Tag: Law Practice Management

Pet peeve: attorneys who value their time more than your time

October 4, 2024

A pet peeve of mine, for which I am getting increasingly peevish, is attorneys who set office procedures that value their time more than their

Best practice is to blind courtesy-copy clients on emails to opposing counsel

November 30, 2022

I have long believed it to be best practice to courtesy copy clients on all emails one sends in that client’s case.  Doing so helps

Why I’m sticking with remote mediations

November 17, 2022

Early in the COVID era, the South Carolina Supreme Court authorized mediations using video conferencing. Despite the return of relative normalcy to the operation of

Wiping my behind with anti-spoliation letters

October 22, 2021

How did the proclivity for anti-spoliation letters emerge? Such letters inform opposing parties or counsel not to destroy or dispose of evidence and make varying

Does your work product convey seriousness?

September 15, 2019

With every litigation both parties have the options of settlement or trial. One factor in deciding whether and on what terms to settle is how