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Professionally, you want to be known by as many people as possible. To do so, you need to network. This doesn’t mean going to events and collecting business cards. It means meeting people, consciously deciding who you want in your network and then nurturing those connections and relationships. There are many ways to do this. Think about and come up with ideas...

PHOENIX, Ariz. (08/15/2018) – Jaburg Wilk is pleased to announce that 15 lawyers have been included in the 2019 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America. Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. "Best Lawyers was founded in 1981 with the p...

I heard someone say this recently and it struck me because it is so true. If you put out positive energy you are more likely to receive the same in return from those you deal with. If you put out negative energy, you can’t be surprised when you have negative and adversarial dealings with others. All you have to think of is how your mood or initial interaction...

PHOENIX, Ariz. (08/10/2018) – Micalann Pepe, a new partner at Jaburg Wilk, was recently selected from a nation-wide pool of applicants as one of only 25 members in the 2018-19 Leadership Academy of the American Bar Association’s Torts and Insurance Practice Group (“TIPS”). The attorneys selected were identified as emerging leaders and are actively commit...

The Holding In Farmers Ins. Exchange v. The Honorable David Udall, 2018 WL 2931906 (June 12, 2018), the Arizona Court of Appeals accepted special action jurisdiction to hold that Insureds validly assigned post-loss claim/rights under a homeowners policy to a water damage mitigation and remediation contractor. The Takeaways Arizona insureds may validly as...

On July 24, 2018, the Ninth Circuit issued a decision that can be an important tool to help copyright owners enforce their rights.  It’s not unusual for copyright owners to believe that it’s just not worth going after some infringers because the cost of attorney fees can quickly exceed the amount of the damages caused by the infringement. ...

This is simple and there are no exceptions. Tell a lie once and all of your truths become questionable. Early in my career I heard a very experienced attorney say “a half-truth equals a whole lie.”  He was correct because anything not 100% true is a lie. Another benefit of telling the truth was summed up to me long ago by a friend who once sai...

PHOENIX, Ariz. (07/23/2018) – The Phoenix law firm of Jaburg Wilk has again supported relief efforts for Catholic Charities Community Services Bless Refugees program. This program was started in 1975 in response to the Vietnam refugees fleeing violence and continues to support thousands of refugees each year. In Arizona there are more than 62,000 refugees w...

We are all good at telling a story, especially our own story. We are not as good at actively listening to others tell a story. This is true even when we are being paid to listen. This is why it is important to remember how important it is to listen, which also means asking questions, especially the right questions. What the right questions are depends on the situat...

I always hope to learn from my mistakes. Similarly, anything I count as a failure in my career has been a great learning experience. There have been moments where I have received constructive criticism, which helped me, because I was open to hearing it. I feel lucky that the people who provided this type of feedback to me, did it in a professional and meaningful wa...