It is going to be a busy week at Branham & Day. John Branham and Brandon Bass are trying a two-day personal injury case starting Monday morning in Gallatin. I start (what hopefully will be only) a three-day arbitration in a commercial case Tuesday – we have eleven notebooks of…
Lay and Skilling have been found guilty of multiple crimes that contributed to the fall of Enron and the loss of hundreds of millions of dollars of shareholder value. How much time should these men spend in prison? I know little about the federal sentencing guidelines. But I think back…
OK, so it is a compromise and settlement of a divorce case. The fact remains that the law of compromise and settlement in Tennessee has been in disarray and the Tennessee Supreme Court has taken a step in the right direction to get it fixed. In Barnes v. Barnes, No.…
Here is part one of the speech everyone has been talking about. Here is part two.
No posts this weekend. I haven’t taken a break for a while, and I have to work Sunday to prepare for an argument on a major motion Monday morning.
A great man and a great trial lawyer died on April 27, the day before his 62nd birthday. Charlie Williams was a true believer in “the cause.” He used his passion for the law to help people in need. He cared about his community and served on many boards and…
For the quarter – $8,400,000,000 Per day – $93,333,333 Per hour – $3,888,888 Per minute – $64,814 Minimum Wage – $5.15 per hour
Do you ever get that feeling that you just can’t get the words from your brain to come out your mouth – correctly? You are not alone. Thanks to The Wall Street Journal Law Blog for telling me about this story.
Here is some interesting data about injuries in the United States from the CDC National Center for Injury Prevention and Control: * 50 million injuries a year require medical attention * Cost in medical expenses? $80+ Billion * Cost in lost productivity over the injured person’s lifetime? $326 Billion. *…
Not a bad deal ….