Lawyer V. Lawyer

Gary and Debbie talk everything about punitive damages. How and when to plead; When to conduct discovery; How to handle in trial; When to move to strike punitive damages; when to drop punitive damages. They include examples of obtaining or defending against punitive damages in the past and Insurance company and insured interaction with punitive damages. Check out this episode and others from our Lawyer v. Lawyer podcast at burgerlaw.com/podcasts

In this episode, Debbie and Garry interview Grant Doty, a lawyer with 15 years of legal experience and 20 years of experience before that in the army. Gary and Grant are old friends and Grant shares his experience as a combat soldier and lawyer. We draw parallels and differences between them. Such a pleasure to interview and work with a great lawyer, soldier, and person.   See all our Lawyer v. Lawyer episodes at burgerlaw.com/podcasts 

Gary and Debbie are joined by Jennifer Crompton of Lexitas to discuss best practices in mediation. They share some funny stories about mediation incidents and deposition drama and how those show best practices. View more legal podcasts by Burger Law: https://burgerlaw.com/podcasts/

Debbie and Gary are joined by Jennifer Crompton of Lexitas to talk about this local company's growth and scaling to eventually being acquired by a national litigation support company. We learn about the management and operations successes of Lexitas, how that helped it grow, how those lessons can be translated to running a law firm, and how Lexitas and law firms operated during Covid. The lessons of pivoting to zoom and virtual mediation and deposition litigation practice are valuable and these practice changes continue and have changed the future of litigation.   You can watch all of our past videos and podcasts for Lawyer V Lawyer here: https://burgerlaw.com/podcasts/

Gary Burger brings guest Stephen Gerring of the Gerring Law firm for a second episode to discuss the Top Adjuster Tricks they encounter and How to Combat Them. Stephen and Gary discuss what to do when the adjuster claims that the client's injuries were pre-existing, the adjuster claims that too much time elapsed between the accident and first treatment, the adjuster evaluates the case based on the amount of outstanding medical bills only, adjuster cuts down the amount of treatment accepted for nebulous reasons, adjuster tries to use your client's medical records against them, adjuster says hospital's bills are higher than customary in the region, or the adjuster asserts comparative negligence.

Maximize Settlements In The Claims Stage. Gary brings guest Stephen Gerring of the Gerring Law firm to discuss techniques to maximize case value pre-suit with a claim representative. This includes Communicating the severity of your client's injury as soon as you can, anchoring in the claims stage, understanding all aspects of your client's case and their medical condition to improve negotiation, ask to speak to an adjuster's supervisor to get a better pre-lit evaluation and have an outstanding reason for it, Treat all medical providers as lienholders and pay all their pro-rata share (which typically saves a good amount of money for clients), and be willing and ready to file suit and litigate if you cannot settle in the claims stage.   View all of our other podcasts here: https://burgerlaw.com/podcasts/ Visit Burger Law: https://burgerlaw.com/ Visit Gerring Law: https://www.gerringlaw.com/

In this episode of Lawyer v. Lawyer, Gary and Debbie discuss and teach the nuts and bolts of how to properly impeach a witness and why, cross examine with medical records, lay a business record foundation, get pictures submitted in the evidence, how to get a court to take judicial notice of pleadings, life expectancy tables, reaction time and stopping distances in car wreck case. It's a must-listen for any trial lawyer. Personal injury Law Firm serving all of Missouri and Illinois. Burger Law is a Personal injury Law Firm that has successfully recovered millions of dollars to compensate car accident victims and their families. When a driver breaks the rules of the road and injures or kills another person, they should be held responsible. If you are injured in a car accident, your case likely has difficult legal, insurance, and damage issues that require a seasoned car accident attorney to resolve. Injured? Call us today @ (314) 500-HURT in Missouri or (312) 500-HURT in Illinois.

Lawyer v. Lawyer - Preparing For The Trial Process Gary Burger and Debbie Champion discuss their processes and procedures for going to trial, how they prepare exhibits, motions in limine, Depo designations, voir dire, opening, examination of witnesses, exhibits, and closing. They discuss their processes and systems they have to make sure that this gets done effectively and for how they try the case. Personal injury Law Firm serving all of Missouri and Illinois. Burger Law is a Personal injury Law Firm that has successfully recovered millions of dollars to compensate car accident victims and their families. When a driver breaks the rules of the road and injures or kills another person, they should be held responsible. If you are injured in a car accident, your case likely has difficult legal, insurance, and damage issues that require a seasoned car accident attorney to resolve. Injured? Call us today @ (314) 500-HURT in Missouri or (312) 500-HURT in Illinois.

