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GREAT TRIAL LAWYERS ARE CONTINUAL STUDENTS

GREAT TRIAL LAWYERS ARE CONTINUAL STUDENTS

When we follow the careers of great trial lawyers we see different attitudes about learning new ideas. There are those who have a viewpoint “if it ain’t broken don’t fix it” when it comes to new ideas or research about being a trial lawyer. This attitude applies to  lawyers who have been very successful just doing what they have always done and just keep doing the same. They are often afraid to leave their comfort zone and are reluctant to risk anything new…

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STOP COMPARING YOURSELF TO OTHERS

STOP COMPARING YOURSELF TO OTHERS

I’ve written before in this blog about the destructive foolishness of comparing ourselves to other people and then regretting we are not more like them. We do it regarding our looks, our body and our abilities. We do it as lawyers, trying to be exactly like some other lawyer we admire and envy. Plastic surgeons spend a good part of their professional life satisfying someone wanting to be like someone else. Teens model themselves after celebrities and peer group members they…

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REPORT ABOUT THE SPENCE TRIAL LAWYERS COLLEGE

REPORT ABOUT THE SPENCE TRIAL LAWYERS COLLEGE

On Sunday I left Gig Harbor for Wyoming about 4:15 AM  to make the flight from Seattle to Salt Lake  and then transfer to another plane for the flight to Jackson Hole. In Jackson the weather was beautiful, in the mid 80’s  and the Teton’s still had snow. After  collecting my bag I headed out in the rental SUV for the ranch. As always, there was construction and rough road along with the slow moving cars pulling trailers, but I made it to…

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