Words of Wisdom

LinkedIn offers a great platform to share our experience in law. For Brewster Rawls, LinkedIn is a powerful tool to network through his seasoned law experience. Brewster has found success through sharing wisdom he has accumulated over the years. Brewster has invested time into his profile so it isn't just a platform to have existence, but to thrive, network and build meaningful connections. Below are some of the posts of wisdom Brewster has shared.

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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...

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....

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...

Life Saving Lessons Can Apply to Law

My son, also named Brewster, is an arborist. He thinks being 70 feet in the air with a chainsaw is fun - a proclivity he did not inherit...

Small Expense for Client Service Pays Dividends

This week, we closed on the sale of our house. Being the client was, of course, something of a role reversal for me. I came away with...

Don't Interrupt or Cut-Off Witnesses

Recently, I was defending the deposition of an expert physician. The first defense lawyer was fine. Reasonable questions were asked. The...

Periodical Audit of Service Providers

Periodically review your service plans and vendor agreements Long ago, I got a cell phone plan that gave me nationwide coverage. The plan...

Defense Lawyer Experience Makes One Appreciate Plaintiffs’ Risks

As a plaintiffs’ lawyer, I am sometimes accused of being too conservative or risk averse. Thirty years of being a medical malpractice...

Efficiency vs. Redundancy

My son owns a tree work company. Last week, several pieces of equipment had significant mechanical issues. The repairs are expensive, but...

Clients Are Not Lawyers

Clients are not lawyers. Seems obvious, doesn’t it? Except that it is not always so. Yesterday, I was negotiating a settlement. A huge...

A Year of Pandemic: Looking Back

A year ago, the Covid pandemic shut down the world. At the time, I am not sure anyone knew how it would all play out. I certainly did...

Think Like a Defense Lawyer

I am extraordinarily lucky. When I was a young lawyer, I was at a very high-quality insurance defense firm. I learned how to handle...

Opposing Counsel and Awareness

Most of us deal with a familiar set of characters and institutions. We make judgments and assumptions based on our prior interactions....

WORDS OF WISDOM