Our attorney blog is filled with information for attorneys practicing personal injury law in the state of Tennessee. Check back often as I frequently share new trial strategies, tactics to take down the insurance defense attorneys, and more!
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Becoming a Better Trial Lawyer - TTLA Seminar Highlights I recently chaired a great TTLA seminar in Franklin with about 100 of my good trial lawyer friends and colleagues. Watch the highlights here! -
Calling Out the Defense’s Experts - The Power of 47¢ During a video deposition of the defense’s expert, I set a trap while waiting for the expert and his defense counsel to come into the deposition room. -
The Bare Bones of Bankruptcy: What Every Personal Injury Attorney Should Know Joshua Cantrell shares the basics of what every personal injury attorney should know in order to effectively represent your client who is facing bankruptcy. -
Ways to Fight Against the "Subjective Injury" Defense A Tennessee personal injury attorney explains how to respond to an insurance lawyer's claims that a client has suffered a subjective injury only. -
TN Trial Lawyer PLAY BIGGER Seminar - SAVE THE DATE! Nov. 6, 2020 Register for this PLAY BIGGER seminar that will help you be a BETTER lawyer during your next jury trial. Save the date for Nov. 6, 2020! -
3 Reasons Your Clients Should Secretly Record the Independent Medical Examiner – EVERY TIME! But isn’t that Unethical? Can I get in trouble for telling my clients to do that? No, and NO. Here I explain reasons to have your clients do this every time. -
Voir Dire: Top 3 WRONG Excuses You Are Not Focus Grouping Your Cases You are cheating your client if you're not focus grouping your cases set for jury trial. Call me if you would like to discuss working on a focus group together. -
Getting ZERO Comparative Fault in Your Premises Cases A big problem with slip and fall cases is that your client will likely be charged with some degree of comparative fault…IF you let them. John shares these tips. -
How to Beat the “You Should Have Been Looking At Your Feet” Argument by Insurance Defense Lawyers In a recent slip and fall case, the insurance lawyer claimed the defendant should've been looking down at his feet when walking. Here's how to beat this defense -
3 Biggest Ways Non-PI Lawyers Screw Up Really Good PI Cases Why is it so many NON-PI lawyers try to handle a complex PI case? Here are few things to watch out for so you don’t mess up your client’s case. -
In House Defense Counsel Have you ever done something kind of off the cuff that you later regretted? Well, I certainly have. Here is the backdrop of what happened. -
Independent Medical Exams – One LIE Per Word Insurance companies love IME's. When you get notice that the insurance lawyer wants to do an IME, don’t fret it my friends. No, better yet…. Embrace it!