Debbie and Gary talk about the main pet peeves that they have about what opposing counsel does at trial and which is ineffective. Debbie and Gary discuss not having a plaintiff at trial in the courtroom, not putting in medical bills, not admitting fault well, not impeaching in cross-examination appropriately, not having a cohesive theory of the case, and being too focused on technology, and not having a backup plan. Personal injury Law Firm serving all of Missouri and Illinois. Burger Law is a Personal injury Law Firm that has successfully recovered millions of dollars to compensate car accident victims and their families. When a driver breaks the rules of the road and injures or kills another person, they should be held responsible. If you are injured in a car accident, your case likely has difficult legal, insurance, and damage issues that require a seasoned car accident attorney to resolve. Injured? Call us today @ (314) 500-HURT in Missouri or (312) 500-HURT in Illinois.

Welcome to Lawyer V. Lawyer, the only legal podcast giving you both sides of the trial room floor. This is a special edition episode featuring a recent radio interview Gary Burger and Debbie Champion did on Dr. Stan Fine's "It's Your Business" Radio Show. In this special episode we'll cover some of the stigmas around lawyers in business, how lawyers get business, how you know it's time to get a lawyer involved to sue, and more.   To get more information, suggest topics for Debbie and Gary to discuss, or hire them, email info@lawyervlawyer.com. For more episodes visit our Lawyer V. Lawyer Facebook page or website. Although the advice is good, no attorney-client relationship is formed by listening to this podcast. Thanks for listening!

Welcome to Lawyer V. Lawyer, the only legal podcast giving you both sides of the trial room floor. In this episode: Gary and Debbie Discuss how to litigate by zoom - tips and tricks for taking depositions and mediating cases by zoom. How to use documents, video record depos, meditate successfully, use exhibits and presentations.  To get more information, suggest topics for Debbie and Gary to discuss, or hire them, email info@lawyervlawyer.com. For more episodes visit our Lawyer V. Lawyer Facebook page or website. Although the advice is good, no attorney-client relationship is formed by listening to this podcast. Thanks for listening!

Welcome to Lawyer V. Lawyer, the only legal podcast giving you both sides of the trial room floor. In this episode: Debbie and Gary discuss the effect fake news and election litigation has on the law and litigation everywhere else. All of a sudden, people are openly criticizing judges and decisions, are filing baseless lawsuits and making claims without proof. But we have rules of evidence and ethics rules to control that. How the weird political world bleeds into normal lawyer work. To get more information, suggest topics for Debbie and Gary to discuss, or hire them, email info@lawyervlawyer.com. For more episodes visit our Lawyer V. Lawyer Facebook page or website. Although the advice is good, no attorney-client relationship is formed by listening to this podcast. Thanks for listening!  

Our Lawyer v. Lawyer hosts discuss social media now: using it as part of an investigation to see if the plaintiff to see if they are exaggerating their injury and the strategy of that; using it to investigate venire panels and potential jurors for their political views and socioeconomic status; and the rapidly (still) changing nature of social media with rapid political and pandemic changes we are experiencing.

Gary and Debbie talk about cases with bad injuries and high damages: some of which have good liability and others may not be worth a hoot. Start at the end of the case, assess whether plaintiff is sympathetic or not sympathetic, turn tough liability cases into good liability cases, jury research and early resolution.

Debbie and Gary discuss what they did with their offices to accommodate Corona and working from home, productivity of employees and their experience with Corona. They also prognosticate on systemic changes in the law that will happen because of Corona.

Gary and Debbie welcome Jill Bollwerk again for her second episode with us. We continue our discussion about Jill’s practice and what her, Debbie and Gary’s plans are for the next decade. We figure out that we like what we’re doing and are mostly going to continue what we’re doing. We talk about lawyer advertising, how to market ourselves, Jill’s great networking and our concerns and risks we will confront in the next decade or so. We also continue our discussion about work-life balance and when we like to get our work done - balancing our other interests and family.

In this episode, Debbie and Gary welcome Jill Bollwerk of Bollwerk and Tatlow as their guest. We discuss how her practice started and some unique aspects of being a woman trial lawyer. Women in the courtroom need to take the edge off and try cases differently. Women can be harder on other women. Then we discuss work-life balance and how we choose our life and practice.

For episode 59, Garry and Debbie discuss the lessons we learned or re-learned in 2019: don’t get too big for your britches; perfect is the enemy of good; get rid of the haters – no good deed goes unpunished; get your plan together, keep at it and trust your intake instincts; work with a servant’s heart; Appellate work is challenging and makes you home your instincts. Gary and Debbie wish you a happy new year and look forward to more podcasts in 2020. To get more information, suggest topics for Debbie and Gary to discuss, or hire them, email info@lawyervlawyer.com. For more episodes visit our Lawyer V. Lawyer Facebook page or website. Although the advice is good, no attorney-client relationship is formed by listening to this podcast. Thanks for listening!

