Law Practice,
Civil Rights
Jun. 10, 2020
Finding your bearing as a plaintiff lawyer in a pandemic
Closed offices and courtrooms have created a major disruption with our ability to effectively represent our clients. Plaintiff’s lawyers with a contingency fee practice experience an even greater impact. The inability to get civil jury trials means that each case has no finish line. In these times of uncertainty and anxiety an opportunity exists to refocus and rededicate ourselves.
Niall P. McCarthy
Partner
Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy LLP
840 Malcolm Rd #200
Burlingame , CA 94010
Phone: (650) 697-6000
Fax: (650) 697-0577
Email: nmccarthy@cpmlegal.com
Santa Clara Univ Law School
Niall is co-chair of the Open Courts Coalition -- a group of dedicated lawyers with members from district attorney and public defender offices, plaintiff and defense lawyers, probate lawyers, family lawyers, IP lawyers, legal aid lawyers, and lawyers from every other imaginable practice who advocate to increase funding for California courts. Over 200 different bar associations and legal groups are affiliated with the Open Courts Coalition.
"That which does not kill us makes us stronger."
-- Friedrich Nietzsche, "Twilight of the Idols," 1889
COVID-19 has caused death and economic destruction. It is a once-in-a-lifetime cri...
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