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February 3, 2013

Effective Preparation of a Case – For Mediation and Trial

This morning I was listening to our preacher preach, (of love, hope, and faith, the most important is love – see I really was just resting my eyes!) and pondering the subject of my next blog article. Just a moment ago, I realized I had written it. When I got home from church, I had another frustrated e-mail from a client who finds my way of organizing a case to be confusing and frustrating. Here below is my effort to clarify it for her. Dear (Fru...

March 1, 2022

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 or death to WV workers, and tragic loss to their families. Mine Site Accidents – Attorney J. Burton Hunter III : Attorney J. Burton Hunter III (hunterlawfirm.net)   Oil and Gas Explosions – Attorney J. Burton Hunter III : Attorney J. Burton Hunter III (hunterlawfirm.net)   What? Sue my employer? (Deliberate Intent) – Attorney J. Burton...

June 4, 2010

Why Continuing Legal Educaton?

...n. This organization, founded by the inimitable Stanley Preiser, best darn trial lawyer in WV, and one of the best ever in the U.S., and a few friends, is the advocate for “the little guy”. There will be trial lawyers chewing on the tail of BP, just as we go after drunk drivers and other at fault parties. Of, course the “at fault” part is determined by juries. The jury system is at the heart of the many freedoms that exist in this country. I have...

September 21, 2012

Hanging Out Your Shingle – Not for the Faint of Heart

...That’s right. You must have a new iPad and iPhone. Here’s why. The better trial lawyers have begun to use TrialPad or other applications for use in court. You must have wi-fi and 4G. You must be able to project a document, photo, or other visual onto a screen. You must have all the data in your office in your fingertips. Yes, you must! How sad to see a senior, or even younger, lawyer say to the judge. “I do not have my calender your honor. May I...

December 28, 2021

Civil Litigation 101

...-way dispute between neighbors. A civil claim can also result from an industrial accident or alleged unjustified refusal of an insurance company to pay its own insured’s valid claim ( called a”first-party insurance bad faith claim”). A civil suit or claim is separate from a criminal charge, like murder or robbery, or administrative proceedings, like workers’ or unemployment compensation or Social Security claims. In most civil matters, mediation i...

October 13, 2014

Nuts and Bolts of Preparing For Your Deposition

...rding, or audio and video. It is part of the discovery process, although a trial deposition can be taken to preserve for trial the testimony of a person who may be unavailable for trial, such as a seriously ill or elderly person, or someone planning to be out of the country. Depositions are often taken of witnesses to a controversial event such as an auto collision, and they may be taken by a party such as the plaintiff or defendant in a lawsuit....

December 7, 2012

Thoughts on the Effective Use of E-mail and Its Ilk.

...done it using phones. I also had 8 e-mails in a case that was headed to a trial. We have avoided Armageddon by counsel’s agreeing to meet early next week. Only by getting my client to reduce his demand to concise numbered items and to promise the other lawyer I was ready to “talk turkey” did I pull that off. Again, e-mail made it possible. As I have mentioned in other posts, I have four employees, three of whom are paralegals. Two do family law w...

August 17, 2014

A Personal View of How to Find the Best Lawyer

...d, f. travel costs. It makes sense to want the attorney handling your industrial injury case to have done dozens or hundreds of such cases, just as you would to represent a brain-injured child. If you begin with your small-town general trial attorney, you know he or she as a reputation to protect in that community, who is well-known by the people that community, and she cares deeply for the people, especially the children, of his community. Televi...

March 15, 2014

John Burton Hunter III

...uys” Who Otherwise Would Get Kicked Around Honors and Awards West Virginia Trial Lawyers Association Presidents Awards, 1994 West Virginia Trial Lawyers Association Member of the Year Award, 1995 Professional Associations and Memberships West Virginia State Bar, 1972 – Present West Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, Member, 1982 – Present West Virginia Association for Justice, Board Member, 1995 – Present Board of Governors, 1995 – Present Past E...

October 24, 2013

If I Could Know Only Ten Things About My Family Law Case, What Would They Be?

...https://hunterlawfirm.net/?p=279 8. If you do not get what you want at the trial level, you will have a “double whammy” in that you do not know how to appeal a case, and you probably already screwed up the record by not knowing what to present at trial. 9. Agreeing to one too many, or too few, overnight visits a month in an agreed parenting plan can costs you thousands of dollars in child support and even prevent, or allow, a parent to move with t...