When you’re a personal injury lawyer, you need lawyer-friends to bounce ideas off of, friends who will listen, critique you, play devil’s advocate, and just plain tell you when you are wrong. This profession is more of an art than a science, and to get it right, you need feedback,…
In February 1967, a young lady showed up for her first day of work at the Auburn, New York law offices of attorney George M. Michaels, our own Lee Michaels’ father. (George is famous in New York – you can look him up on wikipedia). Lee, a young whipper-snapper fresh…
You might find this hard to believe, but my Central New York injury law blog attracts responses and inquiries not just locally, but from afar, too. From how far? Well, for example, in just the last few weeks, I have been contacted by readers in the Philippines, California and Canada,…
Dear friendly insurance adjuster: Thank you for your recent letter requesting permission to take my injured client’s “recorded statement” regarding the accident your insured so carelessly caused. As a Central and Syracuse New York personal injury lawyer, I appreciate all communications with insurance adjusters that might help me resolve my…
Nothing brings Auburn and Cayuga County, NY, together like an attack from outside forces. Just as the ancient Greek city-states came together to fend off attacks from their ancient common enemy, Persia, all of Auburn and Cayuga County recently united to fend off an attack by the National Texas-based Boy…
As the presidential election campaign heats up, I thought you might want to know where we New York personal injury lawyers stand. Do we favor democrats, like Obama, or Republican like _______ (fill in the blank)? I won’t give you a bunch of crap about us being impartial. We favor…
Guess what? Your Central and Syracuse New York Accident lawyer/blogger has a life (I mean, outside of law). So for today’s blog, I am giving my readers a peek at my life. I love children, all children really, but especially my own. Here’s a picture of me volunteering with Boys…
It’s nice to be appreciated. And sometimes clients who appreciate my work write online “reviews” of me. I was flattered and honored to read the following review of my work from a client whose case I recently tried. Here is her review of my work from the attorney rating and…
In the Watertown New York personal injury jury trial I wrapped up this week, I used some technology that I feel really made a difference. It is called “Exhibit View“, and is a kind of trial presentation software. You load this program onto your laptop, and then connect your laptop…
I just emerged from a week-long personal injury trial in Watertown, Jefferson County, New York. The defendants who injured my client had offered us only about 1/5 of what we felt the value of the case was, so we took it to trial. Every day, as our proof went in,…