I’m sitting at the Gerald Ford Airport in Grand Rapids, Michigan on my way home to Keene, NH via Detroit. I’m representing a client in Michigan, and had to put together a trial team with a Michigan lawyer. In the process, It dawned on me that I was doing things injury victims should do before [...]

The television is littered with commercials of tough-talking injury lawyers. They can sound pretty convincing, but most are all talk/ no action. If you’ve been injured and are getting the run-around from the insurance company, it can be maddening. It is normal to be angry, and want to hire a lawyer who’ll “fix em”, even [...]

Do NOT be overly impressed with a lawyer’s membership in legal organizations or praise from fellow lawyers. The old-boy network is alive and well. If a lawyer is one of the gang, good things will be said and heaps of praise will come that lawyer’s way. If the lawyer is a bit of a renegade, [...]

This morning, January 11, 2009, between exits 3 and 4 in Derry, N.H., dozens of vehicles collided on I-93 injuring over 100 people. One of the motorists said that it looked like a movie scene, and that you could hear crash after crash. 17 ambulances transported the injured to local hospitals. This highway has been [...]

DO YOU HAVE A RECORD OF UNETHICAL CONDUCT? And when you get an answer, don’t stop there. Dishonest lawyers lie. You are the consumer who’s entitled to, and needs, the truth. Call the Professional Conduct Committee ( run by the NH Supreme Court) at 603-224-5828 to see if the lawyer has a record of unethical [...]

Cheshire County Probate Court Judge, Albert “Kip” Weeks, recently underwent surgery at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center for an aggressive and malignant brain tumor. He’s back home and will be undergoing radiation and chemotherapy treatments. It has been reported from a good source that “the body is weak, but the spirit is strong”. Kip is a [...]