When I left the judiciary after 25 years to enter private practice, I wondered what challenges I would have to tackle to become the best and most effective lawyer. Among the more important lessons I’ve learned is the importance of getting to know your clients. The getting-to-know factor for the private practitioner is quite different from the getting-to-know factor applied as a judge.
Judges have to be mindful of the businesses of the litigants in a case, but only as that information relates to the dispute at issue. That’s because for judges it’s all about the law and not about advancing the business interests of any particular party. It’s very different when you’re in private practice. From the other side of the bench as an attorney advocating for my clients understanding my clients’ businesses as thoroughly as I know the law allows me to help advance their business interests and provide superior advice on legal strategy and case preparation.
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