Tag Archives: Talking to plaintiffs

Finding a lawyer: Or maybe not

Just as I’m getting set to offer my advice about how to find a lawyer, the New York Times Magazine from Sunday, October 2, had a fat special advertising supplement called Super Lawyers/New York—Metro 2011. You’ve seen this sort of … Continue reading

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Finding and understanding lawyers: two contrasting interactions

‘I remember a teacher we had when I first went to the Inns of Court, Serjeant Hampton. He taught us evidence. He had a saying. “In any investigation, what are the most relevant circumstances? None,” he would bark in reply. … Continue reading

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Communicating with lawyers: in court

… On such an afternoon, the various solicitors….ought to be…ranged in a line, in a long matted well…between the registrar’s red table and the silk gowns, with bills, cross-bills, answers, rejoinders, injunctions, affidavits, issues, references to masters, masters’ reports, mountains … Continue reading

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