Whether you have been burning the midnight oil at work, home or school, or simply overworking taking care of your family in the wake of Hurricane Ike, there is one thing for sure: stress takes no prisoners and attacks us all. Lawyers are not immune from stress. In fact, stress is part of lawyers’ everyday…
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Two weeks ago I had to go to jury duty. I was probably the only person in the entire assembly excited about the idea of being on a jury. You could hear grumblings across the room. “I can’t believe I had to take off work to be here.” “We only get $6.00 for today –…
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Last year, the first wave of the 80 million United States baby boom generation started to retire. It doesn’t take a futurist to recognize the population of nursing homes will soon begin to rise at a much more rapid rate over the next 10 to 25 years. To get an understanding of where we are,…
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The recent American Bar Association Journal (Oct. 2008) has on its cover a banner headlining its October edition as well as a feature article within, which reads, “Supreme Court 2.0, New! Improved! Remaking the High Court”. At first blush, one can only hope that its author contemplates manners, means and techniques, maybe even ideas which…
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The 7th Amendment to our United States’ Constitution (ratified in 1791) states in its entirety that: In Suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise re-examined in any Court of the…
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Just recently, I joined . For the last two years, I was practicing as a civil defense lawyer. I was able to represent a wide range of clients and businesses and work with some outstanding lawyers. The law firm was top notch, the people were fun and energetic, and the hours were extremely manageable. Something…
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Premise: Texas was one of the most talented groups of trial lawyers (plaintiffs and defense) in the country. Over the last 20 years, there have been significant changes to the Texas tort laws. Most of those changes are viewed as anti-consumer or anti-plaintiff. The resulting effect on contingency fee lawyers has been generally described as…
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