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Focus (Forum & Focus)

Jul. 16, 2007

Tales From the Trenches

Forum Column - By Jeff Berke - One litigator's war stores include a vanishing trial and a settlement conference with no one to settle with.

FORUM COLUMN

By Jeff Berke

      We have all heard our share of lawyer jokes. However, no matter how ridiculous the premise of some of them, most of us in the business know that they often don't hold a candle to what actually occurs in day-to-day life in the trenches.
      Virtually all lawyers love to tell war stories, and the very nature of the legal profession gives us plenty of ammunition - whet...

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