FOMO: noun; Fear of Missing Out The Disruptive Lawyer got a call from the claims manager of an insurance carrier he had never worked with. The claims manager explained, “Hey, I’ve attended a few of your Masters of Negotiation Series seminars and read The Disruptive Lawyer’s Little Black Book of Litigation …
Although the Disruptive Lawyer stories to date (and going forward) are all relatively recent, it seems appropriate to tell the story that triggered the Disruptive Lawyer mentality. So, let’s go back to 1996. The year Nebraska was #1 in college football, a new show called 3rd Rock from the Sun debuted, …
Rahm Emanuel, who was President Obama’s White House Chief of Staff, once said, “Never let a crisis go to waste.” Although impolitic on its face, the statement has a deeper meaning, which is, “There is great opportunity for good even in a crisis.” As you sit quarantined and harassing your …
If you are a follower of the Disruptive Lawyer, you are well aware of our philosophy that there is a unique skill set in negotiating and not all lawyers and claims people are great negotiators. That said, there certainly are processes that can enhance results. And process is important to …
Each year we read of higher and higher verdicts. This phenomenon has a name: social inflation. According to Telis Demos, writing in the The Wall Street Journal, social inflation “typically refers to an upward creep in perceptions by an injured party of what they are owed, their willingness to pursue that …
This is the second part of the Disruptive Lawyer’s Searching for the Unicorn series. As we discussed last week, the insurance industry seems to be emphasizing process over people. When the process falls short, they default to the belief that effective early resolution is like finding a unicorn. But when does the …