Even lawyers have parent-mode. We were trying a construction case in the counties where the Defendant was represented by a very capable young lawyer. Despite this, the law firm’s managing partner appeared at the trial every other day. It wasn’t because the lawyer...
Preparing for a trial is an incredibly stressful and complicated task. One thing people who are not trial lawyers do not realize is how complicated scheduling can be. We have experts who fly in from all over the country, and they take days out of their work...
Sometimes, lawyers and their clients will not see eye to eye on a case. This leads to us often being contacted by a client who is unhappy with their lawyer. When that happens, we will uniformly reach out to the lawyer to see if we can patch up any differences....
We were dealing with a lawyer who was uniformly dishonest. She would often outright lie to the Court about facts and representations that were never made. One time, we caught her in a lie. We had a hearing scheduled with the Court in Bucks County, and she informed...
While presenting at a Bench Bar CLE about how to introduce evidence, we joked that our method worked every time… except with one unnamed judge. We didn’t realize she was in the audience. She stood up, smiled, and said, “That’s exactly why I didn’t let that exhibit...
