mother, Marjorie Goodfellow, active and healthy at … | 2012/01/03 | 2012-01-03 22:38:00 |
| Is Lying or Stealing Wrong? | Why ask such obvious questions? Because they are not so obvious, at least not in this society. And, from what … | 2011/12/16 | 2011-12-16 23:22:00 |
| Personal Injury Client Misperceptions | From my hundreds of interviews with potential clients and clients, I find there are common misperceptions among the victims of … | 2011/12/02 | 2011-12-02 21:59:00 |
| What Burt Has to Say to His (Divorce and Custody) Opponents | The WV Rules of Professional Responsibility for lawyers prohibit my communicating with a represented party. But, a lawyer must deal … | 2011/11/20 | 2011-11-20 16:21:00 |
| Collegiality, Professionalism, and Burt’s Lie Detector | Recently, I needed some letters of support from friends and colleagues, and I got them. It was an uplifting experience … | 2011/11/18 | 2011-11-18 23:05:00 |
| Living With Constant Change | I read a book back in the ’70’s titled “Future Shock” by Alvin Toffler, a “futurist”. His first chapter grabbed … | 2011/11/17 | 2011-11-17 20:10:00 |
| Why the Republicans Need to Go to Mediators’ School | Recently I heard a comment from Republican House leader John Boehner. It was so outrageously stupid, it deserved more … | 2011/11/13 | 2011-11-13 23:04:00 |
| Breaking Up With Your Personal Injury, Divorce, or Civil Lawsuit Lawyer | I am NOT writing to encourage anyone to fire their lawyer and hire me. But, it happens to all lawyers. … | 2011/10/07 | 2011-10-07 21:54:00 |
| Divorce 101 Handout (October 5, 2011) | Two clients called this week worried about their case management conferences, so here is an informal glossary which I now … | 2011/10/05 | 2011-10-05 20:25:00 |
| Lawyers and Language | Precision in language, spelling, grammar, and punctuation can make the difference, between being a good lawyer or a mediocre. It … | 2011/10/02 | 2011-10-02 17:42:00 |
| Obesity And The Law, And How Not to Be Fat | I attempted a blog post on this subject and failed miserably. It is a sensitive subject and I have no … | 2011/09/18 | 2011-09-18 23:09:00 |
| The Mystery of Equitable Estoppel | I love the doctrine of promissory or equitable estoppel. It has allowed me to win several appeals to the WV … | 2011/09/18 | 2011-09-18 21:42:00 |
| No Lawyer? Or Just Any Lawyer? | Grey Hair is Sometimes a Good Thing Recent events have taught me again that going to court without a lawyer … | 2011/09/13 | 2011-09-13 23:38:00 |
| How a Lawyer Deals With an Unrepresented Party | How a Lawyer Deals With an Unrepresented Party Here is an article I wrote a few years ago. I think … | 2011/08/25 | 2011-08-25 20:48:00 |
| Protecting Our Reputations | Just a short note of warning. Whether you are a high school cheerleader whose boyfriend takes “one of those pictures”, … | 2011/08/12 | 2011-08-12 20:20:00 |
| Fat, the Law, and Society | In editing my blog for my Kindle Book, I found this draft, from August 11, 2011, but never published. I … | 2011/08/11 | 2011-08-11 21:14:00 |
| What’s With the Free Videos? | This is a short post to explain the appearance of videos in this blog and elsewhere. First, I invite you … | 2011/08/07 | 2011-08-07 14:00:00 |
| Personal Injury and Divorce In West Virginia | 2011/08/07 | 2011-08-07 06:39:00 | |
| Dear Personal Injury Client: Points to Remember | (Note: Feb. 10, 2012. J.B.H. This is straightforward, bread and butter, stuff that every one of us should have, since … | 2011/07/31 | 2011-07-31 15:37:00 |
| Why Do You Have a Blog Too Mr. Hunter? | Around 18 months ago I began to get serious about maintaining a blog.I had been studying social media and marketing … | 2011/07/25 | 2011-07-25 16:42:00 |
| Practical Technology 102 | It is easy to spout some of the tips and ideas I stumble over and another to find things that … | 2011/07/15 | 2011-07-15 20:49:00 |
| Kacie Anthony-Miscellany-Videos | Just a few thoughts: 1. My failure to post the last few weeks does not mean I am easing off. … | 2011/07/05 | 2011-07-05 22:06:00 |
| 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 … | 2011/06/19 | 2011-06-19 21:47:00 |
| 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 … | 2011/06/10 | 2011-06-10 20:47:00 |
| 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 … | 2011/06/02 | 2011-06-02 23:29:00 |
