Oral Depositions. Now that the written discovery stage is over, the parties will normally conduct oral depositions. A deposition is simply the pretrial testimony of a party or witness to the case. There are several advantages to taking depositions. First, the attorney uses a deposition as an opportunity to further investigate the facts and circumstances […]
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Written Discovery. After the Defendant has been served with the lawsuit and has filed an answer, the parties typically conduct “written discovery.” Written discovery generally refers to a set of procedural tools that the parties can use to obtain information, documents, and evidence that is relevant to the lawsuit. Written discovery includes Requests for Initial
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Many of my clients think that filing a lawsuit (also called “litigation”) means that the same as going to trial. Rather, filing suit is merely the beginning stage of actually going to trial. In fact, 95% (or more) of all lawsuits filed actually settle without going to trial. Nevertheless, the litigation process can be a
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Casey Anthony was found “Not Guilty” of murder. O.J. Simpson was found “Not Guilty” of murder. Being a trial lawyer in the Dallas / Fort Worth area since 1994, it seriously concerns me when I see jury after jury deliver questionable verdicts. It’s about time that we as a nation reconsider our jury system before the United
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In the Dallas / Fort Worth area, jury trials are almost always requested in personal injury cases, whether it be a car accident case, slip and fall case, etc. Either party has the constitutional right to request a jury trial. However, in the vast majority of personal injury cases in this area, it is the defendant’s lawyer
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As a personal injury attorney and car accident lawyer in the Dallas / Fort Worth area since 1994, I have had people call me and ask if I would be willing to pay money for new case referrals. My answer has always been, and will always be, “No!” Why? Because the practice of paying for cases
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As a Dallas / Fort Wort area car accident lawyer, I cannot stress the importance of having eye-witnesses to an accident. I cannot begin to tell you how many times the at-fault driver will admit fault at the scene, and then deny fault when he realizes that there are no witnesses. Unless there is an
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A lawyer-client relationship is a personal one. In the Dallas / Fort Worth area, like many other large cities in the United States, there are many personal injury and car accident law firms that strive to sign up as many cases as possible. Some of those “high-volume” law firms spend millions of dollars per year
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NO! NO! NO! When I first started practicing personal injury litigation in the Dallas / Fort Worth area, recorded statements were the “norm.” I was part of the first wave of attorneys that routinely rejected the practice of allowing recorded statements because I saw how they were unfairly used to sabotage my clients’ claims. If you
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In my experience with personal injury and car accident cases in the Dallas / Fort Worth area, it is highly unlikely that any case will advance to trial without the judge ordering the parties to mediation. I would suspect this is also true for other jurisdictions throughout the country. “Mediation” is an informal settlement conference. Mediation is
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