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Tag: Speaking
Time Flies!
Four years ago after finishing a pre-trial Settlement Conference down at the Orange County Superior Court, a young man stopped me in the hallway and asked if he could ask a legal question.
I had a couple of minutes and said, “Sure, what can I do for you?”
Once we were done, he thanked me for answering his question and getting him going in the right direction. He then asked, “How long have you been practicing law.”
I answered, “Well, my partner, Lisa, and I have been lawyers for about 30 years. We’ve pretty much seen it all.”
On my drive back to the office, I thought about his question a bit more. I ran the numbers for both of us later that day, and what I saw caught me by surprise:
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- 124,800 hours of combined experience practicing law (this was a conservative estimate, and the real number is much more);
- 2,640 hours of combined court and jury trials. This number jumps up to 5,200+ if you take pre-trial preparation into consideration;
- 2,000 hours of combined mediations and arbitrations (again, probably more).
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Because almost half a decade has passed since I was asked this question, these numbers are even higher today.
What are your numbers? Regardless of who you are or what you do for a living, how much time have you put into your craft, education, job or profession?
It’s crazy when you really think about it but time really does fly!
Mitch
BTW, if you need to find a lawyer, here are three good ways to find a great lawyer.
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I go live for an hour on September 8th at 3:10 pm PDT. During my presentation, I’ll be sharing some of my best “how to” online video business/legal tips and answering questions in live Q&A.
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Navigating the Coronavirus as a public speaker with Mitch Jackson
In this special episode of World of Speakers (iTunes podcast), Mitch and Ryan Foland discuss COVID-19, or the Coronavirus, and what implications it can have for speakers, events, and attendees. They will explore what your rights are, what to do moving forward, and the importance of remaining human during such troubling times. Click here to listen.
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Related post: CORONAVIRUS, CONFERENCES, AND LIABILITY- Tips for Speakers, Event Holders, and Attendees
CORONAVIRUS, CONFERENCES, AND LIABILITY- Tips for Speakers, Event Holders, and Attendees
If you’re an individual or company that owns, manages, or controls a conference or event, you owe everyone involved, a legal duty of due care not to subject attendees, speakers, and those working at the event, to an unreasonable risk of harm. What this means is that you have an obligation to provide a safe conference environment and, to warn people of known or reasonably discoverable dangerous conditions.
I did a quick search in CaseText (AI based legal research service) and instantly found thousands of cases where conferences and events have been held liable for subjecting people to an unreasonable risks of harm. Full transparency, I’m a brand ambassador for CaseText because it’s awesome!
Just like the cases I found where conferences were held liable for exposing their attendees to dangerous conditions, I think the same argument applies to those conferences that create an environment that exposes people to unhealthy situations, including harm or death from the Coronavirus (COVID-19).
And I’m not alone. For both legal, ethical and health safety reasons, thousands of small and large conferences around the world have been delayed or canceled because of the Coronavirus.
Arnold Schwarzenegger’s rescheduling of his Sports and Fitness Festival is a good example of what’s happening right now. Watch the video.
It’s a sad day for me and everyone at the @ArnoldSports team. But we will always put our fans’ health first. After discussions with @GovMikeDeWine, @MayorGinther, and the CDC, we will be postponing the expo because we can’t risk bringing 250,000 people together with #COVID19. pic.twitter.com/Fuzcmapxiy
— Arnold (@Schwarzenegger) March 3, 2020
On Friday, the City of Austin cancelled the March SXSW event. Here’s a list from Thursday’s USA Today, sharing other canceled or rescheduled events.