James D. Crosby – James D. Crosby, Attorney at Law

Civility, across the broad arch of a career, is a successful and lucrative business model. I believe it will enhance your professional career, better serve your clients, make you more profitable, and keep you sane…more

Trial Tactics. A simple, streamlined approach will not work in all cases. The facts, the law, the amounts at stake and the forum in which the case will be decided will dictate the approach in any given case. But, sometimes,…more

Juries in this media age expect to see visuals and digital presentations at trial. Is this expectation giving big firms with significant litigation budgets an advantage at trial? Is it pricing small firms and solo litigators…more

Civil litigators publicly decry discovery abuses, but candidly acknowledge them as, increasingly, a regular part of civil practice. And through no fault of their own, California state courts are becoming complicit in these…more

Westlaw & Kindle - An Easy Way To Keep Current…more

Common, negative impressions about social media are being re-examined, quickly, by smart attorneys. The interconnected world of social media is here to stay and, if approached wisely, presents huge potential for servicing…more

Why do many attorneys so readily dismiss social media? A basic reason, that is not necessarily endemic to attorneys, is that it is easier to rely upon old lines of thought that serve one well than seek out new ones…more

Many attorneys react vehemently to the rise of social media? Some don't like the blurring of lines between one's personal, public and professional lives. Some fear the interconnected, horizontal, and no longer hierarchical,…more

This blog post comments upon the big shift to social media and its significance to attorneys…more

The blog post discusses the recovery of royalties under California's version of the Uniform Trade Secrets Act. Specifically, the post addresses new California case law which is important for both plaintiffs and defendants in…more