In 1936 Dale Carnegie published a book with the tile “How to Win Friends and Influence People.” Whatever your reaction to the title, the contents are the single most accurate collection of truths about human nature and communications. The book is still as popular today as it has been since it’s publication in 1936. I recommend it as required reading for all lawyers and especially trial lawyers. Here is a very brief outline of the fundamentals taught in the book….
It’s a good practice to let your retained experts know your office policy or practices when you retain them. Here’s a very basic preliminary outline of such policies: 1. Expert Reports. Please DO NOT send us any written expert reports unless we specifically request them. Our normal communication will be by phone call or personal meeting. We often need written reports at different stages of the trial preparation, but it=s important that you wait for us to request written reports…
Carl Bettinger is a physician and plaintiff lawyer and a long time friend. He alerted me to a 2016 letter sent by Johns Hopkins University hospital to the CDC pointing out the need for a separate code to identify the frightening number of medical errors so they can be properly counted. It is a helpful resource and this is where the letter can be found: https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/2822345/Hopkins-CDC-letter.pdf : Methodology used for collecting national health statistics We are writing this letter to respectfully ask…