When Alina Landver launched her Beverly Hills, California tort and business litigation practice in 2014, she was making a drastic change: from serving as the top in-house lawyer at a renowned fashion design house to becoming a tort and business litigation attorney...
Given the vast breadth of the legal profession and the competitive job market faced by recent law school graduates, it is often tough for new lawyers to choose a particular practice area early on in their careers. Nevertheless, this critical decision can potentially...
“I was one of those weird kids who always wanted to be a lawyer,” Attorney Kathryn Burmeister says. And in high school, as she pored through literature like To Kill A Mockingbird and Letter From a Birmingham Jail, she began to understand why. “I...
“I’m a people person,” Attorney Jessylin Polo Wiederhold says. “I always try to be a light in the lives of those whom I encounter—especially my clients. So, it’s no surprise that upon graduating law school, Polo Wiederhold...
Over a decade since its introduction, the Reptile Theory continues to make a notable impact on personal injury litigation in the United States. The theory, first introduced in Reptile: the 2009 Manual of the Plaintiff’s Revolution by David Ball and Don...
The 2019 National Youth Tobacco Survey reported that 27.5 percent of U.S. high school students claim to use e-cigarettes, a.k.a. “vaping.” That figure was more than double the 11.7 percent recorded just two years earlier. Perhaps even more troubling...
Personal injury law can be complex; also, water is wet and grass is green. And while that means you’ve got to have a lot of resources in your mental toolbox, there are a few facets in which every lawyer in this practice area should be exceptionally adept...
In dozens of U.S. cities, there is a new entrant in the battle for our streets and sidewalks. In the past two years or so, electric scooters have burst onto the scene, offering a new pace of urban travel that forces pedestrians, cyclists and cars to share the sidewalk...
This post was originally published in July 2019 and was updated in April 2023. Do you handle a lot of cases with complex medical issues? Lexis Medical Navigator ® helps you master the medical facets while you search the law. It’s an all-in-one medical...
Plaintiffs whose personal injury suits involve a major accident often expect a tax-free settlement. Settlements can be complex in any case, but the new Trump tax law further complicates the subject as it alters who, how and what is taxed in personal injury cases...
Any true sports fan will tell you that being in the stadium is far better than watching the action on TV. But a trip to the ballpark does carry some hazards - and we're not talking about triple-decker jalapeno nacho plates. If you're a personal injury...
How much is a broken leg worth to you? Not exactly a comfortable question, is it? Nevertheless, attorneys who represent victims in personal injury cases have to grapple with those kinds of issues on a daily basis. Listen to this article: Click here to play...