I have largely practiced insurance defense litigation. Typically complex claims, some insurance coverage, litigation, products liability, construction defect, and of course, personal injury which rolls into all of that. I have always loved it and it has changed dramatically since the pandemic I have been in a courtroom maybe a dozen times in three years. Everything now is zoom.
Any time you give a man something he doesn't earn, you cheapen him. Our kids earn what they get, and that includes respect. -- Woody Hayes
bdtex (01-12-2023),stjames1_53 (01-12-2023)
Personally, I think it favors the weaker attorneys. I have been told that I have a very strong personality and presence, very aggressive. I have been told that I can frequently impose my will because of that - and because of reputation, experience, credibility etc. I'm sure it's total bull$#@! but I also think that if they aren't sitting across the table from you, in the same room, where I can look them in the eye, say 'Go ahead, I don't care...I get paid regardless of whether I win, you don't...' or whatever tap dancing I need to do, it loses some sting. I was in a final pretrial once, a long drawn out case. We were negotiating and we'd gotten to where we were going to get and all I kept saying was "Then they'll have to prove it" This went on for hours. Eventually, they took our money. On zoom, the emotion isn't there. My partner says I can't bully people. I say I can't persuade them.
Just my opinion.
Any time you give a man something he doesn't earn, you cheapen him. Our kids earn what they get, and that includes respect. -- Woody Hayes
countryboy (01-12-2023)
DGUtley (01-12-2023)
In quoting my post, you affirm and agree that you have not been goaded, provoked, emotionally manipulated or otherwise coerced into responding.
"The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world’s problems.”
Mahatma Gandhi
Sorry about dragging this thread off-topic. I'm happy for dt and the retirement move. I hope to be retiring at the end of 2024. Not planning on moving then though.