KEEP YOUR LAWYER ON A LEASH Is the Tail Wagging your Litigation Dog?

KEEP YOUR LAWYER ON A LEASH

Is the Tail Wagging your Litigation Dog?

MYTH VS. FACT

Using a litigation plan will always

save you time and money because

it plots an organized approach and

timely handling of litigation issues.

MYTH VS. FACT

Pre-suit, or early mediation,

is useless unless you already

know you want to settle a

case.

MYTH VS. FACT

Any attorney can defend

any case.

MYTH VS. FACT

Settling cases only

encourages the local plaintiff

bar to file more cases.

MYTH VS. FACT

High dollar attorneys are

always better than less

expensive attorneys.

MYTH VS. FACT

You should never pay two

attorneys to try a case

representing one defendant.

MYTH VS. FACT

You should regularly assess your

attorneys’ performance and gauge

the assignment of additional work

based upon performance.

MYTH VS. FACT

Discovery must be

completed prior to an

attempt to resolve a

questionable claim.

MYTH VS. FACT

Adjusters shouldn’t do any

investigation once a case is

given to an attorney after suit

is filed.

MYTH VS. FACT

Some defense firms succumb to internal

pressures to “take the slow boat” toward a

case evaluation and decision point, because

they feel the need to use every case to train

their associates, or because they feel the

case isn’t “financially mature”.

MYTH VS. FACT

“Fee-shifting” cases are

particularly dangerous because

some plaintiff attorneys will resist

serious settlement negotiations

while they build their fees.

MYTH VS. FACT

Politics has no place in

Litigation Management.