| 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 … | 2011/06/01 | 2011-06-01 21:06:00 |
| What, a Week?! | What a week to be a lawyer. Knocked down, picked up, cussed out, uplifted, back and forth. Plan for a … | 2011/05/27 | 2011-05-27 20:38:00 |
| 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 … | 2011/04/27 | 2011-04-27 21:13:00 |
| 2011 Annual Meeting of WV State Bar | Charleston WV Embassy Suites Hotel Dear Colleagues; WV State Bar Annual Meeting (This stuff was interesting to me, but no one … | 2011/04/18 | 2011-04-18 19:13:00 |
| 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 … | 2011/04/05 | 2011-04-05 22:25:00 |
| Lessons From Hatfields & McCoy – Perpetuating the Fight | Divorce negotiations, mediations, and trials are often influenced by people who are in the background, trying to help, or hurt, but usually … | 2011/03/29 | 2011-03-29 19:36:00 |
| Social Media Warnings, Family Law Parties | 1. If you want a good result in your divorce, YOU MUST consider the Facebook/Social Media component. That is because … | 2011/03/14 | 2011-03-14 00:23:00 |
| The Role of Fault in WV Alimony (WV Code 48-8-104) | WV Code, Section 48-8-104 Effect of fault or misconduct on award of spousal support In determining whether spousal support is … | 2011/03/06 | 2011-03-06 14:47:00 |
| Factors in Determining Alimony (Spousal Support), The WV Statute, Sec 48-6-301 | Section 48-6-301 Factors considered in awarding spousal support, child support or separate maintenance; (Note: Feb. 10, 2012. J.B.H. This is … | 2011/03/06 | 2011-03-06 14:40:00 |
| General Provisions Regarding Spousal Support, WV Statute | Section 48-8-101 General provisions regarding spousal support (a) An obligation that compels a person to pay spousal support may arise … | 2011/03/06 | 2011-03-06 14:37:00 |
| Rehabilitative Spousal Support – The WV Statute | (This is simply the WV Statute. I work with the person claiming rehabilitative alimony by preparing a “plan of economic … | 2011/03/06 | 2011-03-06 14:34:00 |
| Alimony: The Particulars | I posted an article about alimony, or spousal support, August 9, 2010. You may recall that there are several forms … | 2011/03/06 | 2011-03-06 14:09:00 |
| How Did Your Week Compare to Mine? | I just finished an intense, interesting week. Perhaps you would like to know what that means for a busy personal … | 2011/03/04 | 2011-03-04 21:33:00 |
| The WV Association For Justice – Benefits of Our Relationship | Travels and “stuff” have kept me from posting the last couple of weeks. My attendance last week at the 2011 … | 2011/02/21 | 2011-02-21 17:16:00 |
| The Tension Between Lawyers and Judges | This is a difficult topic for me. I just deleted my first page, for the second time! Back I go … | 2011/02/01 | 2011-02-01 22:23:00 |
| Document Assembly Dialogue; Roy Lazris’s Reply To Scott Curnutte | Please note that Roy does not argue with Scott. He is not that kind of guy. Instead, he addresses Scott’s … | 2011/01/31 | 2011-01-31 22:49:00 |
| Can Lawyers Collaborate to Their and Their Clients’ Benefit? | Writing for my blog, to my family and friends, and to other lawyers is very satisfying to me. I have … | 2011/01/31 | 2011-01-31 22:33:00 |
| How Can I Get My Children’s Parenting Plan Modified? | This is a question I am asked around 25 times a year. First, what is a parenting plan? From at … | 2011/01/22 | 2011-01-22 17:13:00 |
| What Does a Personal Injury Lawyer Do Anyway? | In a world of instant communication, it is amazing the misconceptions people have regarding this question. As I have said, … | 2011/01/18 | 2011-01-18 21:53:00 |
| Tech Feedback with Blog Readers | I was pleased to get an e-mail from a colleague who had read my article on creating a tech savvy … | 2010/12/28 | 2010-12-28 23:34:00 |
| What Do You Need to Know about Deeds? | This is my 71st article posted in 2010. I shall try for 100 in 2011. I hope what I have … | 2010/12/23 | 2010-12-23 21:24:00 |
| A Reminder to People Who Have Been Injured! | They say Google indexes better on sites with frequent updates, so here is an important reminder post! My divorce clients … | 2010/12/18 | 2010-12-18 22:37:00 |
| Tech Update | Where has my Saturday gone? Cantata Practice, two hours at the office, and a nap during the Mountaineer basketball game … | 2010/12/18 | 2010-12-18 21:39:00 |
