Plaintiff Trial Lawyer Tips

Tao te ching and the art of being a plaintiff trial lawyer

November 11, 2008 Paul Luvera Comments 0 Comment

According to tradition, Tao Te Ching was written around the 6th century BC by a Taoist master. The true author and the actual date is not known. The philosophy is from the Taoist school and the writing has been translated into over 250 Western languages. Since it was written in classical Chinese and no pronunciation marks were used the translation is subject to interpretation. Some of the ideas in the Tao Te Ching seem to me to be worth reviewing…

Negotiation advice from a 90 year old river guide

November 7, 2008 Paul Luvera Comments 0 Comment

In the November 2008 issue of Arizona Highways there is an article about Martin Litton, age 90, who is a river guide in the Grand Canyon and has been rowing the river for over fifty years. He is an uncompromising environmentalist and I was struck by the wisdom of his unyielding position on the subject. The article relates that in 1985 he was waiting to speak to a group of river guides on an enviormental issue in Arizona. Former Arizona…

How doctors think

November 2, 2008 Paul Luvera Comments 0 Comment

Dr. Jerome Groopman, M.D. has written How Doctors Think (Mariner Books) It has some helpful information for lawyers. I was interested in the following description of how doctors are trained to make a diagnosis. He says: "Medical students are taught that the evaluation of a patient should proceed in a discrete, linear way: you first take the patient’s history, then perform a physical examination, order tests, and analyze the results. Only after all the data are compiled should your formulate…