The clients on both sides of a civil lawsuit usually have at least one thing in common: they don't like being in a lawsuit. They want it over as soon as possible. And, yes, they would like to win too. So, to make clients on both sides of the "v" happy, don't be passive. Be active, and among the first chances to be active after the return date is to ask for a scheduling conference and have big ideas about what it should yield.