This posting is unusual because it involves law office management rather then plaintiff’s trial work. The reason is that oneof the lawyers who went through the Spence Trial College e-mailed me that he was taking the challenging step of opening his own law office and suggested I offer some information about it. I am hardly qualified since it has been over forty years ago that I borrowed money from a small town bank in the town where I was practicing…
We all know the benefit of finding a simple idea, slogan or statement that communicates in a dramatic way the underlying concept of your case in a products liability lawsuit. There are as many possiblities as you can imagine. One good source is advertising slogans. The internet offers a large number of sites where advertising slogans are listed. Here are some simple examples of slogans. They swept the problem under the rug This company was afraid to let the cat…
Here are the primary facts I believe the client should be advised about when considering settlement of their case: Any case can be lost because juries are unpredictable. There is no way of knowing what group of people you will get from the blind selection process. You can get a good group or a bad group. You cannot "select" a jury. There are only three excuses allowed. While plaintiff’s generally win about 60% of the cases brought, they lose over…