Civil Litigation,
Law Practice
Jun. 19, 2019
Plaintiffs’ law in 2019: A particular set of skills
Practicing law as a plaintiffs’ lawyer in 2019 requires a very particular set of skills. Trial dates are further away, settlements seem harder to get, and expectations of clients can be immeasurable.
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.
Practicing law as a plaintiffs' lawyer in 2019 requires a very particular set of skills. Trial dates are further away, settlements seem harder to get, and expectations of clients can be immeasurable. In my 27 years as a plaintiff lawyer I have enjoyed successes and learned from the failures. The practice today is dramatically different than in the past. A topic discussed often at the plaintiffs' bar is how to find the next generation of women and men to lead our pract...
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