Category: LAW PRACTICE
ATTORNEY ATTIRE
DRESSING WELL = DRESSING RIGHT MICHAEL SEAN QUINN* All adages are false when taken to be universal. Some adages have wisdom. Here is one for attorneys: Orderly appearance and therefore dress, among other things tends to lead to...
Read MoreLEGAL DISCOURSE, DEPOSITIONS AND TRUTHFULNESS
TRUTHS, LIES AND UNTRUTHFULNESS Michael Sean Quinn* In a deposition not long ago, I was asked whether I though an insurance company defending an insured had...
Read MoreON THE RHETORIC OF THE RIDICULOUS
SELF INJURIOUS “OVERSPEAK” Michael Sean Quinn* Overdoing rhetoric in briefs, motions, pleadings, etc., is a poor, tasteless and below grade “C” lawyering. There has recently been direct and...
Read MoreSETTLEMENT DECLARATION REGARDING “WRONGDOING”
ON DENYING “ANY WRONGDOING” Michael Sean Quinn* Often in civil litigation cases a defendant will pay money to the plaintiff for alleged damages. Sometimes this is to keep damages and legal fees down, sometimes...
Read MoreLAW OF FIDUCIARIES, DONALD TRUMP AND FEDERAL INCOME TAX LAWS
Michael Sean Quinn* The Donald said that he has a fiduciary duty to “his” employees, to pay as little federal income tax as possible. I would think that if there is any such duty, it would be that of the company, the...
Read MoreREQUESTS FOR ADMISSIONS: A FEW THOUGHTS
HOW TO DEAL WITH SOME RqAs, SOMETIMES Michael Sean Quinn* Requests for Admissions (“RqAs”) are a written discovery device in all jurisdictions. They have a number of uses. Here are some reflections. It is...
Read MoreDEPOSITION TAKING: HOW NOT TO
RESEMBLANCE AND EXACTITUDE Witness (W) has testified that he had authority from boss/supervisor to do something, some time ago. L asks the following question: Q. Do you remember exactly what he said to you? A. No. Q. Then how do...
Read MoreLAWYER CLINTON AND HER EMAIL SCANDAL(?) (EMAILGATE?)
WHAT HAPPENED? WHAT COMEY SAID AND WHAT HE DIDN’T SAY Michael Sean Quinn* Hillary Clinton is a lawyer. ** (See below) What did she know? When did she know it? And how did FBI Director, James B. Comey describe it?...
Read More“Go Fuck Yourself,” said the lawyer. . . .
NEGOTIATION ETHICS Michael Sean Quinn* Not long ago two lawyers represented clients in a bitter lawsuit. There had been much discovery, many hearings, and considerable negotiations. As the trial approached L#1 proposed a...
Read MoreLawyers Helping Hillary With Emails: No Intentional Misconduct, FBI Says
HILLARY’S LAWYERS, HILLARY’S EMAILS, and PROBLEMS OF E-DISCOVERY Michael Sean Quinn* Before producing her emails to the State Department in 2014, her lawyers sorted through thousands of emails she had in her...
Read MoreTRUMP’S LAWYER-MENTOR AND HIS EVIL “GOD”: ROY COHN
GUNS IN THE PULSE CLUB Michael Sean Quinn* Presidential candidate Donald trumpeted roughly the following following the “Orlando Massacre.” “If one of the “guests” in the club had been...
Read MoreLAWYER BIRD CRIME: SHOOTING (OR, AT LEAST, TORTURING AND/OR KILLING) THE BIRD
HAWK TRAPPING AND KILLING Michael Sean Quinn* It is a crime under federal law, in particular the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, to trap and/or kill red-tailed hawks. A wealthy and ashamed South Carolina L confessed with tears in his...
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