It didn’t take me many mediations or settlement conferences to figure out that if I didn’t get it in writing when the deal was made there would be problems. Call it buyers remorse or just lawyers being lawyers there would be proposed revisions and issues raised we never discussed or had already resolved. If you allowed the other side or the mediator to try to put the deal in writing it took too long and it opened the door to…
Philip N. Meyer is a professor of law at Vermont Law School. He Emailed me about a book he has written, Storytelling for Lawyers published by Oxford Press. I have not had the opportunity of reading his book, however the table of contents shows a comprehensive list of subjects about storytelling. I recommend any well written book on this important subject. Clearly storytelling is an essential tool for trial lawyers. The Spence Trial College teaches storytelling http://www.triallawyerscollege.org/. Learning how to…
Poulsbo is a quaint town of about 9500 people and a drive of about one hour and a half from Seattle. It’s a Scandinavian seaport fishing town located right on the salt water. In 1983 I received the “Small Town Lawyer Made Good” award from the Poulsbo Bar Association. The award was the brainchild of Paulsbo lawyer Jeff Tolman. As I recall, the Poulsbo Bar Association had approximately 13 members at the time. However, Jeff had created this award and then…