by Jim Dwyer | Jun 22, 2015 | Fiduciary Duties, Fiduciary Duties and You, Practicing Law and Life
Of the three fiduciary duties that we owe our clients, full and frank disclosure is the most challenging. Whether it’s asking probing questions to better understand your client or giving difficult advice, full disclosure is at the crux of the attorney-client...
by Jim Dwyer | May 18, 2015 | Great Strides and Small Steps, Living Our Best Life, Practicing Law and Life, Redefining a Successful Lawyer
What are the reasons you work? The truth is there are many reasons that we work. The question should be, “What are the purposes that you work?” No doubt the response we all share is, to make a living. You have bills to pay, things you want to buy, people...
by Jim Dwyer | Apr 19, 2015 | Law, Living Our Best Life, Office Practice is Life Practice, Practicing Law and Life
The practice of law is highly competitive and adversarial. It starts in law school. I remember listening to the welcoming remarks of the Dean of the Law School, when he said, “Look to your left, look to your right…..”, you know the rest. It’s...
by Jim Dwyer | Apr 6, 2015 | Living Our Best Life, Practicing Law and Life
Looking up to the sky on a clear night in central Oregon, far from any lights, I can see so many stars. When I look up on a clear summer night in my city back yard by the campfire, I know there are as many stars up there as in central Oregon, but it’s different...
by Jim Dwyer | Mar 1, 2015 | Practicing Law and Life, Trust, Faith and The Law
The last time I recall hearing about “excited utterance” was in law school. It was in Evidence class and we were going over the list of exceptions to the hearsay rule. Like many things in life, once we learn the rule, it seems like we spend most of our...
by Jim Dwyer | Jan 5, 2015 | Practicing Law and Life
The painter has a brush. The sculptor has a hammer and chisel. The welder has a torch. An attorney has questions. The true art of being an attorney is not how fast you can draft a complaint or even how well you can write a brief or argue a point. All of it depends on...