Dan Schnurbush again joins Debbie and Gary about the exciting topic of insurance coverage: The insuring agreement, exclusions, denying coverage under the insurance agreement or exclusions, burden of proof on insured to prove insuring agreement, burden of proof and insurance company to enforce exclusions, conflict, dec actions, mistakes lawyers make in coverage issues, pressure lawyers could put on insurance companies on insurance issues. 

Welcome to Lawyer V. Lawyer, the only legal podcast giving you both sides of the trial room floor. In this episode: Gary and Debbie have guest Dan Schnurbush join them to discuss insurance coverage: bad faith law, coverage letters, policy interpretation, duty to defend, duty to defend when no duty to indemnify exists, arbitration. Great episode with a lot of detail.  To get more information, suggest topics for Debbie and Gary to discuss, or hire them, email info@lawyervlawyer.com. For more episodes visit our Lawyer V. Lawyer Facebook page or website. Although the advice is good, no attorney-client relationship is formed by listening to this podcast. Thanks for listening!

Public public image of lawyers and how we treat each other; what are the do’s and dont’s and rules of litigation battles; do you give records and extensions on discovery? Do you do speaking objections or motions for sanctions? Good judgment calls from Debbie and Gary on these key issues.

In this episode of Lawyer V. Lawyer Gary and Debbie discuss really tough judgment call areas of litigation: (1)what to do what do you do when your opponent introduces questionable or misleading evidence; (2) what do you do with a witness who won’t answer a question but keeps talking; and (3) how do you handle a incorrectly granted objection?

C. D. Longo of Longo and Biggs talks about his interesting career from oil and gas, general counsel, and forming and starting a firm. He now runs a successful law firm. Listen to Gary and Debbie find out how to start a successful law firm with CD. 

Today we're featuring an excerpt from a live recording of a Lawyer V. Lawyer episode about ethics. As usual, Debbie and Gary have some unbelievable stories to tell about things they've seen involving legal ethics over the years. Stay tuned for another great episode. https://burgerlaw.com/lawyer-v-lawyer-podcast/

In this special CLE episode of Lawyer V. Lawyer we have Peter Dunne who will discuss how to step up your trial game with advanced tips from a seasoned trial attorney.

In this special episode of Lawyer V. Lawyer we bring in several of St. Louis' most prominent judges to talk about their top do's and don'ts when it comes to litigation and courtroom etiquette.

Today we're featuring an excerpt from a live recording of a Gary Burger's presentation on Immunity in the legal system: its history, who it applies to, and ways of dealing with it in the pursuit of justice. https://burgerlaw.com/lawyer-v-lawyer-podcast/

Today we're featuring an excerpt from a live recording of a Lawyer V. Lawyer episode about ethics. As usual, Debbie and Gary have some unbelievable stories to tell about things they've seen involving legal ethics over the years. Stay tuned for another great episode. https://burgerlaw.com/lawyer-v-lawyer-podcast/

Debbie and Gary invite Jake Thomaczek back to talk about how to navigate other issues and client communication. How do defense lawyers communicate with clients? How do you handle demanding clients and clients tough clients? How do you give clients advice about the weaknesses in their case? What type of systems do you set up to efficiently communicate with clients?

Gary and Debbie welcome Guest Jake Thomaczek to discuss discuss client communication. Jake asks the questions about his biggest challenges in talking with the clients: managing expectations and balancing talking and communicating clients with practicing law. How often should you call clients and how do you handle these situations? The three of us discussed techniques of handling that and being efficient direct and communicate well with our clients.

Debbie and Gary talk Patent, trademark and copyright law with Don Kelly, including protections afforded by those laws, typical mistakes lawyers and lay people make, and litigation. 

Welcome to Lawyer V. Lawyer, the only legal podcast giving you both sides of the trial room floor. In this episode: Don Kelly joins Debbie and Gary to discuss Patent, trademark and copyright law, his practice and how they apply to numerous business situations. More fascinating than you’d think. To get more information, suggest topics for Debbie and Gary to discuss, or hire them, email info@lawyervlawyer.com. For more episodes visit our Lawyer V. Lawyer Facebook page or website. Although the advice is good, no attorney-client relationship is formed by listening to this podcast. Thanks for listening!

