Today’s message is brief: Document it! One of the best and easiest things you can do to avoid or minimize your legal exposure is to ensure that important communications are accurately documented and saved in your files (whether paper or electronic)! The most common legal issue that I have seen through the years is a…
I still think of myself as a young guy and a young lawyer, but I admit that my self-deception crumbles when I look in the mirror, and when I recall that several Presidents have come and gone since I graduated from law school. I have been practicing law for nearly thirty years – with much…
Most of us think that we disagree over what we think, feel, and want. In Mediating Dangerously, renowned author and mediator Kenneth Cloke writes that many conflicts — including the spectrum running from simple arguments through litigation — often have little or nothing to do with these issues. Re-examining how we define conflict has far…