I once read about a lawyer who prevailed on a motion, then gloatingly referred to his win as a “slam-dunk.”
Use of such war stories sometimes is dismissed as unnecessary. Many times I attended a legal seminar where, during intermissions or at the conclusion, lawyers criticized the speaker for telling war stories. They failed to appreciate that these stories are instructive learning tools. Such anecdotes register in our subconscious — far better than a dry statement or principle — to be remembered and used when the need arises.
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