A long time attorney friend of mine who was an outstanding trial lawyer until his retirement recently pointed out to me his concern that we seem to have numerous superior court trial judges in this state who simply aren’t experienced enough or qualified to do a competent job as a trial judge especially in jury cases. What are the minimum requirements to be a superior court judge in Washington state? Well, our constitution, in Article IV Sec. 17, says that…
I’m reviewing my notes about argument and decided I’d share some. These are just summaries and a mixture of concepts in raw form. You would need to expand and improve each of them, but maybe there are some ideas here that might be helpful to you. When this courthouse was planned they didn’t just pull a number out of the air for the cost of construction. Instead they calculated each of the items that go into the construction and added…
I have written in this blog on many occasions about the scientific research that the motive and reasons behind the conduct which caused the injury to your client is far more important than the facts about the negligent conduct. Proving the negligence is not the same thing as going behind the conduct and proving why the conduct took place. The doctor in a hurry is not the same case as the doctor failed to meet the standard of care in doing surgery….