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Mentoring New Legal Assistants

Paralegal Bootcamp

In my own defense, the last 25 years of my career has been dedicated to one attorney as a contracted tort litigation paralegal. I use a pre-litigation checklist for new legal assistants in our personal injury practice. In that moment it occurred to me I had gravely miscalculated my training and mentoring methods.

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Supreme Court considers truck driver’s RICO case over CBD product that cost him his job  

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Horn sued, alleging that the makers of Dixie X had engaged in mail and wire fraud that caused him to suffer injury to “business or property.” Horn’s economic losses, she argued, are the “damages he sustain[ed]” because of that injury. The same result, she argued, should apply here.

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Spooky Torts: The 2021 List of Litigation Horrors

JonathanTurley

Here is my annual list of Halloween torts and crimes. Halloween of course remains a holiday seemingly designed for personal injury lawyers around the world and this year’s additions show why. Halloween has everything for a torts-filled holiday: battery, trespass, defamation, nuisance, product liability and more.

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Spooky Torts: The 2022 List of Litigation Horrors

JonathanTurley

Here is my annual list of Halloween torts and crimes. Halloween of course remains a holiday seemingly designed for personal injury lawyers around the world and this year’s additions show why. Halloween has everything for a torts-filled holiday: battery, trespass, defamation, nuisance, product liability and more.

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Starting a Paralegal Career Without a Paralegal Certificate

Paralegal Bootcamp

She was a personal injury attorney and they were looking for a receptionist for their small law firm. Meet Our Guest Jessie Foss is a Board Certified Paralegal in Personal Injury Trial Law and received her certification through the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in 2019. I was 18 and had received my GED.

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Is it Worth it to Become a Litigation Paralegal?

Paralegal Bootcamp

A perfect example might be to compare the interpersonal skills required of a litigation paralegal working in family law or personal injury compared with someone who works in commercial or construction litigation. Criminal law, family law, corporate law – each comes with unique demands and rewards.

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North Carolina Man Killed After GPS Sends Him Over Destroyed Bridge

JonathanTurley

A tragedy in North Carolina could present rather difficult torts questions in a wrongful death case for a grieving family. Since the road leads to the hazard, one could argue that there should have been barriers constructed or action taken to warn drivers of the hazard down the road.

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