| How to Set Up a Modern, Tech Savvy, Legal Office | My practice serves people, almost exclusively individuals, sometimes small family groups, as in a will contest. Having people skills, … | 2010/11/26 | 2010-11-26 16:06:00 |
| One Week, Out of My 1900 On Earth So Far | (As I read more than a year later, I look back on a week where we had 8 mediations in … | 2010/11/05 | 2010-11-05 19:36:00 |
| One Week, Out of My 1900 On Earth So Far | (As I read this more than a year later, I look back on a week where we had 8 mediations … | 2010/11/05 | 2010-11-05 19:36:00 |
| How an Attorney Can Be a Good Adversary | I have been writing some criticisms of other attorneys. No matter how well intentioned, this can seem mean spirited. For … | 2010/11/01 | 2010-11-01 22:42:00 |
| How an Attorney Can Be a Good Adversary | I have been writing some criticisms of other attorneys. No matter how well intentioned, this can seem mean spirited. For … | 2010/11/01 | 2010-11-01 22:42:00 |
| The Dilemma of the Difficult Client | Attorneys represent all conceivable interests. The Catholic Church, General Motors, non-profits, insurance companies, and the President, have attorneys. Some of … | 2010/10/22 | 2010-10-22 22:30:00 |
| The Dilemma of the Difficult Client | Attorneys represent all conceivable interests. The Catholic Church, General Motors, non-profits, insurance companies, and the President, have attorneys. Some of … | 2010/10/22 | 2010-10-22 22:30:00 |
| Common Sense, Political Correctness, and “Literacy”. | Today Juan Williams was fired from N.P.R. because he went onto the Bill O’Reilly show and said that people in … | 2010/10/21 | 2010-10-21 18:47:00 |
| Common Sense Advice for the Personal Injury Claimant | Dear Client: Here are some basic tips: 1. Your claim is private, to you and your spouse. We suggest you … | 2010/10/03 | 2010-10-03 17:25:00 |
| Social Media, the Internet, Texting, and E-Mail | And, TIPS to the Family Law Client: (Note; February 10, 2012. The passage of time since this was posted … | 2010/10/01 | 2010-10-01 19:57:00 |
| Various Insurance Coverages – Limiting the Loss | I am reissuing this post from Sept., 2010 because I have again met a client who was injured by a … | 2010/09/17 | 2010-09-17 20:29:00 |
| I Have Been Hurt by a Negligent Driver, What Can I Claim? | My new personal injury clients often tell me, “All I want is my medical bills paid.”. We can do that, … | 2010/09/16 | 2010-09-16 21:23:00 |
| Comparative Fault in WV | Hmmmm……..20 promised articles………8-10. How about 3 tonight. I wrote to the WV State Bar Social Media Committee some thoughts, answered … | 2010/09/15 | 2010-09-15 22:05:00 |
| The Basics of Personal Injury Claims in WV | First; let’s deal with the myth of the greedy client and greedy lawyer. My wife and I were on … | 2010/09/15 | 2010-09-15 21:06:00 |
| Procrastination, Information, and Ignorance | Before writing my articles on Personal Injury Misconceptions, a few thoughts. My new Apple iPad is fabulous; no I haven’t … | 2010/09/15 | 2010-09-15 20:22:00 |
| Social Media for Lawyers, and Real People | I have put some thoughts to paper regarding Social Media (Or, more properly, Internet Marketing for Lawyers, and Technology). Here … | 2010/08/31 | 2010-08-31 22:28:00 |
| Communicating with Those You Hate, or Who Hate You | Communication Tips (For Divorcing and Conflicted Parties) Many of my custody cases, at least initially, involve significant conflicts between the … | 2010/08/20 | 2010-08-20 21:52:00 |
| Upcoming Posts | Apologies for lengthy upcoming posts. I wrote two documents; a. Tips For Lawyers Dealing With Unrepresented Parties. b. Burt’s Tips on How Parents … | 2010/08/13 | 2010-08-13 01:29:00 |
| Alimony or Spousal Support – Will I pay or get it? | As with most things, there are many misconceptions about alimony or spousal support. Most common is the thought is that … | 2010/08/09 | 2010-08-09 22:14:00 |
| Shortsighted Lawyers | This week was a frustrating reminder to me that shortsighted lawyers cause a lot of harm, to others, and their … | 2010/07/31 | 2010-07-31 21:09:00 |
| Why Won’t My Lawyer Call Me Back? | Burt Hunter: dutifully calling back one of his clients! This is a good question. 30% of the lawyers I deal … | 2010/07/24 | 2010-07-24 01:47:00 |
