Author: Scott Herndon

As published on Katy Goshtasbi in July 2022. Honest Conversations: Change and Transition To Live Your Best Life “Growth is a symptom of tiny decisions and behavior” What would your world look like if every decision you made was based on your ability to access the adventures of your mind ...

As published on Plaintiff Magazine.com 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 ...

Great filmmakers and lawyers find ways to bring their entrepreneurial investment to life As plaintiffs’ lawyers, we are often asked why we decide to take some cases rather than others. The answer to this question is rarely simple, and varies by each law firm’s expertise, practice areas, and missions. Each ...