Read this opinion starting at Page 17 to get a court’s insight on how not to present an appeal. An example: “Further, most of plaintiffs’ claims are patently disingenuous. Arguments regarding use of the Streamlined Rules, failure to find the arbitration was binding, the selection of the arbitrator and his…
Plaintiff’s lawyers don’t really do legal research, do they? Only the plaintiff’s lawyers who want to win. If you don’t know the law it is difficult to make intelligent case selection decisions. There is nothing wrong with pushing the envelope, but you need to know you are pushing the envelope…
Well, its 9:30 a.m. and I still haven’t posted on the blog today. Sorry. I gave a speech in Memphis last night to a group of nurse practitioners (more in a later post) and drove back to Music City (180 miles) early this morning. My post this morning is a…
An appellate lawyer in a big firm got his hand slapped by a 9th Circuit judge for his firm’s choice of words in a brief. Some examples: “The district court’s refusal to apply Daubert was erroneous and stands as yet another example of the court’s twisting the substantive law in…
Lawyers have a lot to worry about. It’s an occupational hazard. Want one more stressor on your plate? If you’re filing electronically, and the court’s website runs so slowly that you start before the filing deadline but finish an hour after the deadline, your filing may not count. Read about…
Eighty percent of our fees are earned from contingent fees representing plaintiffs in personal injury and wrongful death cases arising from medical negligence, careless truck or automobile drivers, etc. The rest of our fees come from hourly work arising from commercial litigation or, occasionally, plaintiffs in personal injury cases who…