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Focus (Forum & Focus)

Feb. 20, 2008

Divorce Lawyers Must Bring Their Clients Back to Reality

Forum Column - By Fred Silberberg - Family law attorneys have to help emotionally crippled clients maintain real-world sensibilities.

FORUM COLUMN

By Fred Silberberg
This article appears on Page 6.

      As family law attorneys, we are trained professionals. Although we may not be trained in the field of psychology, we are no different from any other attorney who works with clients. Our job is to represent clients vigorously. No doubt, some of us are hired by certain types of clients exactly for that reason. But our job has another aspect, as well, and that inv...

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