by Paul Loriston | Dec 14, 2023 | Advice for Attorneys
One step ahead. Life as a young attorney seems to be all about getting one step ahead. One step ahead of opposing counsel. One step ahead of pending deadlines. One step ahead of memos and briefs. It makes perfect sense. As law students, we were nuzzled in books most...
by Jerry Lehocky | Oct 10, 2023 | Advice for Attorneys
For members of the workers’ compensation bar, insurers, physicians, expert witnesses, and anyone else who spends most their time in the Pennsylvania workers’ compensation universe, the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry, Bureau of Workers’ Compensation’s...
by Ruxandra Osgood | Sep 28, 2023 | Advice for Attorneys
All lawyers, one way or the other, have had to wrestle with the good, bad, and ugly of how the legal profession has changed in recent years on account of the rise of remote/hybrid work opportunities and hybrid legal proceedings. In the pages of this publication and in...
by Shawn Lehocky | Sep 26, 2023 | Advice for Attorneys
We are well past the time when the concept of proactive, responsive, and ever-improving client service is a “nice to have” concept for law firms. No matter the size of your firm, its location, or the areas of law its attorneys practice, client service should be as...
by Christopher D. Armstrong | Jun 28, 2023 | Advice for Attorneys
Young lawyers need to be cognizant of opponents using unreasonable or bad faith negotiation tactics. No matter which side of the “v.” you’re on, it’s important to know how to identify and handle these situations. If you do not, you are doing a disservice to both your...
by Daniel Pierson | Mar 2, 2023 | Advice for Attorneys
We all remember our first deposition. Even after years of trial advocacy classes in law school and countless transcript reviews in the infancy of being an associate, nothing compares to a young lawyer’s first deposition to present a witness with the training wheels...
