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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…
Read More Giving The Best Answer The First Time: Berman’s Reinventing Witness Preparation
“A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.”– Maya Angelou Advocacy in a divorce law firm and family law firm involves singing a song that resonates with the trier of fact. For witness examinations-direct and cross-advocacy requires us to help our witnesses hit all the right…
Read More A Good Learning Experience: Gold-Bikin And Kolodny’s The Divorce Trial Manual
Vinny Gambini: It’s a procedure. Like rebuilding a carburetor has a procedure. You know, when you rebuild a carburetor, the first thing you do is you take the carburetor off the manifold? Supposing you skip the first step, and while you’re replacing one of the jets, you accidentally drop the jet, it goes down the…
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