Do you want to win cases? Then consider Occam's razor, a principle of parsimony used in logic and problem-solving. It was William of Ockham's belief that among competing theories, the one with the fewest assumptions should be selected. That is, the simplest explanation is usually the correct one. Einstein is credited with putting it this way: "Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler."
The appellate lawyer's job is to come in after the trial and kill all the survivors. After nearly a quarter century of killing survivors, I'm convinced that the first cousin to Occam's razor — the K.I.S.S. principle — applies to litigation. Building a case from the ground up on the simplest possible legal framework always produces better results.
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