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    Quote Originally Posted by DGUtley View Post
    You really can't in the litigation business - it has to be planned out long in advance.
    You are a litigator? Interesting. I have mostly an office practice. I had to do some litigation in my early career. I hated it.

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    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.
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    Quote Originally Posted by DGUtley View Post
    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.
    Does the new method favor one side over the other?
    Cutesy Time is OVER

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    Quote Originally Posted by countryboy View Post
    Does the new method favor one side over the other?
    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.
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    Quote Originally Posted by DGUtley View Post
    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.
    Thanks for the insight, interesting stuff.

    On a similar note, my wife says I'm nosy, I say I'm curious about other people's lives. Lol.
    Cutesy Time is OVER

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    Quote Originally Posted by DGUtley View Post
    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.
    You could do insurance arbitration i.e. working as an arbitrator. Then you only take as much work as you want.
    In quoting my post, you affirm and agree that you have not been goaded, provoked, emotionally manipulated or otherwise coerced into responding.



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    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by hawktheslayer View Post
    that's boring in fla. Lolol.

    Where's the gators and pythons?

    A cajun would seek them out and eat them! :smiley_roflmao:
    lol

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