Building a case is a lot like building a wall.

First, one has to assess the problem:

• How big?

• What materials do we have?

• What result are we aiming at?

• Do we need to first clear out others’ rubbish and debris?

• Do we need a simple, basic construction?

• Or is this a complex assignment full of twists and turns, and possible unknown issues once we break ground?

Facts are the stones from which lawyers build.  Each stone must be examined:

• It is sound?

• Is it consistent with the others?

• Does it fit easily with the others to help make a unified, strong, structure?

• Or is it somehow irregular, and needs to be shaped?

When building a wall, little rocks support the big rocks.

So too in a case: little facts support the big facts.

A good lawyer uses skills developed over years and other similar situations, but treats each client, each case, as unique.  A good lawyer is creative.  It can never be one size fits all.  He may have to hire other skilled people to assist in special aspects of the job.  He must know when other people need to be hired, and when h should resolve those things without engaging others…and their fees.

Good lawyers, like good builders are patient.  They watch the weather, the winds, and the availability of other talent. They know when to act, and when to wait.

Good work takes time.  And thought.  Then decisive action at the right time.

Excellent lawyers learn when to tell the client: “What you’re asking for is not practical.  I know what I’m doing.  Let me do my job.”

Excellent lawyers also learn when to tell the client: “You don’t have to settle for a poor result.  I can get you a good result, if you will let me”.

A skilled lawyer may cost more than an unskilled one.  And an excellent one may cost even more…based on the difficulty of the job and the “site conditions” encountered.

A good lawyer has done good work in other assignments.

An excellent lawyer has built other cases that stood up despite all attempts to knock them down.  He has done other trials.  He has happy former clients.

Some lawyers call themselves “trial” lawyers, but have never actually gone to trial.  Some have never argued in court.  They can’t or won’t do the work required. They just settle.

To build YOU a wall that has to protect you for decades, would you trust someone who has never built a wall before?

Why would you hire a lawyer who has never done a trial, to represent you in a personal injury case?  One who has only shoveled rubble from one pile to another? Then walked off the job.

At the same time, the defence lawyer is busy trying to destroy the foundation of your case.  Undermining it.  Hiding the rocks.  Obscuring the facts.  Defacing the wall with ugly slogans: “Faker”; “Liar”; “Got what you deserve”.   Saying you do not deserve a fair result, because fairness is “too expensive”.

If you need a lawyer to do justice, hire one who has the experience and skill to do the job right.  Pick someone who is honest with you.  Who can deal with things as they happen.  Who can point to good past results, and happy past clients.  Who is known by other professionals in the same field.  One who knows how to clear away the rubble that has piled up around you and build you a new life.

That would be us.

And, if you need an actual wall, hire Dale Rezansoff of Curb Appeal (604.785.5982) rez@telus.net.  He and his employee Bill Tucker will do right by you.

We trusted them to build OUR wall. Completed on time, on budget, surprise problems fixed, always professional. When the wall was built, the result was excellent. Only THEN did they sit down for a photo to celebrate the result. Job done!