Do YOU Know What Lawyers Are Afraid Of?
(You should.)
Justice Association Paralegal Breakfast
October 24, 2008
What Lawyers Fear Most #1
A. Sarah Palin
B. Fox News
C. Client’s undisclosed medical condition
What Lawyers Fear Most #2
A. Diana Lewis
B. Hunting with Dick Cheney
C. Client’s undisclosed prior convictions for DUI, reckless driving, and grand theft auto
What Lawyers Fear Most #3
A. Televangelists
B. The Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy
C. Surveillance video of client dancing on tabletop at strip club
What Lawyers Fear Most
What they DON’T KNOW about their OWN clients when they walk into
deposition
Calm Their Fears
• Have a system
• Use a checklist for all the records (we gave you one)
• Get it early
• Identify the “dogs”
Call For Help
• Check out your client as much as the insurance company will
• Send your investigator to the client’s house and see what’s going on
• Get as many photos and statements as possible
• Get all the records from all the places
Ease Their Pain- Make Your Life Easier
Justice Association Paralegal Breakfast
October 24, 2008