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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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THE A-B-C’s OF NEGOTIATION

THE A-B-C’s OF NEGOTIATION

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I’d like to review the basic simple ideas of negotiation, which most of you already are totally aware about, but perhaps younger lawyers might benefit from. Pawn Stars is a popular TV show which features people bringing various items into the pawn shop and selling them to the pawn shop owners. Rick Harrison, one of the owners, is frequently shown on the program negotiating with the seller over the price he will pay for the item. If you want to…

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MEDIATION AND MEDIATORS

MEDIATION AND MEDIATORS

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I’ve written about settlement mediation before on this blog: https://plaintifftriallawyertips.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=157&action=edit The entire subject of modern settlement negotiations has been much more complex then when I started the practice. The insurance adjustor would come to the office and negotiate with you. In other cases, you would get a phone call from the defense lawyer who would want to talk settlement. In all but rare situations you negotiated your own cases directly, either with an insurance representative or the defense lawyer. Now, even the smaller…

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