We’re in Arizona enjoying the sun and I’ve been too lazy to write a blog. But because I’m late in publishing my regular blog, I’m going to share an article I wrote for our state trial judges. I was invited to speak at their convention last Fall and wrote this for the convention. It deals with the Washington State jury selection process and issues involved in it. Perhaps something of interest is in here and I promise to do a…
Several months ago my friend Don Keenan wrote about mediators and mediation in his blog www.keenantrialblog.com “How to Handle the Bullying Mediator” I told him how on target his views were and gave him my views, which follow below. To start with, when I began a plaintiff practice negotiation always involved discussions directly with the insurance adjuster, the insurance company or the defense lawyer. However, mediation has become a cottage industry and we should learn proper skills for doing it…
I was reviewing a stack of material I had put aside to read when I had time and having done so, thought I’d share some of them, even though they are not organized in any particular order. Here they are: In order to motivate good eye contact, make a practice in talking with other people, to make a specific effort to note the color of their eyes. This enhances optimum eye contact. We often forget the power of silence. As…