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Possession of a Good Lawyer is 9/10ths of the Law

By Donald W. Hudspeth | Published January 15, 2017 | Posted in Publications | Leave a comment

The above saying was emblazoned on a coffee cup on a ledge in the student lounge throughout my years in law school. Shortly after I graduated, the cup disappeared when the lounge was being remodeled. You know, I sorely missed that old cup after it was gone. I was studying for the bar exam at Read More

Size Doesn’t Matter, Rule Changes and Technology have Eliminated Most Big Firm Advantages

By Donald W. Hudspeth | Published December 15, 2016 | Posted in Publications | Leave a comment

Surprise, hidden information, and secret witnesses or documents a la Perry Mason have not been allowed under the rule of legal procedure since the 1940’s. Since that time the rules of procedure have required each side to provide and obtain full information to and from the other. This process is called “discovery”. Various discovery tools Read More

What to Look for in Your Attorney

By Donald W. Hudspeth | Published November 15, 2016 | Posted in Publications | Leave a comment

Look for Business or Other Judgment Related to your Field All lawyers think they have superior judgment. Few actually do in all realms of practice. Lawyers often treat the legal solution as the only solution, but the two are not the same. In business legal solutions are just one of other possible outcomes. Too often Read More

Big Suit/Little Suit: The Cost of Litigation

By Donald W. Hudspeth | Published October 15, 2016 | Posted in Publications | Leave a comment

Legal costs are relatively inelastic. “Inelastic” in this context is a term from economic theory. It means not responsive to changes in demand or price. For example, toothpicks are relatively inelastic. We will buy about the same number of toothpicks whether they cost 15 cents a box or 20 cents a box, even though one Read More

A Lawyer can Convert a Bad Case or Deal into a Good Case

By Donald W. Hudspeth | Published September 26, 2016 | Posted in Publications | Leave a comment

Most attorneys know that an intelligent client and an intelligent lawyer, by working together, can rationalize and defend just about anything. This has a great “narrowing effect” in litigation. Cases that might have seemed self-evident and one-sided when the client entered into the attorney’s office may become close calls when one receives the other side’s Read More

ONE MINUTE LECTURES On Business and Business Law Matters©

By Donald W. Hudspeth | Published August 8, 2016 | Posted in Publications | Leave a comment

The Law Offices of Donald W. Hudspeth PC Clients and colleagues know that I am prone to convert legal advice into little “speeches,” what I call “One Minute Lectures.” Here is a collection of some of them. I hope you find them entertaining as well as useful: 1. The Candy Jar Speech. The buyer in Read More

JUST ONE FACT

By Donald W. Hudspeth | Published August 5, 2016 | Posted in Publications | Leave a comment

Just one fact can change a case outcome, a business and a life. When I was a law student I loved learning the law and the rationale underlying various principles of law. But when I became a lawyer and started practicing I was told that “judges turn to the facts first when they read a Read More

Being Smart in Business Legal Matters

By Donald W. Hudspeth | Published August 4, 2016 | Posted in Publications | Leave a comment

Each of us is smart at something and not so smart at other things. When I was younger, fresh out of graduate school, I thought I was pretty smart because I was good at learning from books. I had a certain snobbery until I realized that I did not know how to fix a car, Read More

The Pros and Cons Of Starting Your Own Business, Part 2

By Donald W. Hudspeth | Published July 18, 2016 | Posted in Publications | Tagged Tags: Arizona LLCs, Asset & Liability Protection, Business Law, Dissolving a Business, International Business Law, Starting a Business in Arizona | Leave a comment

Part 2: Cons To Starting Your Own Business Welcome back to the second in our two-part series on the pros and cons of starting your own business. While last time we detailed the ways that owning a business can be satisfying and fruitful as part of the pros of starting a new enterprise. In today’s Read More

The Pros and Cons Of Starting Your Own Business, Part 1

Part 1: Pros To Starting Your Own Business Starting a business can be a meaningful and validating step toward self-actualization. There are countless reasons why a person may want to start their own business: Maybe it’s the culmination of a lifelong dream. Perhaps an entrepreneur has been encouraged by family and friends to bring a Read More

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Donald W. Hudspeth

Principal Attorney

Attorney Donald W. Hudspeth has more than twenty years’ experience practicing corporate and business law. Before attending law school, Mr. Hudspeth held a stock brokers license at the age of 21 and owned his own business at the age of 23. He was a business law professor at Arizona State University, West Campus, and has conducted classes and seminars for a number of higher institutions and organizations. Mr. Hudspeth has published two books on law and is the founder of the radio programs Law on the Edge and Law Talk.

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Mark S. Hamilton

Attorney

About Attorney Mark S. Hamilton has experience handling all aspects of civil and commercial litigation in federal, state, and tribal courts at the trial and appellate levels. Practice Areas Business litigation Commercial litigation Education University Of Hawaii Wm. S. Richardson School Of Law, Juris Doctor - 2002 University Of Hawaii, Master Of Arts in Asian…

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