The vast majority of cases I work on are a lot like the material we read in law school. My Torts professor told us on more than one occasion that “there are real people behind
Five Essential Things– Elaborated, Part 3: Choice of Law
Tom Pickert, Trial Attorney
Tom Pickert was an outstanding lawyer, by all accounts around the local bar. Our paths never crossed, at least as recollection says, but our circles overlap considerably. Word of his death came via the listserv of the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys, just as a few
How to Best Serve Outside the Hague Service Convention
A client emailed me the other day, asking how to serve a foreign defendant. A pretty common occurrence that prompts either a “take a look at this blog” reply or a short &
Five Essential Things– Elaborated, Part 2: Choice of Venue
The vast majority of cases I work on are a lot like the material we read in law school. My Torts professor told us on more than one occasion that “there are real people behind every one of these cases.” My cases are no different.
She
Five Essential Things– Elaborated, Part 1: Service Agent
The vast majority of cases I work on are a lot like the material we read in law school. My Torts professor told us on more than one occasion that “there are real people behind every
It’s not a subpoena… it’s a letter to Santa.
Timmy the Biglaw Associate realizes that he needs to discover documents from a company in Italy. Timmy knows from CivPro class that discovery requires a subpoena, so he dutifully sits down and writes one, to command the company to produce any and all documents related to XYZ, et c. He seals it up in