Litigating Attorney Role - Part 1

What I've learned from one of the leading litigating attorneys, who always prepared for both sides for the case, is that the best way to prepare oneself for any litigation is to always research the case and find the both strengths and weakness of the case in the filing.That's what I call thoroughly preparing for the litigation of the case. 

Is this work that the attorney should be doing?

Not really, the ADA knowledge and experience rest with ACCESS.  It's our job to get it into the attorney's hands and be sure they understand what they have.  There hasn't been much case law concerning buildings complying with the ADA.  There has been a lot of litigation pertaining to the employment area of the ADA over the last 20 years.  So, attorneys do not have much experience with ADA building compliance law.

My experience tells me that litigating attorneys do not like to lose, well neither do I.  The reason I have never lost a case is my preparation and ability to communicate my experience and knowledge to the attorneys on our team.  In other words, you're in good hands with ACCESS.

I'll expand more on the roll of the litigating attorney in a future post.

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Hank


The above are opinions of Hank Falstad, AIA, Managing Senior Associate of Access Technologies Services, Inc. (ACCESS).  See our web site for additional information:  www.accessts.net.