Professional Library
The Trial Notebook
Short practical essays, CLE handouts, checklists, and litigation frameworks for lawyers—organized as a durable professional library rather than a chronological blog.
Featured Resource
High-utility tools for the professional bar.
Personal Injury Issue Spotter
A two-minute screen for lawyers who do not regularly handle injury claims in Mississippi or Alabama. Identify risks, preserve evidence, and calculate the clock before declining a file.
Other Resources
The First 72 Hours: Commercial Vehicles
Evidence preservation, scene investigation, and early legal decisions in trucking and commercial-vehicle cases.
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Evidence preservation, scene investigation, and early legal decisions in trucking and commercial-vehicle cases.
Hidden Personal Injury Claims
Issue spotting for family, probate, workers' compensation, bankruptcy, criminal, and general-practice lawyers.
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Issue spotting for family, probate, workers' compensation, bankruptcy, criminal, and general-practice lawyers.
Maximizing Mediation
Timing, mediator selection, preparation, strategy, and follow-up in catastrophic injury cases.
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Timing, mediator selection, preparation, strategy, and follow-up in catastrophic injury cases.
Managing Client Expectations
Communication patterns and the architecture of trust in complex litigation.
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Communication patterns and the architecture of trust in complex litigation.
The Rule of Three
From rhetoric to litigation workflow: initiate, respond, advance.
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From rhetoric to litigation workflow: initiate, respond, advance.
Additional practice topics
Practical subjects for lawyer-to-lawyer discussion, continuing education, and case-management decisions.
Knowing When to Associate Counsel
Questions involving case complexity, funding, staffing, experts, ethics, and co-counsel selection.
Everett's Monthly Check-In
A short personal note directing colleagues to useful issue-spotting articles, litigation resources, and referral information.