Thinking Outside the Box vs. Being a Doofus
Law is one of the few areas that discourages creative thinking. Or at least that's my perception when it comes to how many judges look at it. To understand what they look at it that…
June 2012
Add Ons for the Guerrilla Guide to Settling Your Own Car Wreck Case
Rather than adding these files onto the book we just decided to make them available here on the website. The first file is the Officer's Crash Report in Texas and the second file is the…
Why Humans Make Unreliable Eyewitnesses
Many trial lawyers use eyewitness testimony in court to prove or disprove evidence. Eyewitness testimony is one of the most unreliable pieces of evidence which can be presented yet many jurors still give the most…
Does Your Lawyer Care About Your Case?
Over and over I have heard and read the complaints that, "My lawyer is working for the other side." Sorry, there is about a 99% chance that's just BS. You may not want to hear…
Walk It Off
Even though I am no longer practicing law, I still do some consulting and often get calls from lawyers that I know wanting to bounce ideas off of me or ask questions. Just the other…
Objections Can Make Your Discovery Useless
A friend passed along this issue and asked us to write an entry on it since it is pretty common in lawsuits, but might be one of those issues that a person representing themselves pro…
The Guerrilla Guide to Settling Your Own Car Wreck Case
We're completing the editing on the latest addition to the Guerrilla Guides to the Law and it should be available in the next week. The Guerrilla Guide to Settling Your Own Car Wreck Case calls…