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Month: August 2016

WE FORGIVE MISTAKES BUT PUNISH SINFUL CONDUCT

WE FORGIVE MISTAKES BUT PUNISH SINFUL CONDUCT

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That’s human nature. It’s Biblical. We forgive mistakes but punish sin. It’s built into our nature. I’ve written about this subject  several times, but, the Seattle Times had an article about  a $500,000 verdict which is $100,00 more than the plaintiff asked the jury to award. The trial involved a claim of racial discrimination by the Clark County sheriff’s department. The jurors were quoted as saying: “It was obviously a racist and hostile work environment. We wanted to make a point. There’s…

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CONSIDER A SETTLEMENT CHECKLIST TO AVOID MISTAKES

CONSIDER A SETTLEMENT CHECKLIST TO AVOID MISTAKES

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I am a great believer in checklists for everything we do in the law practice. If pilots with thousands of hours of flying religiously review checklists before flying and hospitals require checklists for medical care then how is representing a client any less important. With checklists you save time repeating previous work  and protect against omitting an important step. Here is a partial checklist for the use of the paralegal in the office. Note that it relies upon the the…

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ARE YOU A “WHACK A MOLE” TRIAL LAWYER?

ARE YOU A “WHACK A MOLE” TRIAL LAWYER?

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For the uninitiated “Whack a Mole” is a game invented in 1976 involving a machine where plastic moles pop up from holes at random. The object of the game is to hit them on the head driving them back into their holes and adding a score for doing so. So, my question is are you a “whack a mole” trial lawyer or do you prepare for trial? There are trial lawyers who, with a minimum amount of planning and preparation,…

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