56 Search Results for "deliberate intent"

April 28, 2012

How To Testify at Trial

...i. below.)                                                     vi.      No intentional tears, but tears in spite of efforts to hold them back, will not hurt you. Accidental humor ok. (Lawyer Hunter must temper his sometimes misplaced sense of humor.)                                                   vii.      Answer the question asked, NOT the one you wish she had asked. The judge will sustain an objection, “Not responsive Your Honor!” No one is m...

May 17, 2012

Obama, Romney, Gay Marriage, and Bullies

...we were taught. The lesson below served me in good stead, and I have never intentionally picked on someone I thought was gay. Being a “militant moderate”, I was struggling with the likelihood that I might have to vote for a Democrat for President. I haven’t done that since Lyndon Johnson. He was an exception because it is hard for me not to support a War President, and the anti-Vietnam crowd really got under my skin. Mitt’s story, and his reaction...

June 21, 2012

More About Organizing Your Case.

...f the other party. This may be through simple negligence, recklessness, or intentional acts. b. A serious injury. The bullet that whizzes by your ear that you think “Could have killed me!” is of no consequence if you did not get injured or appreciate what it was. c. A pool of money adequate to pay the claim. I once turned down a clear fault claim for the wrongful death of  a child in Fla. The drunk driver had no insurance, and neither parent had u...

June 7, 2013

Burt’s Response to the Challenges of the Modern World

...to achieve your goals. iii. Instant communication allows people with evil intent to influence the intellectually weak and vulnerable. iv. Brilliant but twisted people can turn the Internet to their own purposes. n. The time of mass media’s sending one message, whether it be Leave it to Beaver, Andy Griffith, the national political conventions, or man landing on the moon, is over. o. Now, a person can live within Facebook and endless kitty picture...

September 25, 2013

A Small Town Lawyer’s Opinion on Keeping One’s Views to One’s Self.

...ife, for a working vacation, so those are the photos I place here. My well-intentioned lawyer friends, and a few “marketing types” have told me, “For gosh sakes, do not talk politics or religion on your blog. You will lose clients.” No, he will never be cast as the lead in True Grit.   My response is this: if you were in a dark alley or one the battlefield, and under attack, and needed me, would you care more about: 1. My politics; 2. My religion:...

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...