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July 5, 2011

Kacie Anthony-Miscellany-Videos

...in the U.S. It is a powerful counter to the unrelenting attack on our jury trial and civil justice system. He advocates our appealing to potential jurors’ immediate perceived self-interest in the interests of a just result. More on that later. 5. Just sitting on our decks during a near perfect July weather week is very comforting. No hectic travel, vacation expenses, or distractions. I guess we are having a “staycation”. 6. I am re-reading my blog...

January 1, 2013

2013 New Year Resolutions

...day to day trial practice reflect that same technology. Software such as “TrialPad” will be essential to this goal. 8. I will continue to integrate my writing and sharing with the unfortunately worded “social media”. I will use my blogs, http://www.burtonhunteresq.blogspot.com and http://wwwburtonhunteresq2.blogspot.com , with my modernized professional Findlaw professional website http://www.hunterlawfirm.net , and my “J. Burton Hunter and Assoc...

April 15, 2019

RURAL DIS-CONNECTIVITY: Part of WV’s Plight: And My Struggles with DirectTV and AT&T

...d people above Chris’s pay grade are unresponsive. We could sue and have a trial before a jury of our peers, but Congress has taken away our right to trial, by jury or judge, with that evil fraud called “forced arbitration”. That’s a subject for another day, but the loss of that right harms every American. Why should getting to the Internet to a rural location be so clunky and expensive? Fast communication could connect West Virginians, with each...

August 23, 2016

Future of the Law 2016

...votion to clients. A slick, sharp, ambitious, young, Utah, personal injury trial lawyer, who fully intends to be the dominant PI firm in the state using state of art technology. He clearly understands the importance of branding and a clear presence on the Internet. The CEO of Fastcase who radiated brains and intensity, and actually seemed to know what I meant about “The Age of Enlightenment” and the co-inventor of calculus, with Sir Isaac Newton,...

July 14, 2018

The Sad State of Our Fine Profession

...such as the WV State Bar Student Video Competition, or my old post as The Trial Lawyers People Law School which I chaired for five years, give me a job and I will do it. But don’t expect me to sit like a lump. If you are my chair person, I will pepper you with ideas, expect some feedback, and try to achieve reasonable, and some unreasonable goals. If I am yours, I expect you to work. My experience is that the Trial Lawyers (WVAJ) is a dynamic gro...

November 18, 2017

Mediation Food for Thought

...t. You should prepare for mediation much as you do for your final hearing (trial). You should document your debts, as of your date of separation and as of the date of mediation, and know and document your assets (personal property such as cars and furniture; real property such as house or farm, and retirement benefits such as a 401K plan or pension). If alimony (spousal support) is an issue, read the alimony statute, West Virginia Code – Sections:...

October 21, 2014

When You Can’t or Won’t hire a lawyer? A $500 Option.

...g with the judge. No guarantees, but better than nearly complete ignorance. 22. So, if you know someone who can’t afford to hire a lawyer, has become discouraged by quoted retainers, or is too stubborn to hire counsel, he/she can get a full consultation for a small fraction of the cost of a contested trial. This method is not perfect, but I believe it is consistent with CLE presentations I have attended where lawyers are encouraged to figure a way...

April 11, 2017

30 SIMPLE FACTS ABOUT YOUR PERSONAL INJURY CLAIM

...ploding tire, medical malpractice, with its huge litigation costs, or industrial accidents, exploding mine or gas well, with expert engineers and complexity. I am not talking of them here. Back to the reasons cases settle: with $50,000 in per person liability coverage and $40,000 in medical bills, or where injuries are permanent, that case is going to settle. In those cases would you rather pay $ $16,666.67 in lawyers’ fee, (1/3) or $10,000,, (1/5...

January 31, 2019

Financial Disclosure in Divorce: Get it Right!

...all of those debts, up to settlement or mediation or trial. If there is a trial, the Court will need that information for a just result. This may require calling my creditors, my bank, and my insurance company, or the “plan administrator” for a retirement and visiting the county clerk or assessor. I understand the difference between a secured and an unsecured debt. Example of secured debts are car loans and home mortgages. Examples of unsecured d...

May 26, 2010

Blog Announcement

...uch is WV specific, and Central WV specific, but my goal is to reveal things from the point of view of an experienced trial attorney, based in a rurul WV County Seat. I am on the Board of Governors of the WV Assoc. For Justice, formerly WV Trial Lawyers Assoc., and try hard to maintain trial skills worthy of that position. In the next few weeks, I shall also post an announcement in our local newspapers. I think my best stuff will come from answers...