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December 8, 2013

Family Law Practice Tip – Equitable Distribution and Alimony Spreadsheets

...e” to whom order and vertical thinking come naturally. I take my laptop to mediations and trials, and my ability to make changes and calculations on the fly provides to me an advantage I need. Every experienced lawyer has her/his own methods regarding “the stuff”. This is mine. I use Microsoft Office Excel. This workbook is in Version 7, but it is easily convertible. I learned spreadsheets on a 40 k program called VisaCalc 30 years ago. I am surpr...

April 29, 2020

A ROADMAP TO BURTON HUNTER’S IDEAS AND “WISDOM”

...m/ydagxcuc   CIVIL SUITS, PREVENTIVE LAW, DISPUTE RESOLUTION, NEGOTIATION, MEDIATION, AND OTHER Blog Search for “Civil Action”: https://tinyurl.com/y7rw8yb7 Blog Search for “Right of Way”: https://tinyurl.com/yas4o3g8 Blog Search for “Jury Trial” : https://tinyurl.com/ybz825b6 Blog Search for “Estate Dispute”: https://tinyurl.com/ycop2gc2 Blog Search for “Law Office Management”: https://tinyurl.com/y9q7wqdf Blog Search for “Legal Checkup”: https:/...

June 21, 2012

More About Organizing Your Case.

...orce”, “Reasons My Spouse is Not a Good Parent”. These lists go with us to mediation, and they are in my opening statement to the court or jury and my closing arguments. They must be concise because it is so difficult for a Court to understand and sort through the evidence as it is presented;  and c. The Timeline or Chronology, with dates (exact or approximate) along the left side of the page, and the events (which may include elements from a. and...

January 31, 2019

Financial Disclosure in Divorce: Get it Right!

...the extent I can, I need to track 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...

March 14, 2012

Is It Ok to Bite My Child?

...ve “loaned” it to my editor, Nancy. What prompted the question above was a mediation where my client questioned grandma’s fitness to provide child care because she bit her grandchild to discourage him from biting her. The “rest of the story” describes a person for whom this was not the only child rearing faux pais. But, that’s not the point of this post. I am proud to say the parties, with the mediator’s help, fashioned a good parenting plan with...

November 13, 2011

Why the Republicans Need to Go to Mediators’ School

...otiate solutions. Here is what I explain to every client before we go to a mediation. Each side has something he or she wants, and an idea of what he might give up in order to reach agreement. So, the old model for negotiating, which I read 20 years ago in a book called “Getting to Yes”, was to have a first, second, and final negotiating position. I had negotiated hundreds of compromise agreements but could not understand why I usually agreed to s...

November 20, 2011

What Burt Has to Say to His (Divorce and Custody) Opponents

...do not be surprised that you demand for 50% is not going to be granted. 5. Mediation. Would you rather have a major role in parenting, in how your property is to be divided, in which debts are paid by which party, and in whether you receive or pay alimony, or would you just like to pitch the judge in a one hour to eight hour trial and have him or her decide your fate, and your children’s? I don’t think so! I request that you and your lawyer do you...

November 5, 2010

One Week, Out of My 1900 On Earth So Far

...s I read this more than a year later, I look back on a week where we had 8 mediations in six working days. Six were successful. That leaves two that may go to trial. Think of the burden on our court system if we were not settling three out of four. 02-28-2012, J.B.H.) (And now I read this, 3 years later, and am reaffirmed that time does not wait for us. 02-27-2-2015. jbh) It was just another week.(He says slyly.) Next week, I will able to recall i...

April 11, 2017

30 SIMPLE FACTS ABOUT YOUR PERSONAL INJURY CLAIM

...t so clear, a good lawyer may convince the carrier to go to pre-litigation mediation. Mediation often leads to settlement. I have learned that I can make good money in cases with clear fault and “manageable” damages by taking a contingency fee of just 20%, and occasionally less. “Contingent” means no fee without a recovery. Many lawyers accept as standard 1/3, or 33 1/3 % of any sum collected, before costs are deducted, plus the costs. Many times,...

December 14, 2017

Future of the Law: A Selection of My Posts

...m.net/so-you-have-your-child-custody-agreement-now-what/ https://hunterlawfirm.net/digging-down-on-organizing-and-preparing-your-case/ https://hunterlawfirm.net/time-revise-mediation-wv/https://hunterlawfirm.net/self-represented-mediation/ Questions and feedback are requested and welcome. jbh...