I want to thank you for writing your book "Winning Personal Injury Cases." I found it on Amazon, and it is as if you wrote the book to me personally. I'm a second career attorney preparing to open my own practice.
Stepping out on my own is obviously a daunting task. I know the law to the extent needed to pass the bar first time, but not so much how the law works in practice beyond a stint in a six-month prosecution clinic and advanced litigation classes. It's one thing for instance to know that you first aim for a solid settlement, another entirely to learn how that works without harming your first clients. I have a few mentor types who never hesitate to answer any question I have, but the conversations tend to end once they've answered the question. It's what they aren't telling me that worries me. That's why your book is so useful. You wrote it in a straight-forward, concise yet complete format, and included such seemingly little things as the appendixes with draft documents, which actually can save a new operation loads of time and worry and searching. It's the 'how to' parts that are so useful to me. Indeed in just a few hours Saturday night I went from a constant state of a gnawing professional concern (again, mostly for any initial clients who, aside from deserving quality representation, are also quite likely to be my friends and professional contacts or their friends - i.e. people who aren't going away and will have a lot to do with the formation of my legal reputation), to 'Hey, I can do this right, just keep ahead and follow the path laid out in this book.' I recognize I have tons to learn, but now I have an initial approach, a blueprint if you will, to attacking this thing.
So, again, thanks for the effort you put into it. I have lots of treatises and alleged 'solo-practice' guides, but nothing comes close to what you have produced. I greatly appreciate it. I now smile rather than cringe at the coming challenge.
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