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December 2, 2017

COMPETENCE

...but I do it religiously. I bring that spreadsheet in my computer to every mediation, adjusting values and balances as necessary so that we always know how close my client is to a 50% – 50% division. We have a rule in our office that nothing goes out of this office without a hook in it. That means we have “a suspense system” taught to me by my Facebook friend Cathy Chipari Page, 45 years ago, setting a date, one, two, or four weeks into the future...

August 14, 2012

Practical Tips For Lawyers 8-14-2012

...settlement be closer in net value to a $75,000 jury verdict as far as what the client realizes. That is VERY important to the client. 9. Communication is key to a settlement, especially if you are trying to settle without going to mediation or trial. Use ingenuity, wit, careful documentation, and experience to turn the other side slowly to your point of view. 10. And DO NOT overreach, over-promise, or even over-threaten. Those behaviors tend to b...

April 8, 2018

Brand New WV Custody and Alimony Law

...V State Bar Board of Governors, the Family Law Committee, the Family Court Mediation Subcommittee, the Future of the Law: Technology Committee and The WV Association for Justice Board of Governors. I did track two prior bills; one I labeled the “One Size Fits All and the C hildren Can Go to Hell” bill; the other was the one that favored, “the parent best able to involve the other parent in the life of the child”. I tried to paste the urls of those...

March 6, 2018

Mr. Hunter’s Revised Letter to Clients

...e is a: a. Personal injury; b. Civil action; c. Family Court matter; or d. Mediation. Note: each of these areas has its own set of specialized intake forms. 3. Please consider anything you post to the Internet to be public. Set your privacy settings to “friends only” but realize any “friend” can share or print, “snag” or take a screenshot of, anything you post, and forward it to anyone they want! 4. Ponder the previous paragraph while realizing th...

August 31, 2012

Equitable Distribution – WV Divorce Property Law

...re not part of the marital partnership. Often these issues are resolved at mediation since neither party relishes the expense or delay of another lawsuit, in circuit court, involving one of the party’s parents. k. A gift to parties before the marriages fail are just that. The giver doesn’t get to take them back if the spouse is a louse. Thus, a couch that both used, the washer/dryer, and the van put in both names, are marital, but the personal gif...

March 7, 2018

2018 Update: Equitable Distribution: WV Divorce Property Law

...re not part of the marital partnership. Often these issues are resolved at mediation since neither party relishes the expense or delay of another lawsuit, in circuit court, involving one of the party’s parents. k. A gift to parties before the marriages fail are just that. The giver doesn’t get to take them back if the spouse is a louse. Thus, a couch that both used, the washer/dryer, and the van put in both names, are marital, but the personal gif...

March 7, 2018

Digging Down 2018 – Short and Sweet!

...ant to tell Mr. Hunter.”; “Questions I want to Ask Mr. Hunter”, “Goals for Mediation”; or “Grievances I have about the other party.” 3. Each time you have a question or idea pop in your head, start a “top ten list” and give it a pithy title. I think of these lists as “memory ticklers”. They are essential, but the “objects” are the puzzle pieces. 4. The Timeline, or chronology: The other two legs, Object lists and Top 10 Lists, provide what you nee...

February 20, 2015

How I Became a Communist?

...m the WV Assoc. for Justice Mid Winter Meeting and Seminar, the segment on Mediation by Monica Haddad and Donald B. O’Dell. How Can a Trial Lawyer Communicate with a Conservative? My sincere thanks to Little Rock Arkansas attorney Paul Byrd, and indirectly to Ken Conner, who he credits below, for allowing me to borrow some of their slides to the recent continuing education seminar that Paul presented to the WV Association for Justice. There are so...

May 23, 2018

YOU HAVE YOUR COURT APPROVED PROPERTY SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT: NOW WHAT?

...they release the second party. When in doubt, call the institution during mediation and ask. 4. If the other side agrees to refinance within a specified period, or to reapply periodically, say annually, to refinance, never fail to remind the other party or to request politely for documentation such as a loan application and bank denial letter. 5. E-mail or texting may work, but be sure to save the sent communication. 6. Consider my “trick” of sen...

December 17, 2018

Resources: For My Clients, Potential Clients, Self-Represented, and Colleagues.

...tion about personal injury and other contingency fee cases; my thoughts on mediation, negotiation, and other methods of dispute resolution; new concepts on “future of the law” and access to justice for low and moderate income litigants; and some of my deepest and most serious views on the problems of our culture and our world. For rock solid information focused on WV Divorce Law, read “Divorce in West Virginia : The Legal Process, Your Rights, and...