By Don Keenan Note from Papa Don: Attention! The Keenan Law Firm is now accepting applications for our 4th legal fellow. Trip Thompson from St. Louis will complete his year in August and Doug Dykes from Panama City, Florida will be at his halfway mark. We’d like to have two staggered fellows in house at […]
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PREPONDERANCE OF THE EVIDENCE; DO IN VOIR DIRE?
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REPTILE© AUTOPSY: REPTILE© SUPERSTAR MARC DILLER
By Michael Peterson, Keenan Law Firm Note from Papa Don: Attention! The Keenan Law Firm is now accepting applications for our 4th legal fellow. Trip Thompson from Kansas City, Missouri, will complete his year in August and Doug Dykes from Panama City, Florida, will be at his halfway mark. We’d like to have two staggered […]
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THERE ARE NO BAD VENUES – (Only bad lawyers who believe the myth of the ‘bad venue’)
By Don Keenan Note from Papa Don: Attention! The Keenan Law Firm is now accepting applications for our 4th legal fellow. Trip Thompson from Kansas City, Missouri, will complete his year in August and Doug Dykes from Panama City, Florida, will be at his halfway mark. We’d like to have two staggered fellows in house […]
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PERFORMANCE: The Poor Orphan
By David Ball Note from Papa Don: In an update on the Keenan Law Firm Fellows, we selected those who will start in Sept. and Jan. and will announce details soon. New rule: Visualize what you’re going to do before you do it. Visualization literally creates a comfort and optimization zone in which you’ll […]
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THE NUCLEAR EFFECT OF LABELING
By Don Keenan In the past I have written about labeling; most commonly related to issues, things, inanimate objects, etc. If you get a minute, go back and look at those old articles of previous labeling. Many of you will recall, I always like to tell the story of the evil genius Frank Lutz and […]
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REPTILE© AUTOPSY: REPTILE© SUPERSTAR SCOTT LYTHGOE
By Michael Peterson, Keenan Law Firm This month’s Reptile© Superstar is Scott Lythgoe. Scott practices at Mountain View Law Group/Larreau & Lythgoe, PC, where he focuses on personal injury, worker compensation and Social Security disability cases. CASE FACTS The defendant made a left-hand turn across two lanes of traffic and T-boned Scott’s client on Thanksgiving […]
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HOW TO HANDLE THE BULLYING MEDIATOR
By Don Keenan For those of you who have attended the Keenan Ball College you know the true origin of mediation was exposed. Prior to mediation, the Taliban had no ability to speak directly to our client and bypass us. You see, the Taliban believed that we were the obstacle in most failed settlements so […]
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Great Decision: Aldini v. Costco Wholesale Corp. Case
By Andrew P. Gordon, U.S. District Judge, State of Nevada Note from Papa Don: Fellow woodpeckers, we have fought the battles and successfully won a couple hundred anti-Reptile© MIL motions. It is remarkable that there has not been a single appellate decision against us. For this week’s post, I thought you’d get a major kick […]
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FIRE HYDRANT WATER STRENGTH
By Don Keenan Beginning in 2009 when the Reptile© revolution started, I constantly heard from folks (often at the end of those first seminars) that understanding the Reptile© was like trying to drink water from a fire hydrant. In the early days I thought this sentiment would eventually die down. If anything, as the revolution […]
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AN INSIDE LOOK AT THE KBC & the Introduction of the Keenan Institute for Trial Lawyers
By David J. Hoey, Dean of Students The mission statement of the Keenan Ball Trial College is, “Giving trial lawyers the system they deserve, to win, to protect our community safety, and deter wrongdoers by holding them accountable.” Trial lawyers, system, deserve, protect, community, safety, deter, accountable, power. These are the Power Words that prove […]
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REPTILE© AUTOPSY: REPTILE© SUPERSTAR PETER MERRIGAN
By Michael Peterson, Keenan Law Firm This month’s Reptile© Superstar is Peter Merrigan. Peter practices law with his brother and father at Sweeney Merrigan Law, LLP where he focuses on MVC, wrongful death and premises cases. Peter’s journey with the Reptile© started when Papa Don hosted a Reptile© seminar in Boston five or six years […]
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BEWARE OF WEBSITE CHANGES
By Don Keenan Go ahead and wait a minute before you consider doing anything with your website prior to a trial. In the past, David Ball and others have suggested that lawyers will turn off their website or remove items from the site, etc. Why is that a bad idea? Consider that somebody on the jury […]
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MY FELLOWSHIP TAKEAWAYS
By Trip Thompson After nearly a year working as a full-time fellow at The Keenan Law Firm (TKLF) under the guidance and mentorship of Mr. Keenan (“Papa Don”), Andrew Gould, Michael Peterson and Elizabeth Larrick, I have gained a rare view of the Reptile©. I learned a ton about focus groups (see a future […]
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DEJA VU ALL OVER AGAIN
By Don Keenan These words sung by John Fogerty are sadly truer today than we want to believe… Let me paint you a picture: We have peaceful people who understand the importance of civil disobedience and non-violent protesting in the true mold of Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr. But on the other hand we’ve […]
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REPTILE© AUTOPSY: REPTILE© SUPERSTAR JIM LYONS
By Michael Peterson, Keenan Law Firm This month’s Reptile© Superstar is Jim Lyons. Jim has been practicing law for 40 years, his practice Lyons and Cone PLLC focuses on personal injury, real estate, and commercial litigation. Jim is a distinguished member of the Keenan Ball College faculty team, teaching the courses for Rules, Openings, Depositions […]
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COSTA RICA SEMINAR UPDATE
By Don Keenan Costa Rica + Four Seasons + top Reptile attorneys from across the country + cutting-edge material = the formula for success that we’ve used for the past six years. And this year, it’s going to be even better. The Costa Rica Seminar will be happening Dec. 12-16, 2017. Some of the topics […]
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HOW DO I FIND AN EXPERT FOR MY CASE?
By Elizabeth Larrick Note from Papa Don: Elizabeth contributes once again. As many of you know, she was my law firm’s first Fellow and as such she has a special place in my heart. She set a higher standard and I celebrate that since she left in March of 2017 and returned to her private […]
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TIME IS MONEY
By Don Keenan We knew before we became trial lawyers that “time is money” and “cash is king.” He who has the money has the control. The lift of slogans and phrases goes on and on, but the bottom line is the insurance company (Taliban) has our client’s money. If you’ve been to the Keenan […]
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MEDICAL ADVANCES: HOW TO KNOW AND WHAT TO DO
By Don Keenan During my career I have seen some unbelievable medical advances that have greatly improved the quality of life for many of my clients. However, finding those advances and learning how to implement them effectively in my cases has not been easy. Let me explain. THE AMPUTEE MIRACLE About 10 years ago, the state […]
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Do YOU have an Excuse?
By Tony Seaton This week’s blog comes from Tony, who is a Keenan Ball College graduate-turned-faculty member, who recently trained to teach the graduate level Keenan Trial Institute class. I have read the Reptile© book, which is enough until I have another big trial. I don’t have enough time to do all of the Keenan […]
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