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Doing Wonderful Things With Technology: Olson & O’Connor’s Electronic Discovery For Small Cases
The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency. -Bill Gates Technology is nothing. What’s important is that you have a faith in people, that they’re basically…
Read More Still Trying To Win: Stern & Saltzburg’s Trying Cases To Win, And Other Resources For Success
Good heavens, are you still trying to win? You’ve got an over-developed sense of vengeance. It’s going to get you in trouble someday.–Count Rugen, The Princess Bride (1987) This month, we will focus on being effective in and out of the divorce and family law courtroom. The resources available to us will tackle litigation, mediation,…
Read More And The Truth Shall Set You Free: Ravdin’s Premarital Agreements And Turner & Morgan’s Attacking And Defending Marital Agreements
Fletcher: Uh, huh, and it says here you were born in 1964, but that’s not true either is it? Is it! Samantha: No. Fletcher: Please tell the court what’s on your birth certificate under Date of Birth. Dana: Your honor, I object. What does this have to do with anything? Judge Stevens: Overruled. Mrs. Cole,…
Read More Not Getting Things All Muddled Up: Buckley’s The Lawyer’s Essential Guide To Writing, Oster’s Writing Shorter Legal Documents, And Graham Tebo’s Shakespeare For Lawyers
“Ransomed? What’s that?” “I don’t know. But that’s what they do. I’ve seen it in books; and so of course that’s what we’ve got to do.” “But how can we do it if we don’t know what it is?” “Why, blame it all, we’ve GOT to do it. Don’t I tell you it’s in the…
Read More Organization Before Tutti Frutti: Model Witness Examinations
I start where the last man left off. -Thomas A. Edison I never accepted the idea that I had to be guided by some pattern or blueprint. -Little Richard Trials are hard enough, especially in emotional divorce cases or in child custody cases. Do you really want to reinvent the wheel of foundational questions for…
Read More Your Crown And Your Staff: Foonberg’s How To Start & Build A Law Practice
Knowledge and understanding are life’s faithful companions who will never prove untrue to you. For knowledge is your crown, and understanding your staff; and when they are with you, you can possess no greater treasures.– Kahlil Gibran Too many divorce and family law attorneys assume that Jay Foonberg’s How to Start and Build a…
Read More Escaping The Prison Of Fear: John Lande’s Lawyering With Planned Early Negotiation
Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.– John F. Kennedy John Lande is trying to help us “escape the prison of fear” by negotiating settlements that work well for our divorce and family law clients, add value, and provide satisfaction to clients and lawyers alike. Too good…
Read More Principles Of Action: Michael Tigar’s Nine Principles Of Litigation And Life
No iconoclast can possibly escape the severest criticism. If he is poor he is against existing things because he cannot succeed. If he is rich, he is not faithful to his ideals. The world always demands of a prophet a double standard. He must live a life consistent with his dreams, and at the same…
Read More Ferreting Out Seven Secrets: Cox’s Winning The Jury’s Attention
Kimmie: I should let you know that Mr. Heiss will only be available to meet for about five minutes, so we should hurry up and cut to the point. Um, and speak in short sentences because he has the attention span of a ferret on crystal meth.-Domino (2005)Ron Burgundy: Ladies and gentlemen, can I please…
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