Have you ever thought about creating a check list for things you should tell a new client at the interview? What happens is you give advice to a new client about things that they should know. Then you have another interview with a different client and you give them advice about the case. However, what I found was that I would forget some things from interview to interview that should have been discussed. I decided to create a kind of…
Jim McElhaney has been writing about trial practice for as long as I remember and I’ve been reading what writes every since I discovered him. One of the only reasons I continue to belong to the American Bar Association is to get their journal and read his writing McElhaney on Litigation. I’ve always had Melvin Belli’s bias about the ABA. When they terminated his membership for some perceived infraction he said it was like being kicked out the Reader’s Digest Association….
I like Roger Dawson’s ideas and his books. I have re-read his book Secrets of Power Persuasion and would like to share a few of the ideas he writes about. However, I recommend you buy the book and read it for yourself. He argues that while pain and pleasure are powerful persuaders, the best method is the "carrot and stick" approach. Apply the pressure of reward and the pain of punishment both. Consistent with other writers, Dawson recommends giving the…