Stephen Hulst

About Stephen

How do you help businesses and individuals?

What sets you apart from other lawyers in your practice field?

After graduating with a business degree, I have continued building my expertise by completing courses through the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and American Society of Appraisers (ASA). I am currently taking the ASA’s rigorous business-valuation courses, which require me to pass an exam after each course. To date, I have taken three of the four courses, passing all three. I also have had the privilege of representing many people who have suffered injuries due to another’s negligence and understand the importance of being able to communicate the true extent of a client’s damages. My experience includes trying a case to a jury in one of the most conservative counties in the state and obtaining a verdict and judgment that was more than three times what the insurance company ever offered to my clients.

What did you learn in your first year of practice that you still utilize today?

Preparation is key. I learned this early on in my career from working with some great litigators at our firm. They didn’t just show up to court and, on the spot, present a winning argument. Instead, the end product – whether it was a written brief, an oral argument, or an opening statement at trial – was effective because of the effort that went into preparing for it.