ABOUT US
Attorney Richard Hastings
Attorney Richard Hastings has been practicing personal injury law for almost 40 years. He is the founder of How to Find a Great Attorney and has extensive experience in referring injured parties to some of the best lawyers across the United States. He has a vast referral network of lawyers, throughout the country, and has helped injured parties and their families collect millions of dollars in cases involving accidents and medical malpractice.
He has extensive experience in negotiation, mediation, arbitration and other forms of dispute resolution. His cutting-edge strategies have been taught to attorneys across the country and he has written extensively about these methodologies.
Mr. Hastings has been taught and trained by some of the most influential and knowledgeable negotiation professors, instructors and social scientists in the world.
Attorney Hastings is a frequent speaker and instructor to lawyers across the country on how to develop, negotiate and resolve personal injury cases through his methodologies which have resulted in his obtaining patent pending protection for his business method patent entitled Personal Injury File Acquisition Method, Client Education Program and Case Referral System.
Mr. Hastings has authored or co-authored 12 books including one domestic best seller and one international best seller as well as an e-book, Adjuster Secrets; Attorney and Adjuster Tips and Techniques that Guarantee Larger Settlements, which was sold to personal injury lawyers across the country for as much as $799.99.
Attorney Hastings has a BS in Business Administration from the University of Connecticut and a JD from Fordham University. He practices at Hastings, Cohan & Walsh, LLP in Connecticut.
Awards
Attorney Hastings has accumulated an impressive list of awards including:
- America's Top 100 Attorneys For CT-America's Top 100 Attorneys, LLC (Lifetime Achievement)
- Nation's Top Attorneys The National Association of Distinguished Counsel
- "10 Best" Attorneys for CT in Client Satisfaction- American Institute of Personal Injury Attorneys
- Super Lawyers - Peer Award for Professional Achievements
- Top 100 Trial Lawyers- National Trial Lawyers
- AV Preeminent Peer Rated- Martindale - Hubbell
- 10.0/10.0 Rating- AVVO
- America's Top 100 High Stakes Litigators
- Best Attorneys of America-Rue's Rating
- Bar Registry of Preeminent Lawyers-Martindale Hubbell
- Top Rated Lawyers- The American Lawyer
- Who's Who in American Law- Marquise Who's Who
- Nations Top Attorneys- The National Association of Distinguish Counsel
- Fellow of the Litigation Council of America
- America's Top 100 Attorneys for Connecticut- The Americas Top 100, LLC
- Best Selling Author- National Academy of Best Selling Authors
- Million Dollar Advocates Forum
- Best Selling Authors International
Programs
Attorney Hastings has also completed the following programs:
- University of Windsor, Faculty of Law, Executive Certificate in Conflict Management
- Harvard Law School, Program on Negotiation, Mediation Training
- Harvard Law School, Program on Negotiation, Advanced Negotiation
- Quinnipiac University School of Law, Center on Dispute Resolution, Mediation Certificate Program
- Harvard Law School, Teaching Negotiation
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology-Sloan School of Management, Negotiation for Executives
- University of Michigan-Steven M Ross School of Business, Successful Negotiation: Essential Strategies and Skills
- Center for Mediation in Law, Mediation Training
- FBI hostage negotiator, Chris Voss', the Art of Negotiation.
Training
Attorney Hastings has been taught and trained by some of the most influential and knowledgeable negotiation professors, instructors and social scientists in the world including:
- Bruce Patton, co-author of the best-selling book Getting To Yes
- Doug Stone and Sheila Heen, Harvard Law School professors and co-authors, along with Bruce Patton, of the best-selling book Difficult Conversations
- Amy Cuddy, a social scientist from Princeton University, and a professor at the Harvard Business School, who has one of the most viewed TED Talks
- Jared Curhan, associate professor of organizational studies at the MIT's Sloan School of Management who specializes in the psychology of negotiation
- Robert Mnookin, a leading scholar in the field of conflict resolution and a Harvard Law School professor
- Frank E.A. Sanders, a pioneer in the field of alternative dispute resolution and a former professor emeritus and Dean of the Harvard Law School
- Linda Singer and Michael Lewis, who have taught thousands of students worldwide in the skills of negotiation and mediation and Co-chair The Center for Dispute Settlement in Washington DC
- Gary Friedman and Jack Himmelstein, who through the Center for Mediation in Law have trained thousands of law professors, judges, lawyers and psychotherapists in the center’s method of mediation and collaborative law
- Chris Voss, former FBI lead hostage negotiator and author of the book Never Split the Difference.