| Mediation Conundrums, Domestic Violence, and Sociopaths | Seminars “charge my batteries”. Tonight I am writing this post from the Charleston WV Marriott, one of my favorite places. … | 2010/07/20 | 2010-07-20 23:54:00 |
| Surrogate Parenting Contracts | In the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king. Google and Wikipedia just advised me that I … | 2010/07/16 | 2010-07-16 19:44:00 |
| Serious Auto Accident: Now What?! | Here it is in a nutshell: 1. Whether you were at fault, or the other guy, you are very foolhardy … | 2010/07/11 | 2010-07-11 20:59:00 |
| So, You Think A Divorce May Be In Your Future? | Sadly, my advice is not sought on “How to be a good husband/wife.” That’s why I can throw that advice … | 2010/07/07 | 2010-07-07 21:06:00 |
| How To Be A Good Wife | I am adding this post because of “popular demand”; that is, if I had a large readership, they would want … | 2010/07/06 | 2010-07-06 22:58:00 |
| Burt’s Answer to J.B. (I mean Joe) | A Few Thoughts While on Vacation; Twitter, Community on the Internet, and The End of The World as We Know … | 2010/07/01 | 2010-07-01 18:25:00 |
| May I Record My Spouse Without Their Knowledge? | The answer to the question above is “NO, NO, NO!!” It is usually morally reprehensible, and may be illegal. Have … | 2010/06/26 | 2010-06-26 18:12:00 |
| Divorce Does Not Ruin Children, But Parents’ Behavior Does | (Note: a friend gently chided me for the phrase above “Ruin Children”. She did not like the idea of a … | 2010/06/26 | 2010-06-26 18:04:00 |
| The McDonalds Happy Meal Controversy | I chuckled at the comments of critics of Happy Meals having toys in them because children aren’t sophisticated enough to … | 2010/06/26 | 2010-06-26 17:58:00 |
| Being a Good Husband | My friends may chuckle over this title, given the number of times they have asked Nancy, in good fun, how … | 2010/06/21 | 2010-06-21 21:04:00 |
| But Grandma Loved Me Best! | This photo includes my dear Grandmother. She died with very little, and there was no will, and no dispute. But, … | 2010/06/12 | 2010-06-12 01:04:00 |
| What? Sue my employer? (Deliberate Intent) | There are occasions where filing a claim against or suing your employer is appropriate. If you are the victim of a … | 2010/06/09 | 2010-06-09 23:12:00 |
| Why Continuing Legal Educaton? | Sorry to sound like a smart alec, but, just for fun, ask your lawyer to see a list of her/his … | 2010/06/04 | 2010-06-04 00:08:00 |
| Reboot of Topics | I have sent out 450 letters and will have an intense month in the local newspapers inviting members and suggestions … | 2010/06/03 | 2010-06-03 00:39:00 |
| Blog Announcement | Most of my former clients, and current clients, are getting a letter telling them about my blog. I encourage everyone … | 2010/05/26 | 2010-05-26 01:12:00 |
| Facebook Tips | Facebook, The Missing Manual, mentioned in my last post, provides several websites with useful information, some officially sanctioned and some … | 2010/05/22 | 2010-05-22 21:00:00 |
| The Power of Facebook | (Note: as of Feb. 9, 2012, I see there is nothing that is new in the posting below, but much still … | 2010/05/21 | 2010-05-21 22:00:00 |
| Mediation: Tips for Parties and Lawyers | The experience of going to mediation after mediation with trusted, or at least grudgingly civil, colleagues can be very uplifting. … | 2010/05/14 | 2010-05-14 21:52:00 |
| Scumbags and the Death Penalty | I used to be a strong proponent of the Death Penalty. Then, I used up a considerable amount of my … | 2010/05/07 | 2010-05-07 22:33:00 |
| Taze The kid? | (2-9-2012) I am for tazing, at least in this instance. 1. If it were my kid, I would want him … | 2010/05/05 | 2010-05-05 23:09:00 |
| Something Constructive: How to Organize the Facts in Your Case | Every case involves facts that have to be organized, whether it involves a serious collision, divorce or custody matter, or … | 2010/05/04 | 2010-05-04 20:25:00 |
| Mediation Madness | OK; I ADMIT IT! THIS POST IS PURE GRIPE. 1. Because mediation in Family Court began with a low budget “pilot … | 2010/05/04 | 2010-05-04 18:51:00 |
| Ten Dire Results of “Representing Yourself”. (Things that have happened.) | Be your own lawyer, and chaos may reign: 1. If your spouse goes bankrupt, you might have to pay off … | 2010/05/03 | 2010-05-03 22:35:00 |
