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Perspective

Oct. 31, 2015

Communication is what it's all about

Over the course of my career, I have observed several common mistakes made by lawyers and judges, and they always revolve around one key word: communication. By Robert H. Oliver

Robert H. Oliver

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By Robert H. Oliver

Over the course of my four decades years in the law, I have observed several common mistakes made by lawyers and judges. And those mistakes always revolve around one key word: communication. So I offer the following for your consideration:

Talking is not communicating

George Bernard Shaw once said, "the single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place." You might test wheth...

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