If a person dies due to someone else’s negligence or misconduct, that person’s family members or survivors may sue for wrongful death. This kind of lawsuit is brought against an individual who has caused someone’s death and seeks financial compensation for the impact of survivors’ losses. These may include ...
A podcast and interview of Scott Herndon, published by Katy Goshtasbi. In July 2022, entitled "Honest Conversations," where Scott describes the values of his practice and the ethos of our law firm. Honest Conversations: Change and Transition To Live Your Best Life “Growth is a symptom of tiny decisions and behavior” ...
As published in Plaintiff Magazine in July 2022. Every successful law firm needs to understand the history, present challenges, and future of its growth. It needs to know why and how its clients decided to retain the law firm in the first place, and it needs to analyze, resolve, and ...
Before I became a lawyer, I taught philosophy. Along the way, I studied and worked with some of the sharpest minds in the world. These people—too many to name here—taught me almost everything I know about being a good lawyer. When practiced at the highest level, philosophy is an intense ...
Lawyers often think of themselves as competitors in an athletic sense. We speak in terms of winning cases, beating opponents, and standing out from our peers. And the legal field itself is competitive in the ecological sense too, where lawyers and law firms compete for business from a limited pool ...
As a lawyer who represents plaintiffs who have suffered catastrophic personal injuries, my phone rings daily with stories that shake me. Recently, a new client--let's call him Paul--was involved in a horrific cycling accident with an oncoming car. Paul had woken up in the emergency room, with gruesome, potentially life ...
He has represented me in two situations that both panned out better than expected. I met him on the tennis courts and felt due to his fiery demeanor on the courts that he would bring this same energy to my case. I took a chance with him and boy, was I right. I true tiger both on and off the court. What else I also appreciated about Scott was my ability to call him on his cell and talk to him man to man. No secretaries blocking for him and waiting days for a return call. Just as my doctor, I insist on being able to have a cell phone number I can call directly. This means everything.
