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Key Benefits -- why you can relax and simplify your life.

• Benefit 1:  Time.  We get the opinion done on your time schedule.  One of the first things we ask upon retention, is for the time schedule you want followed.  If we cannot do that, we tell you up front and refuse the case.   And you gain time to do the work that is on your desk.
• Extra Benefit: An expert can suggest research or opinion lines you may have missed.  Ask the expert what he/she suggests the expert can do for you.   Importantly, ask the expert what discovery that you can do which will aid the expert in considering the situation and coming to a conclusion. A good expert with be able to tell you what would be helpful to his/her work and thus to a better opinion. We have years of experience that allows us to notice the "holes" in what you have for us or are asking us to do, and to make suggestions to you for filling those holes.
• Benefit 2: Research. Our opinions are backed by solid research, by someone who knows where to look.
• Benefit 3: Admissibility. We know the legal rules for admissions of opinions in today's world of Daubert motions to exclude expert opinions.  We strive to present the opinions in language that makes the opinions pass the tests of the judge serving as gatekeeper to the admissibility of opinions.

Capabilities of Bucklin Of Counsel legal expert services.

Capability 1

We know many states with special years of experience in the Prairie States, including North Dakota, Montana, and Minnesota on the north border to Texas on the south border. Years of experience  from years of work representing both individuals and companies while headquartered in North Dakota and South Texas! Plus, as a litigation lawyer, Bucklin criss-crossed the country, interacting with many attorneys. We know how to find the law, and we know what the attorneys and people are like.  And also, Bucklin was for many years a general counsel  for an insurance company, selecting and supervising attorneys in 34 states, both in litigation and investment and other transactional matters in the heartland of the United States.. Read more on geographic experience.

Capability 2

We have access to both university law school libraries and also electronic research facilities.  

Capability 3

Years of experience presenting evidence in court, gives us the ability to present our opinion (on legal malpractice, attorney or employee negligence, or business ethics) with clarity, so that the opinion testimony is ready for acceptance.

Capability 4

Bucklin is able to give opinions on three different aspects of the underlying case in a legal malpractice claim: 

•     whether legal malpractice exists in the handling of the underlying case.
•     the reasonable settlement value of the underlying case if it had been properly handled.
•     the reasonable value of attorney's fees and costs in proving the value of the underlying case.