| Commitment to Clients | Most clients do not know what to expect in their relationship with their attorney. Certainly, it varies by the attorney. … | 2010/04/25 | 2010-04-25 19:14:00 |
| Why Be a Lawyer? | Not everything can be original. This is part of the “signature” a fellow trial lawyer puts on her e-mails. There … | 2010/04/23 | 2010-04-23 11:57:00 |
| The Mysteries of Attorney Marketing | The Mysteries of Marketing. The Yellow Pages has opened a whole new section “Attorneys”, in addition to Lawyers. Now they … | 2010/04/21 | 2010-04-21 20:12:00 |
| Southern Tour | It is great to get away from the “daily grind”. My work is never boring, but it is stressful. The … | 2010/04/17 | 2010-04-17 21:27:00 |
| Lawyers Are People Too | Nancy Hunter on Dingle Peninsula; Ireland is the homeland for Irish Road Bowling. This post is supposed to become part of … | 2010/04/14 | 2010-04-14 22:21:00 |
| Don’t Be Your Own Divorce Lawyer….#2 | Where was I??!! Once I get started with my “gripes” regarding our profession, I become a little crazed. Let’s start … | 2010/04/08 | 2010-04-08 19:19:00 |
| Don’t Be Your Own Divorce Lawyer….. #1 | This is the blog post I did not want to write. Why give away something I have every right to … | 2010/04/08 | 2010-04-08 18:58:00 |
| Powers of Attorney. | While awaiting our WV Mountaineers to take on Duke in the semi-finals of the final four, I think I will … | 2010/04/03 | 2010-04-03 17:46:00 |
| West Virginia Auto Insurance Coverages | The people of WV very much need a better understanding of auto insurance coverages. One of the most irresponsible ads … | 2010/03/29 | 2010-03-29 20:30:00 |
| The Nuts and Bolts of Family Court | Although I have several subjects in mind relative to my personal injury, trial, and mediation practice, I will today follow … | 2010/03/24 | 2010-03-24 20:52:00 |
| Common Mistakes of Divorcing Parties | The following may be obvious to everyone; if so, lots of people are willing to ignore good sense. Mistakes of … | 2010/03/22 | 2010-03-22 21:28:00 |
| Miscellany and WV Irish Road Bowling | Today I shall make two posts, both with the help of Dragon Naturally Speaking. 1. Recently, I had some difficulty … | 2010/03/22 | 2010-03-22 20:31:00 |
| Mediation, Collegiality, and Professionalism | I continue to utilize Dragon Naturally Speaking by Nuance but recently could not resist recently asking Nuance’s sales representative why … | 2010/03/07 | 2010-03-07 02:35:00 |
| More on Technology – Moving Outlook to “The Cloud” | A lawyer can spend his/her day speaking and interacting with people, in person, by phone, e-mail, even social networking, … | 2010/03/03 | 2010-03-03 21:50:00 |
| Websites, Blogs, Practice Areas, Lawyers Who Fail to Communicate | I spent an hour today on www.PCGoToMeeting.com with my FindLaw representative, Matt. Interesting that a sophisticated, and costly, site such … | 2010/02/24 | 2010-02-24 21:41:00 |
| Dictation with Dragon Naturally Speaking | (Note; as of Feb. 6. 2012, the jury is still out on Dragon. Perhaps the neatest development is its arrival … | 2010/02/21 | 2010-02-21 19:51:00 |
| Positioning One’s Self for the Changes That Are Coming. | (Note; update Feb. 6, 2012. This post was more prescient than I knew. Updating my technology, becoming comfortable with social … | 2010/02/18 | 2010-02-18 21:58:00 |
| The Rhythm of Writing a Blog | I think there is a rhythm to writing a blog. I am beginning to get a feel for it. I … | 2010/02/17 | 2010-02-17 21:04:00 |
| Burton Hunter’s Practice Areas; Brief Overview | Burt’s Practice Areas:1. Personal Injury: The main emphasis of my practice has always been representing individuals. I like to represent … | 2010/02/14 | 2010-02-14 19:00:00 |
| Today I Am at the WVAJ Mid Winter Meeting. | Today I am at the WV Association for Justice Mid-Winter Meeting. W.V.A.J., formerly WV Trial Lawyers Assoc., is the state … | 2010/02/12 | 2010-02-12 19:32:00 |
| Launching My Revised Website and Blog | All of my energy, recently, has been put into my new website. The old content is @ five years old. … | 2009/03/01 | 2009-03-01 04:32:00 |
| My First Post December 23, 2008 | The post below is my first surviving blog post, edited slightly. I then rested for a year, but in the … | 2008/12/23 | 2008-12-23 22:32:00 |