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Show, Don't Tell
In the movie, Super 8, JJ Abrams and Steven Spielberg do a great job in showing us, not simply telling us. The opening scene is a mill worker removing the numbers 784 from a sign which reads “784 days...
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An Expert's File
Assume everything you write or e-mail an expert will be discoverable. Even if you can somehow keep it from being discovered, you will probably spend your time and the client’s money to keep it...
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Taking a Page out of Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution
Jamie Oliver, a chef and a child advocate focused on ensuring kids receive proper nutrition through their school lunch programs as well as at home, has a television show, Jamie Oliver’s Food...
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Survey of Minority Associates Shows Persistent Differences
A 2011 Midlevel Associates Survey conducted by The American Lawyer demonstrates that although the salary gap between minority and majority associates is closing, persistent differences continue to...
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Learning to be a Lawyer from a Lawyer: The Benefits of Adjunct Faculty
An issue that has recently flooded the pages of the New York Times is the rapidly increasing cost of attending law school, despite the economic climate this country is currently experiencing. Law...
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Setting Expectations Helps Get the Bills Paid
It is no secret that law firms sometimes encounter clients that are less than enthusiastic about paying their bills. When a client balks at paying, there can be an enormous strain on the relationship,...
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Using Social Media as a Tool to Advance Our Careers
Do you feel at a loss or intimidated or repulsed by the thought of using social media? Like it or not, social media sites are a new means of communication, which we cannot ignore any more than we can...
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Less Jury Trials Impact Many; Florida Study
If you spend some time looking at the statistics, you will see the number of jury trials is swiftly declining. Many states and organizations have recognized the decline, voicing concerns about the...
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DRI Cares - Young Lawyers Community Service Project
DRI Young Lawyers Committee continues its tradition of community service by spending an afternoon with Feeding South Florida. Founded in 1981 as the Daily Bread Food Bank, Feeding South Florida has...
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May 1 is Law Day
I often find it curious that Law Day falls on May 1st. Growing up, May 1st was always the day the news carried pictures of over the top parades in Red Square in Moscow where the USSR would display its...
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Feeding South Florida one Snickers bar at a time
If you’re looking forward to your flight to South Florida as much as I am (and attending DRI's Young Lawyers seminar), you’ve probably already got your stack of magazines ready. In flipping through US...
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Best Practices for Serving as Local Counsel: A Young Lawyer’s Opportunity
We've all been there, wondering when we'll get "our shot" – perhaps a high-profile role at trial, taking an important expert deposition, or simply face time with the firm's largest client. And, despite...
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Two Sure-Fire Ways to Immediately Improve Your Legal Writing
I came across a post on the Lawyerist on the question whether good legal writing is inherited or developed. Putting aside that debate (the answer is both, by the way), it occurred to me that there are...
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Lawyer Glut, Outsourcing, Other Happy Topics
According to this infographic from the Wall Street Journal, “lawyer gluts” and the “dismal state of today’s job market”, a deeper examination of the actual numbers in this piece (completely unverified...
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A Word from DRI's Membership Committee
Welcome! I have been a member of DRI since 2007. A partner at a former law firm suggested that I join DRI to develop my practice. At the first conference I attended (Insurance Coverage and Claims...
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Extinguishing MSP Exposure: How Combining MSA Analysis with QSF Funding Best...
A hot button concern of DRI members and clients today is how to minimize exposure to the federal government under the Medicare Secondary Payer Act (the “MSP”) for reimbursement obligations. 42 U.S.C....
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DRI Online Communities
On May 21, DRI rolled out the new committee online communities. The new communities will enhance DRI’s web presence and will allow committee members to connect with each other and share information...
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Machines vs. Lawyers: How Lawyers Could Lose Business to Technology
In his recent article in City-Journal, Northwestern University Law Professor John McGinnis hypothesizes that recent and impressive technological advances will have an increasingly disruptive impact on...
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The Flip-Side of the Networking Coin: Service to Our Clients
I often thought about myself or my law firm when it came to attending networking events. After attending my fourth Young Lawyers Seminar last week in Denver, I realized that there is much more to...
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My DRI Seminar Experience
While I’m a bit freaked out to acknowledge this milestone, just about ten years ago I attended my first DRI Medical Liability and Health Care Law Seminar. The following year I was given the...
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