I’ve just returned from Wyoming where I taught at the Spence Trial College as I have every year since it began over a decade ago. This year my schedule only allowed me to spend a few days there, but it is still inspiring to see fifty five lawyers from around the country sacrificing weeks of their time to become better lawyers. My friend Josh Karton was at his finest as usual, teaching communication skills. It is impossible not to learn…
I’m leaving on Sunday for Wyoming where, each year since it’s founding, I have participated as a speaker and helper. Gerry Spence and I have been friends for almost thirty years and of all his accomplishments this College is one of the best. Even though I go there as some kind of expert, I always leave more humble then when I arrived with the realization I have benefited far more by my being there then the students did from me….
This may not be of much benefit to you, but I thought I’d share a practical example of my views involving a trial. My partner, who is an excellent lawyer, is involved in a medical malpractice case where his elderly client experienced symptoms of complications the night of her surgery. The nurse didn’t call the doctor or take action and she suffered partial paralysis. The doctor was upset about it, reported it to administration and complained to the nurse. The…