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Three Keys To A Successful Personal Injury Trial
Preparing for your first personal injury trial can feel like a daunting task. Feelings of overwhelm and fear are normal. Welcome these feelings and get comfortable hanging out with them. Nelson Mandela said, “courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.” Preparation can reduce our anxiety level. Let’s look at three…
Read MoreThree Common Rookie Mistakes New Personal Injury Lawyers Make
Rookie mistake are avoidable errors that new lawyers without the perspective of experience will often make. Expert witness discovery is an area of personal injury law where new lawyers can make mistakes. Here are my top three rookie mistakes applicable to expert discovery in a personal injury case. – Rookie mistake #1 – failure to…
Read MoreABC’s of Becoming A Successful Trial Lawyer from Day One
A. Embrace who you are. Do not try and become someone who you think you are supposed to be. For example if you are a calm reasonable person stay that way. It will serve you much better to stay true to your personality. Don’t try and turn yourself into an argumentative Mr. Tough Guy, because…
Read MoreTrial Lawyers: We Should Learn From Each Other, Not Compare Ourselves to One Another
Last Friday afternoon I saw trial lawyer Rick Friedman speak at the Consumer Attorneys of California State Convention in San Francisco. Rick spoke about how destructive it can be for a trial lawyer to compare themselves to another trial lawyer. Mr. Friedman was making the point that we do not make ourselves better by comparing…
Read MoreThree Steps To Take Before Noticing The Deposition of a Corporate Witness
In June of this year The United States District Court for the Northern District of California adopted “Guidelines for Professional Conduct” These guidelines are a very good resource for new plaintiff lawyers. For example, new plaintiff personal injury litigators working to set up oral depositions of corporate employees for the first time should review both…
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