Welcome to Lawyer V. Lawyer, the only legal podcast giving you both sides of the trial room floor. In this episode: Debbie and Gary discuss liability of store owners, mall owners, security companies, schools and churches in active shooter situations. Employees, guests, foreseeability, causation, OSHA regulations, and policies and procedures - run, hide or fight.  To get more information, suggest topics for Debbie and Gary to discuss, or hire them, email info@lawyervlawyer.com. For more episodes visit our Lawyer V. Lawyer Facebook page or website. Although the advice is good, no attorney-client relationship is formed by listening to this podcast. Thanks for listening!

Guest Bonnie Clair discusses how she made it to where she is, developing a bankruptcy business, creditor rights, fixing broke, and women attorneys in the bankruptcy world. 

Gary and Debbie discuss with attorney Bonnie Clair advanced bankruptcy issues. Creditor put debtor into bankruptcy; injury case part of a BR estate and judicial estoppel; debtor incurring debts before file; and biggest mistakes debtors and creditors make. 

Gary and Debbie do bankruptcy 101 and creditor rights with attorney Bonnie Clair - what to tell debtors contemplating bankruptcy and creditors owed money. 

In this episode: Debbie and Gary finish the large subject of insurance. Bad faith, litigating coverage disputes, examples, tactics to keep coverage, what plaintiff lawyers and defense lawyers do in different circumstances. Welcome to Lawyer V. Lawyer, the only legal podcast giving you both sides of the trial room floor.   To get more information, suggest topics for Debbie and Gary to discuss, or hire them, email info@lawyervlawyer.com. For more episodes visit our Lawyer V. Lawyer Facebook page or website. Although the advice is good, no attorney-client relationship is formed by listening to this podcast. Thanks for listening!

In this episode, Gary and Debbie discuss: Where the rubber meets the road in insurance claims, what to do to get insurance, how to avoid losing coverage, litigation examples, excess and umbrella coverage and so much more.  Welcome to Lawyer V. Lawyer, the only legal podcast giving you both sides of the trial room floor.   To get more information, suggest topics for Debbie and Gary to discuss, or hire them, email info@lawyervlawyer.com. For more episodes visit our Lawyer V. Lawyer Facebook page or website. Although the advice is good, no attorney-client relationship is formed by listening to this podcast. Thanks for listening!

In this episode: Gary and Debbie discuss the many types of insurance in injury litigation, reading policies, what is insured interest, who is an insured by different coverages, and exclusions and reservation of rights.  Welcome to Lawyer V. Lawyer, the only legal podcast giving you both sides of the trial room floor.   To get more information, suggest topics for Debbie and Gary to discuss, or hire them, email info@lawyervlawyer.com. For more episodes visit our Lawyer V. Lawyer Facebook page or website. Although the advice is good, no attorney-client relationship is formed by listening to this podcast. Thanks for listening!

In this episode: Joan Burger joins her son Gary to discuss trial tips and provide fantastic trial insight.    Welcome to Lawyer V. Lawyer, the only legal podcast giving you both sides of the trial room floor.   To get more information, suggest topics for Debbie and Gary to discuss, or hire them, email info@lawyervlawyer.com. For more episodes visit our Lawyer V. Lawyer Facebook page or website. Although the advice is good, no attorney-client relationship is formed by listening to this podcast. Thanks for listening!

In this episode: Gary and his mom, lawyer and judge Joan Burger, give great and practical advice for motion, litigation and trial practice.   Welcome to Lawyer V. Lawyer, the only legal podcast giving you both sides of the trial room floor.   To get more information, suggest topics for Debbie and Gary to discuss, or hire them, email info@lawyervlawyer.com. For more episodes visit our Lawyer V. Lawyer Facebook page or website. Although the advice is good, no attorney-client relationship is formed by listening to this podcast. Thanks for listening!

In this episode: Gary and his mom, lawyer and judge Joan Burger, discuss litigation and trial advice.    Welcome to Lawyer V. Lawyer, the only legal podcast giving you both sides of the trial room floor.   To get more information, suggest topics for Debbie and Gary to discuss, or hire them, email info@lawyervlawyer.com. For more episodes visit our Lawyer V. Lawyer Facebook page or website. Although the advice is good, no attorney-client relationship is formed by listening to this podcast. Thanks for listening!

Welcome to Lawyer V. Lawyer, the only legal podcast giving you both sides of the trial room floor. In this episode: Gary and Debbie, along with Kim Kirn of USAM, discuss super secret awesome tips and strategies for great results in mediation. How to win the mediation before you get there, advance planning, space, what to tell the other side and what to hide from them, bracketing, negotiation strategy, working the mediator and other insights from lawyers and mediators with decades of experience. To get more information, suggest topics for Debbie and Gary to discuss, or hire them, email info@lawyervlawyer.com. For more episodes visit our Lawyer V. Lawyer Facebook page or website. Although the advice is good, no attorney-client relationship is formed by listening to this podcast. Thanks for listening!

