What’s one thing many good writers can improve upon? Here’s one simple fix that even most good writers can make: pay attention to where you are placing the word “only” in sentences. Most people are not deliberate about where they put the word “only.” And even good writers are not
Defense counsel in personal injury trials are increasingly relying on medical billing experts to argue that clients’ medical bills are unreasonable. L. Lamar Blount, for example, has been popular among Georgia defense counsel recently. Why are medical billing experts even relevant? One might ask why reasonableness of medical bills is
Today is the first day of the 2020 Georgia Legal Accelerator Program (GLA), co-founded by Kurt Kastorf of Kastorf Law and Matt Wetherington of Wetherington Law. What is the Georgia Legal Accelerator? As described by the Fulton County Daily Report, the GLA is a “law firm ride along” for attorneys
Why you should be on your may call list Here’s a simple addition you may want to be making to your “will call” list in pretrial orders: yourself There is a non-trivial chance at any trial that you might be the best or simplest witness to call on an evidentiary
If you never lose a summary judgment motion or a trial, it doesn’t mean you’re a great lawyer. It means you don’t litigate enough cases. And when you do, you’ll need to decide whether to appeal. Thanks to Veridct Magazine for publishing my article on when you should appeal. You
“Courts in the Eleventh Circuit have little tolerance for shotgun pleadings.” Vibe Micro, Inc. v. Shabanets, 878 F.3d 1291, 1295 (11th Cir. 2018). A cautionary tale comes from a recent decision by J.P. Boulee on the Northern District of Georgia, who dismissed with prejudice a complaint in a complex securities
