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    Partial Break is Better than No Break
    • Apr 11
    • 1 min

    Partial Break is Better than No Break

    To check or not to check. That is the question. Checking emails, that is. Last week, I was on a mission trip in Utah. I deliberately left...
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    We Are All Connected
    • Apr 11
    • 2 min

    We Are All Connected

    I met another lawyer for lunch to discuss working together on FTCA medical malpractice cases. Afterwards, I ran a couple of errands then...
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    We All Need to Open Our Eyes
    • Apr 11
    • 1 min

    We All Need to Open Our Eyes

    I got an email notification from a legal publication about the death of a prominent Philadelphia plaintiffs’ lawyer. He had killed...
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    Never Burn Bridges You Don't Have to Burn
    • Apr 11
    • 2 min

    Never Burn Bridges You Don't Have to Burn

    Being 66 years old and having practiced law for over 38 years - over 30 of which has been with managerial or ownership responsibilities -...
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    Opposing Counsel Stunt
    • Mar 16
    • 1 min

    Opposing Counsel Stunt

    The other day an opposing counsel pulled what I would politely describe as a “stunt.” It was not technically illegal or unethical, but it...
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    Plant The Trees
    • Mar 16
    • 1 min

    Plant The Trees

    There is an old saying about the wisdom of someone who plants trees knowing that he will not live long enough to enjoy their shade. We...
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    Give Credit Where Credit is Due
    • Feb 1
    • 2 min

    Give Credit Where Credit is Due

    Give credit where credit is due. A corollary: Never take credit which is not deserved. A few months ago, I tried a case and got a good...
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    Fragility of Life - Things Can Turn Quickly
    • Jan 25
    • 2 min

    Fragility of Life - Things Can Turn Quickly

    The year has wrapped up. For trial attorneys, the time around the holidays is usually kind of quiet - unless you have a trial the first...
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    Comparison is Corrosive
    • Jan 25
    • 2 min

    Comparison is Corrosive

    While running some errands right before the new year's weekend, I ran into a lawyer I knew. We were opposing counsel in a case that was...
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    File Flogging is Frustrating
    • Jan 25
    • 2 min

    File Flogging is Frustrating

    Before switching to representing patients, I was a malpractice defense lawyer for over 30 years. This gives me a certain nose for defense...
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    Disasters Happen
    • Jan 25
    • 2 min

    Disasters Happen

    Earlier this week we had a snowstorm. Traffic on I-95 ground to a halt. It took Senator Tim Kaine 27 hours to get from Richmond to...
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    Solving Behavior Problems
    • Jan 25
    • 2 min

    Solving Behavior Problems

    The other day, this bit of automotive advertising caught my eye. I don't know what sort of behavior problems the driver claims to be able...
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    Don't Be A Bully
    • Jan 25
    • 1 min

    Don't Be A Bully

    The other day, I got an email from an opposing counsel who wanted to take a deposition of a fact witness. Normal stuff, except for an...
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    Issue Resolution is Everything
    • Jan 25
    • 2 min

    Issue Resolution is Everything

    Almost everyone with a construction project has issues with their contractor. The tales are often cringeworthy. In some form or another...
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    Over Promising Error
    • Jan 25
    • 1 min

    Over Promising Error

    As we headed home from dinner last night, I saw a text message from a prospective client asking if his case had been reviewed yet. I had...
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    A Humbling Infection
    • Jan 25
    • 2 min

    A Humbling Infection

    For almost two weeks I have had some sort of eustacian tube/ear issue. Sound is muffled and the tinnitus is pretty bad. Compounding the...
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    Customs and Practices Vary Hugely
    • Jan 25
    • 2 min

    Customs and Practices Vary Hugely

    Yesterday, a friend brought us this can of French-Canadian style split pea soup. Last weekend, we had taken her some homemade split pea...
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    Know the Potential for an Outlier Situation
    • Sep 4, 2021
    • 2 min

    Know the Potential for an Outlier Situation

    Sometimes the other side knows something you don't Obvious, right? Of course it is, but it is also something that is easily overlooked or...
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    Military Service Shaped Confidence as Trial Lawyer
    • Sep 4, 2021
    • 1 min

    Military Service Shaped Confidence as Trial Lawyer

    Change is constant, but the past is instructive Over the last few weeks, I have been moving from a house where we have lived 23 years....
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    Object to Form Doesn't Fix Problems with Witnesses
    • Sep 4, 2021
    • 2 min

    Object to Form Doesn't Fix Problems with Witnesses

    "Object to form." Spare me. Recently, I was deposing a defense expert. The expert was highly credentialed, a very impressive guy. He was...
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