The Dark Side of Practice
An insider-style account of the personal injury and medical malpractice world from the perspective of a settlement negotiator and legal operations professional. The book explores how cases move, how insurance companies evaluate risk, why law-firm operations can become dysfunctional, how settlement negotiations actually develop, and how clients, attorneys, adjusters, doctors, evidence and litigation pressure all affect value.
Topics include liability, New York personal injury concepts, insurance claims, medical evidence, settlement strategy, mediation, litigation workflow, law-office management, ethical boundaries, carrier tactics and the psychological side of negotiation. It is intentionally candid, sometimes sarcastic, and written from the point of view of someone who spent years inside the machinery rather than looking at it from the lobby.
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