Welcome to Lawyer V. Lawyer, the only legal podcast giving you both sides of the trial room floor. In this episode: Kim Kirn joins Debbie and Gary to discuss advance of mediation tactics, how to choose mediators, approach mediation to succeed, how to begin mediation, who should attend mediation, techniques and strategies to for successful mediation and brilliant tips on getting to "Yes".  To get more information, suggest topics for Debbie and Gary to discuss, or hire them, email info@lawyervlawyer.com. For more episodes visit our Lawyer V. Lawyer Facebook page or website. Although the advice is good, no attorney-client relationship is formed by listening to this podcast. Thanks for listening!

Welcome to Lawyer V. Lawyer, the only legal podcast giving you both sides of the trial room floor. In this episode: Gary and Debbie, with guest Kim Kirn, talk insights into Mediation basics, when to mediate, who should attend, and how mediations work. To get more information, suggest topics for Debbie and Gary to discuss, or hire them, email info@lawyervlawyer.com. For more episodes visit our Lawyer V. Lawyer Facebook page or website. Although the advice is good, no attorney-client relationship is formed by listening to this podcast. Thanks for listening!     Embed color: 1d48a2

Welcome to Lawyer V. Lawyer, the only legal podcast giving you both sides of the trial room floor. In this episode: Tina LePage and Karen Russo, join the podcast to talk funny stories about depositions, sad and angry moments too, and quirks of the hosts in depositions.  To get more information, suggest topics for Debbie and Gary to discuss, or hire them, email info@lawyervlawyer.com. For more episodes visit our Lawyer V. Lawyer Facebook page or website. Although the advice is good, no attorney-client relationship is formed by listening to this podcast. Thanks for listening!

Welcome to Lawyer V. Lawyer, the only legal podcast giving you both sides of the trial room floor. In this episode: Gary and Debbie have their court reporters, Tina LePage and Karen Russo, join to talk pet peeves, depo billing, exhibits and nuts and bolts of court reporting.  To get more information, suggest topics for Debbie and Gary to discuss, or hire them, email info@lawyervlawyer.com. For more episodes visit our Lawyer V. Lawyer Facebook page or website. Although the advice is good, no attorney-client relationship is formed by listening to this podcast. Thanks for listening!

Welcome to Lawyer V. Lawyer, the only legal podcast giving you both sides of the trial room floor. In this episode: Guests Tina LePage and Karen Russo talk court reporting, training, how it works, the business side and 300 WPM.  To get more information, suggest topics for Debbie and Gary to discuss, or hire them, email info@lawyervlawyer.com. For more episodes visit our Lawyer V. Lawyer Facebook page or website. Although the advice is good, no attorney-client relationship is formed by listening to this podcast. Thanks for listening!

Welcome to Lawyer V. Lawyer, the only legal podcast giving you both sides of the trial room floor. In this special 4-part episode: Gary, Debbie, and special guest Michael J. Flannery take you step-by-step through how Gary won a $113 million class action against the Department of Corrections. To get more information, suggest topics for Debbie and Gary to discuss, or hire them, email info@lawyervlawyer.com. For more episodes visit our Lawyer V. Lawyer Facebook page or website. Although the advice is good, no attorney-client relationship is formed by listening to this podcast. Thanks for listening!

Welcome to Lawyer V. Lawyer, the only legal podcast giving you both sides of the trial room floor. In this special 4-part episode: Gary, Debbie, and special guest Michael J. Flannery take you step-by-step through how Gary won a $113 million class action against the Department of Corrections. To get more information, suggest topics for Debbie and Gary to discuss, or hire them, email info@lawyervlawyer.com. For more episodes visit our Lawyer V. Lawyer Facebook page or website. Although the advice is good, no attorney-client relationship is formed by listening to this podcast. Thanks for listening!

Welcome to Lawyer V. Lawyer, the only legal podcast giving you both sides of the trial room floor. In this special 4-part episode: Gary, Debbie, and special guest Michael J. Flannery take you step-by-step through how Gary won a $113 million class action against the Department of Corrections. To get more information, suggest topics for Debbie and Gary to discuss, or hire them, email info@lawyervlawyer.com. For more episodes visit our Lawyer V. Lawyer Facebook page or website. Although the advice is good, no attorney-client relationship is formed by listening to this podcast. Thanks for listening!