At the beginning of every year, it is often useful for the workers’ compensation practitioner, and attorneys in general, to take inventory of routines and habits and replace areas of vice with virtue. This will add peace and certainty to attorney and client alike. Given that the focus of this column is generally workers’ compensation, the suggestions mentioned below are geared to that practice. However, many are broadly applicable to any area of the law.

A few years back, this space was dedicated to this very issue and revisited a year later. However, given that the practice of law and human nature in general warrant a constant commitment to good habits, a review of the same possible New Year’s resolutions may be of some benefit. Therefore, offered for your consideration (again), with new justifications, are some potentially timeless resolutions: