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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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Tagged communicating with a lawyer, how lawyers drive clients crazy, Law and government agencies, personal injury lawsuits, Talking to plaintiffs
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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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Tagged depositione exhibits, depositions, discovery documents, how lawyers drive clients crazy, how plaintiffs drive lawyer crazy, Interpreting lawyers, personal injury lawsuits, plaintiff's advice, Talking to plaintiffs
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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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Tagged Corporation Counsel of the City of New York, discovery documents, how lawyers drive clients crazy, Interpreting lawyers, Law and government agencies, personal injury lawsuits, settlement negotiations, Talking to plaintiffs, Understanding lawsuits
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