147 Search Results for "personal injury"

June 2, 2011

Disposing of 5000 Closed Client Files

As promised, I have two articles in draft on the continuing subject of my personal injury practice. I keep thinking of key events that helped me to understand how to represent individuals injured by the fault of another. You do not just walk out of law school understanding this stuff! Today I am at the WV Association for Justice (Trial Lawyers) annual meeting and seminar. I could not have maintained a busy personal injury and trial practice witho...

March 15, 2014

ATV Accidents

...roducts Safer for All People complain about lawyers, but if it weren’t for personal injury attorneys, many more people would have been seriously injured or killed in ATV accidents. When they were first introduced, ATVs were three wheelers that were inherently unstable and had other design flaws. People were frequently injured and killed in ATV rollover accidents. One model lacked a safety guard between the foot peg and the wheel. If the peg imping...

March 15, 2014

Our Firm

...e is a “trial practice” focused on representing individuals in family law, personal injury and other types of civil cases. I advise my clients in divorce and related issues such as child custody and support. I assist people who have been injured in auto accidents, in industrial accidents, by defective products and by medical malpractice. I also represent people who have been victims of bad faith settlement practices by insurance companies. During...

March 15, 2014

John Burton Hunter III

...Buckhannon Upshur Chamber of Commerce. Hunter has represented hundreds of personal injury victims, handled nearly 3000 family law cases, and handled hundreds of insurance claims, civil suits, and a wide variety of other matters. Now he prefers to focus his practice on personal injury and insurance, matrimonial law, and civil law suits. Hunter has been heavily involved in technology, innovation, and continuing education throughout his career. He a...

December 1, 2021

A Legal Blog: Perspectives of a Small Town (WV) Lawyer

...recession”, I began to publish what I know: Tips in Law Office Management. Personal Injury Law and Practice. Family Law and Related Topics. The “Ins and Outs” of Civil Litigation. Law Office Technology. Forms, Checklists, Top Ten Lists, and My Personal Methods. My Insights Into Politics, History, Philosophy, Science, and Personal Fulfillment. Insights into Civility, Collegiality, Alternate Dispute Resolution (Mediation/Arbitration), Innovation, an...

April 25, 2010

Commitment to Clients

...reservoir of experience. With nearly 3000 family law cases and hundred of personal injury and civil matters, I have that now. Clients’ interests must be placed ahead of the attorney, but not so that she/he cannot make a good living, pay and train good staff, and be well equipped. Finally, many lawyers think it is their job to follow their client’s instructions. I know that the client has probably never been in this situation before, so I see the...

August 23, 2016

Future of the Law 2016

...t they do and devotion 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 Si...

April 6, 2016

Why is it Ok for WV Lawyers to “Live it Up” at the Greenbrier?

...onflict in our society and civilization. Criminal defense and prosecution, personal injury, corporate organization, taxation, environmental issues, consumer protection, constitutional issues, wildlife protection, everything, requires the analytical approach, and advocacy, of lawyers. 10. By many standards, the members of this profession or more miserable than most, so public promotion of ourselves as reasonably prosperous and happy cannot hurt. As...

April 28, 2015

WHAT YOU DO NOT KNOW (ABOUT INSURANCE AND SOCIAL SECURITY) CAN HURT YOU!

...r policies. AND, it is critical, with so many drivers having little if any personal injury liability coverage, that your UNINSURED COVERAGE and UNDERINSURED coverage be part of that umbrella. https://hunterlawfirm.net/buy-a-1000000-umbrella/. Here’s an example. You are hit head on by someone with $20,000 per person and $40,000 per occurrence. You and your spouse are hospitalized for a month, and one of you needs major surgery. Your small business...

November 26, 2010

How to Set Up a Modern, Tech Savvy, Legal Office

...eNote, and PowerPoint. I will be giving up my Microsoft Access billing and personal injury practice management databases. They served us well when other offices were peeling time entries off of sticky sheets and totaling bills with their calculators. These Microsoft applications are so powerful and hard to master in detail, I have yet to figure out how to get a small, busy, staff trained in all their features, but it remains our goal. The online r...