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August 25, 2011

How a Lawyer Deals With an Unrepresented Party

...ey not be dragged into the controversy, and assure the other party of your intention to respect and agree to their establishment of parental rights. 5. This tip has many caveats: a. With experience, you will be able to identify the 40% or so of cases where such an idea (calling the other party) will not apply. b. The same standards that will screen certain parties out of mediation will sometimes make this approach impossible. Serious drug or alcoh...

July 27, 2014

My Areas of Legal and Geographical Practice

...h (refusal to settle your claim properly), industrial injuries (deliberate intent), and medical malpractice. c. As a longstanding member of the WV Assoc. for Justice, and its Board of Governors, I have learned who has the best reputations is various parts of the state, and I associate on major matters with those most familiar with local judges and courts. It has taken decades to make these connections and gain that knowledge. 2. My Family and Civi...

November 10, 2014

Remember the Children of Divorce.

...8. My parents had a conflicted marriage. Good people, loving parents, well-intentioned, in love, but not a good match emotionally. Thus their marriage lasted only 48 years. Yep; I became a “child of divorce” at age 47. 9. So, how did I survive into adulthood, whole and blissfully happy? I still credit my parents for love, support, taking me to church, getting me to my activities, and paying for a great education, but in the 50’s and 60’s, just as...

December 23, 2014

Social Media Annual Review – Marketing for the Small Firm Lawyer

...good humor, valuable experience, a good heart, and brains. Against my best intentions, I “over-do”, but perhaps even that helps convince people I would be a good guy to have on their side. I remind you here of the fundamentals: This will not work if you do not have something to say. You will not have something to say if you do not have passion and brains and if you do not read and listen. If you lack these things, you will need to rely heavily on...

March 7, 2010

Mediation, Collegiality, and Professionalism

...law and allowing them to give away valuable legal rights. I have seen well-intentioned non-lawyer mediators (by profession, counselors, school teachers, or homemakers) who were thoroughly intimidated when lawyers accompanied their clients to mediation. I have also heard them bitterly complain about the presence of lawyers at mediation, largely before because the lawyers who were appearing during the first few years had not bothered to educate them...