This week, a brand new lawyer started at Rawls Law Group - brand new as in she took the Bar a month ago and will not have the results...

Last year, I helped start an Anglican Church on the Southside of Richmond. The young priest is barely older than my son and at times...

Recently, I settled a couple of FTCA cases. Neither were particularly sticky matters. Both were ones with straightforward and relatively...

Brewster joined hosts, Nael A. Abouzaki and Sharif L. Gray, to discuss his career, his work as a medical malpractice attorney, and his...

This article in The Wall Street Journal caught my eye. Fungal infections are becoming increasingly common. The diagnosis is often missed...

A young lawyer friend recently called me seeking advice. He is getting ready for trial and his opposing counsel had accused him of...

Trying a case with the senior partner? Ignore his advice and suggestions. Seriously In the Spring of 2016 I tried what I knew would be my...

The email made no sense. I was collaborating on an educational project. My colleague had some comments about what I had done. I had no...

Helping someone find a lawyer who can help them is something all of us should make a habit of doing. A few months ago, an acquaintance of...

Under promise; over deliver. When I left the house at 7:30 this morning, the kitchen was completely intact, albeit cleaned out. At 6:00...

There is no such thing as a “simple case.” In hindsight, you might conclude that a matter was easily handled, but that’s almost never...

Being a plaintiffs' lawyer, a Motion to Dismiss gets my attention quickly. We file a suit, serve it and then wait for the response....

Representing friends and family members is problematic. There is rarely a technical conflict of interest, but such clients are tricky...

In the run up to my being out of town this week, there were a couple of matters where I wanted a draft pleading circulated before I left....

Lawyers leave law firms. Typically, the party line is that the separation is amicable. Typically, that line is fiction. More often than...

Last week, my co-counsel sent me a message that our mutual FTCA client had just started a gourmet ice cream business. This client was a...

Lately, we have been interviewing law students. This has caused me to have flashbacks to when I was in their position. Such recollections...

Some lawyers have the misplaced view that the function of paralegals and assistants is make their practices (and lives) easier....

I advised a client to accept a final settlement offer. The client was an educated and successful individual. I liked him a lot. We had a...

Yesterday, I covered an early morning expert call. The doctor wanted to discuss the case no later than 7:30, probably before he started...