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…
Well, after seven weeks the case finally went to the jury and after a day and a half of jury deliberations we had a verdict. I’ve neglected this blog due to the trial for too long, but I’m ready to report back to you. Here’s my report. The verdict wasn’t a bell ringer, but it was unusual in that the injured client was never deposed or in the courtroom and was seen on only a few minutes of video during trial. The case involved…
Blake Snyder has written a book titled Save the Cat. It deals with script writing which ties into brief writing, themes and trial structuring. Here are just a few of his thoughts about this which you might consider regarding your next case or trial. By the way, we are still in trial so I have limited time for this blog right now. concentrate on writing one sentence. One line because if you can learn how to tell me “what is it?”…