Don Keenan has been my friend for 25 years. We are both past presidents of the inner circle of advocates, one of the nations most prestigious plaintiff trial organizations. We have also shared a lot of ideas about plaintiff trial work. I listen to what he has to say. One of the reasons that I have placed on lot of credibility in Don is he has always been on the cutting edge of communication and persuasion. Like me, he has a…
A long time attorney friend of mine who was an outstanding trial lawyer until his retirement recently pointed out to me his concern that we seem to have numerous superior court trial judges in this state who simply aren’t experienced enough or qualified to do a competent job as a trial judge especially in jury cases. What are the minimum requirements to be a superior court judge in Washington state? Well, our constitution, in Article IV Sec. 17, says that…
I’m reviewing my notes about argument and decided I’d share some. These are just summaries and a mixture of concepts in raw form. You would need to expand and improve each of them, but maybe there are some ideas here that might be helpful to you. When this courthouse was planned they didn’t just pull a number out of the air for the cost of construction. Instead they calculated each of the items that go into the construction and added…