Employment law trial attorney Alex Craigie has been selected to the 2021 Southern California Super Lawyers list, an honor reserved for those lawyers who exhibit excellence in practice. Only 5% of attorneys in Southern…
Read Article[This originally appeared in the Los Angeles Daily Journal.] I was recently vetting some potential mediators with a colleague whose opinion I generally respect. In response to one of his proposals, I said, “yeah,…
Read Article“Always one thing at a time. Why must you put out your facts like gold coins, Frau Richter?” -John Le Carre, A Most Wanted ManI recently spent several days preparing inexperienced witnesses for their first…
Read Article[This article was previously published in the November 2, 2014 issue of California Litigation] “Believe it or not, the composition and layout of some of my images fall precisely . . . within the…
Read ArticleNot only does transparency reduce the frequency of unpaid legal bills, it instills confidence. Long-term clients generally prefer to play the role of partner, rather than purely customer, and transparency fosters feelings of inclusion…
Read ArticleIf it’s possible for any living trial (and appellate) lawyer to qualify as a rock star, David Boies unquestionably deserves that title. In the Review section of the Wall Street Journal last weekend, Boies…
Read ArticleAs the launch date for my solo practice approaches, I find myself obsessed in a way I never was before in my law practice about the subject of process. I have developed the belief…
Read ArticleI recently had lunch with Mark Fingerman, a Los Angeles lawyer who has successfully transitioned from being a litigator to a full-time mediator. As I often do, when I get an opportunity to talk shop with…
Read ArticleThanks to some of my Michigan colleagues, I learned today for the first time that a growing number of appellate court justices are reading briefs on an iPad. I guess it’s pretty clear that…
Read ArticlePerhaps I should say how will you cope “if” rather than “when” your trial technology takes a giant lets you down, but I’m a pessimistic fatalist, or a fatalistic pessimist. Or something. But the internet…
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