Ten Proverbs for Litigators
One of the primary things that family law attorneys do is litigate cases. In fact, we are probably in Court more regularly than attorneys who practice in other areas of the law. My friend and fellow blogger, Andy Arnold, has written an article entitled Ten Proverbs for Litigators. Although Andy's practice area is different from mine (as he handles employment law and nursing home neglect cases), I found this article to be thought-provoking, and I believe that many of his "Proverbs" apply to family law as well:
Trying cases is what I think I do best. There are some lessons that I have learned along the way. Twitter helped be shrink them down to 140 characters or less. Here are my top 10:
- Cases are won as much by facts forgotten as facts remembered.
- If truth is in the middle, then so will be the verdict.
- Juries tend to make humble lawyers proud and arrogant lawyers humble.
- The billable hour, whether your own or another’s, will dictate the course & length of litigation more times than not.
- If you don’t pay attention to the trivial aspects of your case, the jury just might. Know thy case.
- Don’t ask, if you don’t already know.
- Jurors want to know you believe in your case before they believe in it.
- If you don’t like your client, the jury surely will not.
- Moderation in all things, except your passion for your case.
- Make your case a cause.
Source: "Ten Proverbs for Litigators" by Andy Arnold, published at Blogger at Law.
