The way to avoid mistakes is to have a standard operating procedure for what you do in your law practice. The checklist for doing things can be very simple. Once it is put into use it can be added to or revised as experience dictates. Here is a very basic and simple checklist for a plaintiff expert witness. Obviously a lot more detail should be added, but it’s a start. INITIAL LETTER Every expert we contact must receive a letter…
According to tradition, Tao Te Ching was written around the 6th century BC by a Taoist master. The true author and the actual date is not known. The philosophy is from the Taoist school and the writing has been translated into over 250 Western languages. Since it was written in classical Chinese and no pronunciation marks were used the translation is subject to interpretation. Some of the ideas in the Tao Te Ching seem to me to be worth reviewing…
In the November 2008 issue of Arizona Highways there is an article about Martin Litton, age 90, who is a river guide in the Grand Canyon and has been rowing the river for over fifty years. He is an uncompromising environmentalist and I was struck by the wisdom of his unyielding position on the subject. The article relates that in 1985 he was waiting to speak to a group of river guides on an enviormental issue in Arizona. Former Arizona…