Lawyer thread

Discussion in 'The Mainboard' started by Jax Teller, Apr 8, 2015.

  1. colonelrascals

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    I can’t wait
     
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  2. wes tegg

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    The billboards are just this on loop:

     
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  3. harvey birdman

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    Way to go babe :roll:
     
  4. colonelrascals

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    This is gold
     
  5. Gallant Knight

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    Once again I would never wear those shorts in public.
     
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  6. bigred77

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    Ohh, we gunna need some pics of these billboards
     
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  7. bigred77

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    Luckily you weren't in public for that video
     
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  8. Tex

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  9. Gallant Knight

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    Actually doing it in corpus. Opening a satellite office there

    think it’ll end up being 15-20 boards there
     
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  10. Tex

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    Become a sponsor for the Hooks and put a sign in the stadium.
     
  11. Gallant Knight

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    I bought 361-ABOGADO. There is a girl up here who puts their face in an avocado and says avocados at law. I’m 10000% stealing that
     
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  12. Nug

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    #24162 Nug, May 8, 2025
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  13. RJF-GUMP

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    Had a comp adjuster that refused to answer calls, emails, pleadings. I put on a state bar list serve for comp lawyers who the carrier was and what was going on and I needed a defense lawyer to call the carrier and get it moving. I had a tidal wave of defense lawyers that wanted to get involved. This turd adjuster probably got blown up. I think it is genius. Now have a lawyer straightening it out. The adjuster finally emailed (after said lawyer contacted her) and said she gets 100 emails a day and we need to fax , email, and call. We previously left her tons of voice mails. I might should have just set them up for bad faith but my guy needs treatment and I just wanted to get it moving.
     
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  14. herb.burdette

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    Seems like a great way to lose your verdict on appeal and have to retry the case.
     
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  15. Tex

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  16. Gallant Knight

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    The broke back mountain one is hilarious

    think those two are killing it
     
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  17. Nug

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    We have any lawyers in NC?
     
  18. CoastalOrange

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    I'm not but I know a few depending on what you're looking for.
     
  19. BUstang

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    Ended up with $159m in compensatories. $480m in punitives. Largest verdict in Texas this year.

    I felt the case had the makings for something special. But you never know if all the pieces will come together at trial. The pieces came together and we were blessed with an incredibly arrogant opposing counsel that added fuel to the fire.
     
  20. devine

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    https://www.the-mainboard.com/index.php?threads/tmb-could-use-some-money.185563/
     
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  21. wes tegg

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    Hell of a result! I watched some of it, and that defense lawyer was an absolute clown. Beyond the behavior, wearing Easter egg jackets with no socks and sneakers in a death case is preposterous.
     
  22. BUstang

    BUstang Lawyer

    I am going to refrain from commenting in a public forum but I will say a lot of people said something similar.
     
  23. colonelrascals

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    I love watching this thread. congrats BUstang! Can I still watch?
     
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  24. BUstang

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    It was a livestream so unfortunately not.
     
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  25. Gallant Knight

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    i watched a lot of it. it was clear that the defense was going to get hammered from day 1.

    congrats BUstang
     
  26. colonelrascals

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    Damn
     
  27. Clown Baby

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    As a defense attorney, this bill is dumb as shit and was mostly just an excuse to relieve premise owners of liability for foreseeable third party acts. In trying to legitimize it, they totally fucked up 9-11-12(j) and that’s got me steamed. Also, Bill Casey is a good dude.
     
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  28. Oranjello

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    Litigators: Do you have any apprehension about signing an affidavit of service? If so, why?
     
  29. wes tegg

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    Not if it was served. What would be the apprehension?
     
  30. Oranjello

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    Not real sure.

    I’m quarterbacking a tax project that requires proof of delivery of some documents by affidavit of service. Client-relationship partner (a litigator) lives in the city where delivery is required and won’t sign the affidavit. No real reason given other than “because.” I’m baffled and now making plans to spend 7 hours in the car Monday to do it myself because we’re up against a deadline.
     
  31. herb.burdette

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    Hire a process server. That’s routine in litigated cases when an opposing party will not waive service of summons.
     
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  32. Oranjello

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    That’s one option. But then I couldn’t inconvenience myself to prove a point to my colleague
     
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  33. CF3234

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    Unless that 7 hour trip is all billable and you need to fill a day, you are being petty for no reason. #FuckBillableHours
     
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  34. wes tegg

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    Process server is the play.
     
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  35. Sammy Meatballs

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    he’s one of the most genuine people I’ve met in 15 years of doing this.
     
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  36. Sammy Meatballs

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    And changes to 51-3-1 were needed.

    but not like this.
     
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  37. Clown Baby

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    Casey’s letter to the legislature was all accurate. In particular, it’s going to make life miserable for judges and staff attorneys trying to figure it all out and it’s going to overwhelm the Atlanta metropolitan courts, which are already overwhelmed.
     
  38. Sammy Meatballs

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    what do you mean - 8 week trial dockets with a 2 hour call are enjoyable for everyone involved
     
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  39. Clown Baby

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    We miraculously got a specially set trial for the first week of March. The first Judge PP has afforded anyone since pre-covus
     
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  40. Nug

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    I was told by a partner long ago to always hire a process server because in the event it's litigated and service of process becomes an issue, you've made yourself a fact witness that could potentially be deposed/questioned about precisely what you did.
     
  41. Gallant Knight

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    Who the hell doesn’t use a process server for every lawsuit
     
  42. Oranjello

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    In my situation, the affidavit of service proving delivery of a document (signed by the county) to a county revenuer is required by statute to be delivered to a state revenuer. I’m just checking boxes, and all that really matters is that it gets timely checked. No one is going to look into how the box was checked.

    Edit: Because we are simply checking boxes is all the more baffling as to why my colleague won’t sign the affidavit
     
    #24192 Oranjello, May 15, 2025
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  43. Oranjello

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    About to land in Vegas. Hopefully this has worked itself out by Sunday or else I’ll be lining up a process server.

    I should never have asked, because ignorance of using a process server would given me ground to stand on for billing 7 hours of driving (a rarity in my world)
     
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  44. Gallant Knight

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    sent wes tegg and RJF-GUMP pictures of one of the billboards i have going up. will let them give you a review.
     
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  45. bwi2

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    Man it must suck to not have presumptions of service and presumptions of regularity
     
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  46. RJF-GUMP

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    Brilliant. Once your avocado empire blows up , hire me and pay me a handsome salary
     
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  47. Nug

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    Nug: Here's the settlement accounting, you're walking with X. It's pretty good, you only have to pay back health insurance X
    Client: I feel like I shouldn't have to pay for any medical bills if the accident wasn't my fault
    Nug: it doesn't work like that. Someone rendered you medical care, they do deserve to be reimbursed. The settlement was based, in part, on the medical care you received
    Client: I just don't feel that's right. Do I have to pay them? Can you sue them?
     
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  48. wes tegg

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    10/10 no notes
     
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  49. wes tegg

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    I may go to Corpus to see one.
     
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  50. Gallant Knight

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    just got a scheduling order on a case we filed and we are set for trial in late november 2026 weeee